PhD Student (60)
Publication date:
09 May 2025Workload:
100%- Place of work:Zollikofen
Job summary
Join a pioneering research team focused on advanced separation technologies. Enjoy a creative and independent work environment with a strong emphasis on sustainability.
Tasks
- Collaborate on an international research project for biomass valorization.
- Conduct practical lab work, including steam-pretreatment and analysis.
- Supervise theses and disseminate results at conferences.
Skills
- MSc in chemical/process engineering or related discipline required.
- Enthusiasm for green chemistry and climate change mitigation.
- Excellent communication skills and teamwork essential.
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What you'll be doing here
- Collaboration in an international, interdisclipinary SNSF founded research project on advanced separation technologies for the valorization of lignocellulosic biomass
- Practical laboratory work including steam-pretreatment of beech wood, qualitative and quantitative analysis of solubilized molecules in pretreatment liquors, enzymatic hydrolysis, 5-HMF production
- Dissimination of results at conferences and in peer-reviewed publications
- Supervision of semester and bachelor thesis
What you'll bring with you
- MSc in chemical / process engineering or a related disclipine
- Enthusiasm for green chemistry and climate change mitigation
- Enjoyment and first experience in chemical laboratory work
- Flair for technical and mechanical work
- Quick comprehension; meticulous and reliable way of working
- Good communication skills; team player
- Excellent spoken and written English
To start with, here are some of our strong points
- Great freedom in work organisation with lots of leeway for your ideas, your creativity and decisiveness.
- Curiosity is what we want, oodles of it. Plus, lots of independence and autonomy.
- Focus on research that is geared towards practical orientation and the education of committed people rather than mere profit maximisation.
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Cornelia Caputi
HR Consultant
P +41 31 910 21 82
School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
At HAFL , a department of BFH, we're all about connecting humans, nature and technology towards sustainable development. As a ground-breaking, pioneering think tank, we are engaged in the creation and teaching of knowledge for the world of today and of tomorrow – bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, resilient and always solidly grounded at the same time.
