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addressAddressNewcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
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Award Summary The studentship provides 100% fees (Home & international), a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £18,622 (2023/24 UKRI rate), and a research training support grant of £20,000. Overview PhD project part of the CDT in Process Industries: Net Zero. The successful PhD student will be co-supervised by academics from the Process Intensification Group at Newcastle University.  Microalgae are playing increasingly prominent roles in wastewater bioremediation, where their well-known ability to absorb metals, nitrogen and phosphorous is used in solar driven processes that clean up the wastewater. A process co-developed by Newcastle University and Northumbrian Water Ltd (NWL) and installed at the Bran Sands treatment works on Teesside, uses an ammonophilic microalga (Chlorococcum sp.) originally isolated from Bran Sands to remediate ammonium from the site’s anaerobic digesters. The process is stable, well characterised, and is being implemented at scale. It is central to NWL’s nutrient neutrality and net zero ambitions. However, the alga’s biology remains a black box. This PhD project will use minion nanopore sequencing of the alga’s genome and to define the alga’s transcriptome (following RNA-Seq) when grown under a range of ammonium levels. Understanding the genetic operational limits of the alga will enable further optimisation of the bioremediation process and offers the potential to provide the underpinning data to metabolically engineer the organism in the future. This ‘omics approach will also enable the prediction of other pollutants that this organism can remediate in addition to any valuable biochemicals that may be extracted from the biomass. Number Of Awards 1 Start Date 17th September 2024 Award Duration 4 years Application Closing Date 31 May 2024 Sponsor EPSRC Supervisors Academic supervisors: Professor Jonathan Lee and Dr. Gary Caldwell Eligibility Criteria You must have, or expect to gain, a minimum 2:1 Honours degree or international equivalent in a subject relevant to the proposed PhD project (usually chemical engineering or chemistry, but please get in touch if you think your qualification may be relevant). Enthusiasm for research, the ability to think and work independently, excellent analytical skills and strong verbal and written communication skills are also essential requirements. Home and international applicants (inc. EU) are welcome to apply and if successful will receive a full studentship. Applicants whose first language is not English require an IELTS score of 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in all sub-skills. International applicants may require an ATAS (Academic Technology Approval Scheme) clearance certificate prior to obtaining their visa and to study on this programme.  How To Apply Once registered select ‘Create a Postgraduate Application’.   Use ‘Course Search’ to identify your programme of study:   Search for the ‘Course Title’ using the programme code: 8856F Leave the 'Research Area' field blank Select ‘PhD in Process Industries; Net Zero (PINZ’) as the programme of study You will then need to provide the following information in the ‘Further Details’ section:   A ‘Personal Statement’ (this is a mandatory field) - upload a document or write a statement directly in to the application form   The studentship code PINZ07 in the ‘Studentship/Partnership Reference’ field   ‘Research Proposal’ - when prompted for how you are providing your research proposal –select ‘Write Proposal’. You should then type in the title of the research project from this advert. You do not need to upload a research proposal. You must submit one application per studentship, you cannot apply for multiple studentships on one application. Contact Details pinz.cdt@ncl.ac.uk
Refer code: 3275648. Newcastle University - The previous day - 2024-05-04 18:48

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