A Research Associate position is currently available in the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute.
Key Responsibilities:
The candidate will be undertaking full research work and administrative duties during the term of employment within the following areas:
- Design, engineering, and test-bedding of working prototypes of chemical reactors for thermochemical conversion of biomass and plastics into valuable products
- Catalyst product formulation and testing
- Improvement of processes for gas conversion into value-added products (e.g., pyrolysis, syngas generation, hydrogen production, carbon nanomaterials synthesis)
- Prepare technical reports, standard work procedures, risk assessments, and technology descriptions for intellectual property protection
- Prepare presentation decks for various audiences (scientific community, industry partners, government agencies, investors)
- Write and publish research papers
- Supervise junior colleagues
Job Requirements:
- M.Sc. Degree in Chemical and/or Environmental Engineering or in a closely related field to Chemical and/or Environmental engineering
- Experience in pyrolysis, gasification, heterogeneous catalysis, solid sample characterization, chemical reaction engineering, process engineering
- High proficiency in English is essential to conduct research
- Able to prepare a well-written technical report, research paper, proposal
- Able to prepare a decent quality presentation deck
- Able to build formal and informal partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
- Able to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances
- Able to create new and better ways, advance technological progress and make the project successful
- Able to develop junior teammates to meet the project goals
- Good chemical engineering background, communication skills, initiative, creativity and resourcefulness are essential to succeed
We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
