Senior research engineer - Befattningen är under tillsättning eller redan tillsatt, och det är inte längre möjligt att lämna in en ansökan

The Department of Chemistry offers a senior engineer position in the field of Technical Chemistry that will mainly work on developing and testing membranes for harvesting blue energy based on Swedish natural and artificial water resources. The project includes the theoretical estimation of extractable energy, testing and characterizing the commercial membranes, synthesizing polymers, characterizing new membranes, and applying the prepared membranes for blue energy production.

Project description
Our research group is focused on the design and synthesis of artificial membranes for gas separation, energy storage, and production. Currently, we focuses on designing and synthesizing new polymeric membranes for harvesting blue energy. We are going to develop a robust system for harvesting blue energy based on Swedish natural and artificial resources. The project is interdisciplinary, and the senior research engineer candidate will have the opportunity to plan and develop routes to synthesize novel membranes. The research involves the theoretical calculations for estimating the extractable energy, design, synthesis, and testing of new membranes, characterizing the membrane, and applying the prepared membrane in a lab scale unit.

Work tasks
The project includes the theoretical estimation of extractable energy, designing, synthesizing, characterizing new polymeric membranes, and testing them in a lab-scale setup to produce the blue energy. Furthermore, commercial membranes from several companies need to be evaluated. The promising membranes will be tested in the pilot-scale setup that we are planning to build at Lund University for this purpose. As a senior research engineer, you will contribute with your knowledge to the research group, summarize the research and present your progress at group meetings.

Qualifications
The required qualification is a doctoral degree in chemistry in the field of polymer chemistry, chemical engineering or equivalent.

You must have good knowledge of polymer chemistry, thermodynamic, membrane fabrication, membrane characterization, and application in energy production. As well as a documented good ability to conduct research and present it in writing in the form of scientific publications in expert-reviewed journals. You must be able to independently develop multistage syntheses and solve challenging synthetic problems in order to efficiently design, produce and characterize new membranes.

A desire to conduct research in a multidisciplinary project and in an environment that promotes collaboration between people with different skills, as well as excellent oral and written knowledge of English is required. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate. It is important that you are creative and have the ability and interest to co-operate with other team members.

Application
The application must be written in English or Swedish and contain the following documents:

• A cover letter that describes qualifications, research interests, and motivation for application. Please specify how your previous experience fits with the advertised employment (maximum 2 pages).
• A curriculum vitae, including a publication list.
• A certified copy of doctoral degree certificate and other relevant degree certificates and grades.
• Name and contact information of at least three reference persons.
• Other documents that the applicant wishes to claim.

Applications must be submitted via our e-recruitment system Varbi no later than September 9th, 2021.

Terms of employment
This is a two-year employment on full time. The employment will start 2021-09-14, or as otherwise agreed.

Information
For further information, please contact D.Eng. Naser Tavajohi, tfn: +4690-786 60 61 or e-mail: naser.tavajohi@umu.se.

About us
The Department of Chemistry is one of the largest departments within the Faculty of Science and Technology with approximately 200 employees, of which approximately 50 doctoral students, and a strong and expanding research. The Department has three major research areas: Biological Chemistry, Environmental and Biogeochemistry, and Technical Chemistry. We are also a strong partner in the KBC, Chemical-Biological Center. Information about the postgraduate education can be found on the Faculty of Science and Technology website: www.umu.se/en/faculty-of-science-and-technology/education/doctoral-studies/chemistry/.

For more information about working at Umeå University, https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/.