Research Fellow (Postdoctoral Researcher) in Engineering for Climate Action and the Circular Economy at the Trinity College Dublin

The successful postdoctoral candidate will have shared research and project management responsibilities to support research and teaching activities relating to climate action and the circular economy. The candidate will (i) support a leading European project that is advancing new circular economy opportunities by producing biobased products from wastewater, and (ii) provide teaching and management support to launch a progressive postgraduate programme in engineering for climate action to upskilling the workforce to address the climate and biodiversity challenge.

Post Status:

Specific Purpose Contract Full-time

Research Group / Department / School:

School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin

Location:

Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland

Reports to:

Dr John Gallagher

Hours of Work:

Full-time for 24 months from March 2022

Research:

The successful candidate will specifically be responsible for quantifying the circularity performance in producing different wastewater bioproducts to support project deliverables within the Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) WOW! project. This will include undertaking a combination of material flow analysis (MFA), life cycle assessment and costing (LCA and LCA), and circularity measurement and assessment (CE) tasks to quantify the added value of carbon recovery and reuse from wastewater, especially focussed on activated carbon.

Project Management:

The successful candidate will support managing the delivery and promotions for a newly launched HCI Postgraduate Diploma (PG.Dip.)) in Engineering for Climate Action. The candidate will support curriculum development for some of the following module topics: life cycle assessment and circular economy; engineering solutions for environmental protection; climate action mitigation and adaptation measures. In addition, the candidate will support a networking and marketing strategy for the programme.

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