Offer Description
The UCAM-SENS unit and Hydro-MRLab are recruiting a PhD student.
Background
In a collaborative project between the UCAM-SENS unit and Hydro-MRLab, supported by “Fundación Estrella de Levante”, we aim to provide and demonstrate new analytical tools for the in situ and automatized monitoring of the water bodies in the Region of Murcia (Spain).
The UCAM-SENS is a scientific unit that strives for the true digital transformation of key domains such asHealth, Sport, Food and the Environment by using advanced (bio)chemical sensing based on electrochemistry and imaging principles. The Hydro-MRLab works in the evaluation of water systems based on imaging analysis
techniques through the installation of video cameras in a non-intrusive and continuous mode. The UCAM-SENS unit and Hydro-MRLab have merged their expertises in water monitoring through digital tools to build up a convergence project to investigate new monitoring actions applied to environmental water systems.
The project will be hosted at the HiTech (Health, Sport and Innovation Hub) research building, which is an international, multicultural and multidisciplinary environment where people, ideas, knowledge, and necessities meet together to pose and address new societal challenges.
Eligibility
The PhD student candidate must preferably have a multidisciplinary background:
- Hold an Engineer/Licentiate bachelor's degree (Chemistry, Environmental Science, Civil, other), and a completed M.Sc. degree in related fields. For non-Spanish bachelor degrees, please, convert the Bachelor's and master’s final marks to the Spanish system.
- Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following fields: electrochemistry, chemical sensors, electroanalysis, modelling of environmental systems. Please, attach publications and/or master's thesis related to the above experience.
- Advanced English level (B/6).
General Skills
To succeed as a doctoral student at UCAM-SENS/Hydro-MRLab you need to be goal-oriented and
persevering in your work. During the selection process, candidates will be assessed on their ability to:
- independently pursue his or her work,
- collaborate with others,
- have a professional approach and
- analyse and work with complex issues.
- Advanced English level
After the qualification requirements, great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities and personal suitability.
What we offer
- The possibility to obtain a PhD degree in a dynamic and international research environment.
- A workplace divided into small clusters supervised by a senior researcher.
- Monthly salary according to PhD student salary agreement in the UCAM.
- Work and study in the UCAM, which is in Murcia, the capital city of the Southeastern region of Spain where Mediterranean weather joins the natural beauty of the beaches of Costa Cálida with the mountains and fields of the Huerta de Europa. The University has a special environment, both culturally and historically as its main campus is centred around the 18 th century Jerónimos Monastery (National Monument) with more than 20,000 students and around 1,000 teaching staff.
- Help to be relocated and settled in Murcia and UCAM.
- Excellent scientific and human environment.
Application
Apply for the position and admission through the UCAM recruitment system. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the application is complete according to the instructions in the advertisement. Applications must be received at the last closing date at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).
Applications must include the following elements:
- CV including your relevant professional experience and knowledge (maximum 2 pages long). Details of the bachelor's and master’s degree title, year, marks and university.
- Application letter with a brief description of why you want to pursue research studies in the UCAM-SENS/Hydro-MRLab, about what your academic and personal interests are and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals (maximum 1 page long).
- Copies of diplomas and grades from previous university studies and certificates of fulfilled language requirements (see above). Translations into English or Spanish are required, if the original document is not issued in one of these languages.
- Representative publications or technical reports: For large documents, please provide a summary (abstract) and a web link to the full text.
- Reference letters from previous supervisors and/or teachers.
