Location: | Birmingham |
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Salary: | £35,880 to £45,163 Grade 7 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 14th November 2024 |
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Closes: | 1st December 2024 |
Job Ref: | 104886 |
Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £35,880 to £45,163 with potential progression once in post to £47,874. Grade: 7
Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to September 2025
To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within an established research programme and/or specific research project.
Role Summary
The Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements and Critical Materials, and the Energy Materials Group (EMG) has recently won an APC award with a consortium to develop novel shredding and separation technologies addressing the commercial and technical challenges around processing end-of-life Li-ion Batteries (LIBs). Researchers will be investigating safe shredding and separation of battery materials, characterising separated LIB materials, and providing streams of reclaimed active material.
The postholder will contribute to the development and optimisation of new shredding processes to recover critical materials from LIB wastes. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary research team with the researchers at the University of Birmingham (UoB) and with the other industrial partners.
As part of this role the postholder will work within EMG and contribute to writing future bids; operating within area of specialism. They will analyse and interpret research findings and results; contribute to generating funding; and contribute to licensing or spin out deals with demonstrated commercial success (such as revenues, asset or company sales, IP generated) and public understanding of the discipline.
Main Duties
Person Specification
Informal enquiries to Dr Rob Sommerville r.sommerville@bham.ac.uk
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Closes: 1st December 2024
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