PhD Studentship:Carbon Trust-R&D into Cost Effective Techniques for the Extraction of Oils/valuable Co-products from Algae using Ultrasound and Ionic Liquids, UK

July 17, 2010
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Job Description: A 3 year MPhil/PhD by Research funded through a Carbon Trust grant ‘R&D into cost effective techniques for the extraction of oils/valuable co-products from algae using ultrasound and ionic liquids’ awarded to The Sonochemistry Centre at Coventry University. This is part of a UK wide Carbon Trust initiative involving 10 different university/research groups working together on the development of microalgae derived transport fuels through the Algae Biofuels Challenge (ABC).

http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/emerging-technologies/current-focus-areas/algae-biofuels-challenge/pages/algae-biofuels-challenge.aspx

http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/emerging-technologies/current-focus-areas/Algae-biofuels-challenge/pages/research-partners.aspx

The project will focus on delivering an algal oil extraction process in which ultrasound and ionic liquid solvents work in concert to efficiently recover the oils. The successful applicant will collate and feedback information in order to develop and optimize the extraction process and to contribute to recommendations for the scale up of the above process(es).
Candidate specification

The ideal candidate should have at least a 2:1 in an undergraduate degree in an appropriate science such as microbiology or biological sciences. Some knowledge of Algae is desired.
Further details

Contact: Dr. E. Joyce
Tel: 02476 888075
email: e.joyce@coventry.ac.uk
How to apply

Please submit an application form , a research proposal (approx 2000 words) in your intended area of study, a detailed CV, two references (one of which must be academic) and a covering letter to research-apps.pg@coventry.ac.uk

Closing Date: 31 Jul 2010

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