Location: | Birmingham |
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Salary: | £36,130 to £45,413 with potential progression once in post to £48,149. Grade 7 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 2nd April 2025 |
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Closes: | 27th April 2025 |
Job Ref: | 105562 |
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract up to December 2026
Background
The School of Chemical Engineering is a multi-disciplinary and vibrant environment for outstanding study and research. In the Research Excellence Framework (2021) the School of Chemical Engineering received a ranking in the top 10 of the sector by grade point average and 4-star research. We have a research income in excess of £10 million per year through a balanced portfolio of grants from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the European Union and Industry.
This specific role is to create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within a funded EPSRC grant ‘Thermally Responsive Supports for Enhanced Efficiency in PET Depolymerisation’. The project aims to address the current drawbacks of existing Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) polymer recycling methods by developing a scalable process for its depolymerisation. In particular to study the development and testing of thermally responsive catalyst supports that can be solubilised and then recovered by temperature cycling.
The Research Fellow will be responsible for carrying out the evaluation of catalysts developed in Chemistry, devising kinetic models to represent the process and design of downstream separation processes, including preparation of bespoke membranes.
Main Duties
Person Specification
Informal enquiries to Joe Wood: j.wood@bham.ac.uk
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