A research contract of 1 year, extendable to 3 years for completion of a PhD thesis, is offered by the Group of Environmental Biotechnology (Biogroup) of the University of Santiago de Compostela within the European project Cell4Chem. The contract starting date is flexible and foreseen to take place in December 2022/January 2023.
Requirements:
- Candidates must have a master level degree in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Biotechnology, Applied Mathematics, Physics or similar.
- An interest in developing a research career culminating in the completion of a PhD thesis will be highly valued.
- Experience in mathematical modelling, programming and the use of scientific software (e.g. Matlab, Octave, Python, etc.) will be appreciated, especially if applied to biochemical models and biosystems.
- Candidates must be skilled in problem solving and understanding of complex scientific texts.
- Candidates must have good communication skills as well as proficiency in written and spoken English language
Applications and information requests must be sent to miguel.mauricio@usc.es (including in the subject: “CELL4CHEM position”) before September 30th at 9:00 am.
Applications must contain the following documents:
- Motivation letter (not more than 1 page), indicating the contact details of the candidate and a brief description of the reasons why they should be selected.
- Curriculum Vitae
- Name and contact of two references (e.g. former supervisors
The preselection process involves the following steps:
- Evaluation of applications (motivation letter and CV). The goal of this evaluation is to assess the adequacy of applicant’s profile to the requirements of the call.
- Screening test. Successful candidates from the first stage will be invited to a qualifying screening test. The objective of this test is to evaluate candidate’s competency to develop a research career.
- Personal interview. Top three candidates after CV screening will be invited for a formal application to the research position, including a personal interview.
