PhD student position in Food Science - Göteborg, Sverige - Chalmers Tekniska Högskola AB

Chalmers Tekniska Högskola AB Göteborg, Sverige

för 1 vecka sedan

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We are offering a four-year PhD position to an ambitious candidate who is interested in working on alternative proteins, evaluating and enhancing their functionality and structuring them to a new generation of hybrid products via emerging technologies such as extrusion and 3D printing.

Project description
A shift toward production and consumption of foods with lower environmental impact and better use of our food side streams is necessary. This PhD position addresses these challenges and aims to develop innovative routes for valorization of different food processing side streams and their use in development of hybrid plant-based food products.

The PhD-student will be enrolled at the Chalmers Bioscience Graduate School, and most experimental work will be performed at Chalmers. However, visits to the collaborating university and industry partners are foreseen.

Information about the division and the department
The Department of Life Sciences is aiming at bridging cutting edge life science research with biochemical engineering, in order to emerge as the leading innovation center in the region. The research has broad applications in areas of health and industrial production of e.g. fine chemicals, food and energy. The department offers highly qualified education for engineering students within the area of bioengineering. It is furthermore collaborating in broad, interdiciplinary national and international networks within academia and the industry.

The division of Food and Nutrition Science is one of four research divisions at the Department of Life Sciences. Food and Nutrition Science is one of the leading units in the area in Sweden with particular strengths in nutritional and computational metabolomics, dietary biomarkers, micronutrient metal nutrition, nutritional immunology, marine food science, plant based foods and nutrition as well as food by-product biorefining and protein technology. The division has a wide range of modern analytical equipment for chromatography coupled with mass spectrometery, an in vitro human cell laboratory, and a microbiology laboratory. The division focuses on nutritional solutions for health and disease prevention by studies on the molecular, cellular, and whole-body level. It also has a strong focus on sustainable use of food raw materials and on many different quality aspects of food.

Major responsibilities
Carry out research within the PhD project with specific focus on to extract protein from different resources, evaluation of their functionality and their formulation to hybrid ingredients as well developing new customized and personalized products via different innovative technology.

The candidate would be responsible for experimental planning, practical work, sample collection, data handling, writing of publications and communications of results to both academic and industrial partners within the project.

Your major responsibilities are to pursue your own doctoral studies. You are expected to develop your own scientific concepts and communicate the results of your research verbally and in writing. The position generally also includes teaching on Chalmers' undergraduate level or performing other duties corresponding to 20 per cent of working hours.

Read more about doctoral studies at Chalmers here.

Qualifications

The applicant must hold a Master's level degree in food technology, food biophysics, biotechnology, bioprocessing, food chemistry, protein technology or similar.
Experience of working on valorization of agricultural biomasses and their side streams is meritorious.
Experience of working with protein extraction and characterizing their structural and funtional properties is advantageous.
Knowledge on protein structuring and texturization is advantageous.
Ability to work independently as well as in teams and take responsibility for progress of the projec

To qualify as a PhD student, you must have a master's level degree corresponding to at least 240 higher education credits in a relevant field.

The position requires sound verbal and written communication skills in English. If Swedish is not your native language, Chalmers offers Swedish courses.

Contract terms
Full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of five years.

We offer
Chalmers offers a cultivating and inspiring working environment in the coastal city of Gothenburg.
Read more about working at Chalmers and our benefits for employees.

Chalmers aims to actively improve our gender balance. We work broadly with equality projects, for example the GENIE Initiative on gender equality for excellence. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Application procedure
The application should be marked with reference number and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as PDF-files, as below. Maximum size for each file is 40 MB. Note that the system does not support Zip files.

CV: (Please name the document: CV, Family name, reference number)

CV
Other, for example previous employments or leadership qualifications and positions of trust.
Two references that we can contact.

Personal letter: (Please name the document as: Personal letter, Family name, )
1-3 pages where you:

Introduce yourself
Describe your previous experience of relevance for the position (e.g. education, thesis work and, if applicable, any other research activities)
Describe your future goals and future research focus

Other documents:

Copies of bachelor and/or master's thesis.
Attested copies and transcripts of completed education, grades and other certificates, e.g. TOEFL test results.

Use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form.

Please note: The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the application is complete. Incomplete applications and applications sent by email will not be considered.

Application deadline:

For questions, please contact:
Mehdi Abdollahi, Associate Professor, Food and Nutrition Science,

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