Doctoral Researcher (PhD student), Environmental Engineering or Environmental Biotechnology

The Department of Chemistry and Sustainable Technology at the Faculty of Science, Forestry, and Technology invites applications for a Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) position (in Environmental Engineering or Environmental Biotechnology) on the Joensuu Campus. The position will be filled for a 3-year term from 1 May 2025 onwards (or as agreed).

Please find more information below and submit your application by 22 April 2025.

Role and salary

The Department of Chemistry and Sustainable Technology is establishing a Sustainable Bioprocess Research Group, dedicated to developing innovative biotechnological solutions for a more sustainable future. We are seeking a motivated Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) to join our team. This research project focuses on developing an integrated approach for carbon and nitrogen recovery from wastewater.

As our new Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) your main responsibilities will include:

• conducting laboratory experiments (bioreactor operation and analysis of metabolic pathways and microbial communities) related to the project
• analyzing experimental data and interpreting results
• writing scientific manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals
• presenting research findings at international conferences to disseminate project outcomes

The main task of a Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) is to conduct research for their dissertation and to complete postgraduate studies.

The position will be filled for a 3-year term from 1 May 2025 onwards (or starting date as agreed). The position will be filled for a fixed term due to it pertaining to the Doctoral Researcher’s (PhD student's) own doctoral dissertation work and studies. A probationary period is applied to all new members of the staff.

The salary of the position is determined in accordance with the salary system for Finnish universities. The salary comprises two components: a job-related salary element and a personal salary element. For a Doctoral Researcher, the job-related salary element is based on levels 2–4 of the job requirement level chart for teaching and research staff depending on the stage of the applicant's doctoral research and postgraduate studies. The personal performance salary element is 6–50% of the job-related salary element. At the beginning of the employment the total salary will be approximately EUR 2,585–2,720 /month.

Our requirements and expectations

Requirements

• a master’s degree in environmental engineering, environmental biotechnology, or a related field
• a person to be appointed as a Doctoral Researcher shall be qualified to pursue postgraduate studies, i.e., the Doctoral Researcher must be eligible to apply for and must have been granted the right to pursue postgraduate studies in the Faculty’s Doctoral Programme LUMETO
• a good command of written and spoken English

The following will be considered an advantage

• experience in molecular data analysis, including -omics techniques, and bioreactor operation
• strong motivation to work in an international research environment and willingness to collaborate with multiple research groups across the EU
• experience with programming languages for data analysis, modelling, or bioinformatics

Your benefits

You will have access to the university’s staff benefits, including
•    opportunity for flexible multi-location work
•    extensive occupational health care
•    broad selection of staff training
•    staff discount on lunch in our campus restaurants, as well as on a range of other services
•    affordable sports services and tax-free bike benefit

Please read more in the Work at UEF section on our website.

You will have an opportunity to work in an interesting, meaningful and diverse role as part of our international, creative, participatory and inclusive academic community.

Enjoy your life in Finland! Known for its cleanliness, welfare know-how, modern technology and superb education system, Finland is an exotic and safe country to work in. Please visit the Life in Finland section on our website to learn more.

How to apply?

Submit your application by using our electronic application form no later than 22 April 2025 by 24:00 (midnight) Finnish time (UTC+3).

Please note that you must include the following appendices in your application

• CV (Template for CV, TENK web page)
• a list of publications (Instructions, Research Council of Finland Web page)
• copies of your academic degree certificates / diplomas, and copies of certificates / diplomas relating to your language proficiency, if not indicated in the academic degree certificates/diplomas
• motivation letter (max. 1 page)
• other documents to demonstrate the applicant’s merits for the position

If your degree certificate is not in English, Finnish, or Swedish, you must provide official English translations of your degree certificate documents. All translations must be made by the issuing educational institution or an authorized translator. Each page of the official translation must bear the translator's stamp and/or signature. Official translations must be accurate translations of the original documents. Translations made by applicants themselves will not be accepted.

Questions?

For further information on the position, please contact University Researcher (Tenure Track) Merve Atasoy, email: [email protected], tel. +358 29 445 3614.

For further information on the application procedure, please contact HR Specialist Noora Hämäläinen, e-mail: [email protected], tel. +358 29 4458302 or HR Specialist Iiris Korhonen, e-mail: [email protected], tel. +358 29 4458161.

Haemme väitöskirjatutkijaa Itä-Suomen yliopistolle. Tehtävä sijoittuu luonnontieteiden, metsätieteiden ja tekniikan tiedekuntaan kemian ja kestävän teknologian laitokselle Joensuun kampukselle. Tehtävä alkaa 1.5.2025 (tai sopimuksen mukaan), ja se täytetään kolmen vuoden määräajaksi. Tässä tehtävässä tehtäväkohtainen palkanosa on vaativuustasoluokittelussa tasoilla 2-4. Lisäksi maksetaan henkilökohtaiseen suoriutumiseen perustuvaa palkanosaa, joka on 6-50 % tehtäväkohtaisesta palkanosasta. Tehtävässä edellytetään hyvää englannin kielen taitoa.​

Lue tarkemmat tiedot tehtävästä ja hakuohjeet yllä olevasta englanninkielisestä ilmoituksesta. Jätäthän hakemuksesi englanniksi. Hakuaika tehtävään päättyy 22.4.2025.

The Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology operates on the Kuopio and Joensuu campuses of the University of Eastern Finland. The mission of the faculty is to carry out internationally recognised scientific research and to offer research-education in the fields of natural sciences, forestry and technology. The faculty invests in all of the strategic research areas of the university. The faculty’s environments for research and learning are international, modern and multidisciplinary. The faculty has approximately 2,650 Bachelor’s and Master’s degree students and some 440 postgraduate students. The number of staff amounts to 650.

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