PhD Scholarships in Biofuels & Biorefinery, Nanjing Agricultural University, China (2016)

College of Engineering, Nanjing Agricultural University (a top national university under Ministry of Education of China) established a group for biomass and biorefinery in December 2015. PhD students are now being recruited within this group led by Prof. Zhen FANG to convert renewable biomass and agricultural wastes to biofuels and chemicals.

The students will be expected to do internationally recognized research in the areas of bioenergy and bio-based products from agricultural wastes. Possible topical areas of this group include thermo-chemical conversion processes, hydrothermal processes, green solvents (ionic liquids, supercritical fluids) for biorefining, synthesis of nanocatalysts for chemicals, biofuels, bio-diesel production processes, biological conversion processes (e.g., microbial oil, algae biodiesel, fermentation for hydrogen, ethanol and butanol), conversion of biomass to liquid, solid and gaseous fuels; separation of bioproducts; integration of biomass production/conversion/utilization concepts; and other relevant topics.

The candidates are expected to have a background in chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, agricultural engineering, bio-processing or a related field of engineering, microbiology and chemistry, and are able to do independent research and publish papers in high impacted international journals.

Applicants are invited to send their curriculum vitae, a statement of plan for research, diplomas and the names and addresses of three references to the HR Department by email and cc to Prof. Zhen FANG at the same time.

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