Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader or Chair in Clean Fossil Fuels

Major long-term funding (10 years) by Qatar Petroleum and Shell International through the recently established Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research Centre (QCCSRC) is enabling Imperial College London to expand significantly its research into Clean Fossil Fuels – aimed in particular at improving the energy efficiency of oil and gas recovery closely coupled with reducing greenhouse gas emissions through advanced carbon capture and storage technologies.  The Centre is located in the Faculty of Engineering where it involves 16 members of academic staff, and presently employs 11 postdoctoral researchers and 12 PhD students.

Imperial College is now inviting applications for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer or Reader or Professor to be held in the Department of Chemical Engineering. The Department is one of the world's leading institutions in both the teaching and research of chemical engineering, and has been top rated in each of the last three Research Assessment Exercises, in 1996, 2001 and 2008.  Successful candidates will have a proven world-class research track record. A background in one or more of the following areas is preferred:

-           experimental thermophysics of fluids

-           carbon capture and storage

-           mineral-fluid interactions especially in carbonate-based systems

-           process thermodynamics

-           process monitoring and sensors

Appointments at Senior Lecturer, Reader or Professor level will be considered for candidates of appropriate experience. 

Successful candidates will be expected to pursue their own research interests, to contribute to the teaching and administration in the Department and to be active and take on an academic leadership role in the activities of the QCCSRC.  Exciting opportunities exist for evaluation of engineering applications in a field environment.  Significant funding for research staff, studentships and equipment will be available.  The Lecturers will also have the opportunity to contribute to the multidisciplinary Energy Futures Lab and the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and to work closely with scientists and engineers in Shell and Qatar Petroleum.

Please direct any enquiries to Dr Iain Macdonald by email to i.macdonald@imperial.ac.uk.

Priority consideration will be given to Imperial College staff at risk of redundancy

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