Research Associate South Kensington, England
Job description
The Department of Chemical Engineering is seeking a research associate to develop models of the behaviour of mixtures relevant to pharmaceutical applications and to deploy them within solvent design activities. This position is part of the SolvIT project, a wider research programme on improving the sustainability pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, a collaboration between the Sargent Centre for Process Systems Engineering at Imperial College London and Strathclyde University. The post holder will work under the supervision of Profs. Claire Adjiman, Amparo Galindo and George Jackson.
Duties and responsibilities
You will develop a new approach to parameterise thermodynamic models and apply these models to the design of molecules and processes for pharmaceutical manufacturing, developing process models and solution strategies. You will collaborate with team members across the project and you will be responsible for the dissemination of the research via peer-reviewed articles and presentations.
Essential requirements
- Significant expertise in two or more of the following areas: parameter estimation, computer-aided molecular and process design, molecular equations of state (preferably SAFT-type equations), optimisation applied to chemical engineering.
- Experience in at least one programming language.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- A PhD* (or equivalent) in chemical engineering or another relevant topic.
Candidates who have not yet been officially awarded their PhD will be appointed as Research Assistant within the salary range £40,694 to 43,888 per annum.
Further information
You can start immediately and ideally no later than 1 October 2023. The contract will run until 10/07/2025 in the first instance, with the possibility of extension subject to research funding. The post is based in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London (South Kensington Campus).
Informal enquiries about the post can be made to Prof Claire Adjiman ([email protected]), Prof Amparo Galindo ([email protected]) or Prof George Jackson ([email protected]).
To apply, please select the Apply Now button at the top of this page. Candidates will need to complete an online application.
Further information about the post is available in the job description.
Should you have any queries about the application process please contact [email protected].
Documents
- ENG02722 Research Associate - Job Description.pdf
