Feup - Doctorate Initial Level - Project H2Symbiotic - Proposal 1495

Organisation/Company FEUP Department Human Resources Division Research Field Engineering » Chemical engineering Engineering » Other Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Postdoc Positions Application Deadline 1 Jul ***:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer DescriptionNOTICE OF OPENING OF AN INTERNATIONAL SELECTION PROCEDURE FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A DOCTORATE INITIAL LEVEL RESEARCHER POSITION
By order of 25/05/2026, the Dean of FEUP, Professor Rui Artur Bártolo Calçada, deliberated to open an international selection procedure for the recruitment of 1 Doctorate Initial level within the scope of Project "H2SYMBIOTIC – Multi‐Sector Hydrogen Integration for Decarbonisation and Circularity," with nr. * and operation code at the Funds Platform (Balcão dos Fundos) COMPETE‐FEDER‐**, co‐financed by the European Union through the COMPETE ** Programme, of Portugal , in the form of an Uncertain Term Employment Contract, by legal imperative, under the terms of paragraph
b) of no. 1 of article 6 of RJEC, ex vi of no. 2 of article 18 of RJEC, and will be maintained only for the period necessary to execute the tasks defined in the project and identified below, whose expected duration is 24 months, never exceeding the maximum limit of six years.
This recruitment aims the performance of activities corresponding to the category of Doctorate Initial level, as stated in article 8 of Regulation No. **, of May 22.
The Doctorate Initial level, in abstract, is responsible for carrying out the activities foreseen in no. 2 of art. 7 of Regulation no. **, of May 22nd.
Specifically, the Doctorate Initial level will develop R&D activities in the scope of Project "H2SYMBIOTIC – Multi‐Sector Hydrogen Integration for Decarbonisation and Circularity" within the field of environmental technologies, contributing to the following project activities: A3 – Development of circular solutions for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) integrating electrolysis by‐products and A4 – Implementation, validation, and integrated demonstration of the solutions in a real environment.
The selected researcher may also provide possible collaboration in teaching and training activities in the area of research.
The scientific areas of this selection procedure are Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Biological Engineering or a closely related scientific field.
Applicable Legislation: Regulation no **, and related legislation.
The work will be developed at Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP).
The monthly remuneration to be paid is €*,11, corresponding to level 33 of the Single Salary Table, approved by Order no. **‐C/ of December 31 and level 5, position 1 from "Regulamento no **".
Admission Requirements:
This competition is open to national candidates, foreigners, and stateless persons holding a doctoral degree in chemical engineering, environmental engineering, and biological engineering, or a closely related scientific field, for 5 years or less, and with a scientific and professional curriculum that shows an appropriate profile for the activity to be developed.
Any doctorate awarded by a foreign higher education institution must be recognized by a Portuguese higher education institution in accordance with article 25 of the Decree‐Law no. *, of August 16, which approves the legal regime for the recognition of academic degrees and diplomas of Higher Education, awarded by foreign higher education institutions and paragraph
e) of no. 2 of article 4 of Decree‐Law no. *, of August 3, and any formalities established therein must be complied with by the date of the hiring act.
Specific Admission requirements:
The following specific criteria must be fulfilled to determine the appropriate profile for the activity to be developed:
a) To have a relevant curriculum in the scientific area of the application and to demonstrate skills and previous experience in: analytical techniques (liquid chromatography, gas chromatography and ion chromatography) and environmental technologies (ozonation, membrane filtration, electrodeionization, anaerobic digestion, thermal hydrolysis, membrane degasification and/or heterogeneous (photo‐)thermo‐catalysis).
b) To be the author of at least 15 articles published in peer‐reviewed scientific journals (excluding book chapters and conference proceedings papers), indexed in the SCOPUS or ISI databases, in the above‐mentioned areas.
c) To have an h‐index higher than 10, as recorded in the Clarivate Analytics/Web of Science or Scopus platforms.
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