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Professor in microbial ecology for the bio-based circular economy |
KU Leuven Belgium |
24.08.2021 |
Description: Recycling of organic waste can turn a fossil fuel based economy into a bio-based economy. The future in this domain targets the development of new technologies that use organic waste streams for gaining products with high added value. The main discipline to develop these technologies via biological means is microbial ecology, the field which studies the interactions among microorganisms. The biochemical conversion technologies require a social network of different microorganisms. It is postulated that a better understanding of the interactions among microorganisms and of their spatial and temporal structure in for instance biofilms, is key to develop functionally active and stable microbial communities that catalyze these bioconversions. The KU Leuven has a full time academic vacancy for a microbial ecologist to perform research on novel technologies that support the bio-based circular economy. The new professor has to use current state of the art and new methods to take up the challenge to understand the deeper ecology and functioning of microbial communities governing bioconversion processes of interest for circular economy in order to propose measures for improvement and control. Evidently, this microbial ecology approach will represent a complementary asset for the ongoing resource recovery research. More information can be found at https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60023631
Application deadline: September 30, 2021 Contact : Prof. Dirk Springael (dirk.springael@kuleuven.be), Prof. Erik Smolders (erik.smolders@kuleuven.be)
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PhD and/or post-doc in Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Evolution |
KU Leuven Belgium |
24.08.2021 |
Description: Two research positions are open at KU Leuven, Belgium, in the Environmental Microbiology group of Prof. Dirk Springael of the Division of Soil and Water Management, starting from between September – October 2021. The first one is a 4-years position for a PhD that will study the biology of the insertion sequence element IS1071 and its ability to recruit and spread adaptive gene functions in microbial communities. The second one can be filled in by either a 4-years PhD or a 3-years post-doc and will study the use of mixed substrate utilization to improving the biodegradation of a mixture of organic micropollutants by consortia of dedicated bacterial strains in dilute freshwaters in a membrane biofilm reactor. More information can be found at https://aow.kuleuven.be/jobs/vacatures/ResearchPositionsEnvironMicrobiolDSpringael-KULeuvenC.pdf
Application deadline: August 25, 2021
Contact: Prof. Dirk Springael (dirk.springael@kuleuven.be) |
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