MER4

Marie Curie Research Fellowship, 1 position (more experienced researcher):
Electrochemical water and/or soil treatment

The selected researcher must have over 10 years of experience. The selected researcher will deliver lecture courses on electrochemical water and/or soil treatment. He/she will contribute to the supervising of the PhD candidates in the related research field and will also carry out experimental research and produce publications. He/she will also participate in planning and applying further research projects. Good knowledge and practical experience of electrochemistry and its applications in environmental engineering, efficient international networking and experience in attracting research funding are required.

To be eligible, the applicants must fulfill the criteria for Marie Curie Fellows (for eligibility criteria see
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/action/level_en.html)

Contract type: temporary
Position: more experienced researcher (over 10 years of experience)
Number of positions: 1
Deadline: 1.1.2008
Start Date: 1.8.2008
Duration in Months: 3
Salary: Salary will be at the standard rates of Marie Curie Fellowships in Finland (around 81 000 euros gross salary per year, plus travel allowance and a career exploratory allowance). From these allowances all compulsory deductions under national applicable legislation are made.
Contacts: prof. Mika Sillanpää ()
Disciplines: Chemistry, Environmental Science
Town: Mikkeli
Country: Finland
How to apply: Email

Eligible applicants should send their letter of application together with their curriculum vitae, list of publications and summary of current research interest by 1.1.2008 to prof. Mika Sillanpää () and Berith Zinovjev ()

Only the applications delivered according to these instructions are taken into account, when filling the position.

Strengthening of the Environmental Chemistry Research (StrEnChem) -project is a novel and innovative effort to combine several methods and scientific disciplines such as electrochemistry, analytics and environmental technology, in order to develop an integrated, environmentally friendly and cost and time efficient remediation technique for selected contaminants in soil and water matrices. When implemented successfully, the proposed project has potential to overcome several limitations of the non-integrated techniques and methods currently in use, and the developed new technique can be a crucial key on the way of solving a global contamination problem. The Laboratory of Applied Environmental Chemistry (LAEC) at the University of Kuopio (UKu) will act as a host in the proposed project. LAEC is focused on the chemical treatment and analysis of soils and waters, and it has a global leading research position in the field of complexation chemistry in aquatic solutions. In order to be able to reach the scientific goal of creating a novel and innovative solution to a global problem, the weaker aspects of the knowledge base of LAEC need to be strengthened. This will be implemented by recruiting experienced researchers having wide knowledge of disciplines like: microbially enhanced electrokinetic phenomenon, microbial activities under the applied electric field and pH environment, technique enhancement methods, such as ultrasound and application of the most suitable electron donors and mediators, complexation chemistry and electrically assisted ion exchange. The project aims at strengthening the core competence of the LAEC. Moreover, it aims at networking and establishment of long-term research collaboration with high quality European and other international research partners. Networking and cooperation between the key players in the defined fields of science and technology will improve the performance of European research as a whole, and bring Europe a genuine leading position in a novel field of globally important research area.