University of Copenhagen PhD Scholarship in Food Science, Denmark

Department
of Food Science (FOOD), Faculty of Science at University of Copenhagen is
offering a PhD scholarship commencing 1st August 2016 or soon
thereafter. The application deadline is 19th May 2016.
Project
description
The
Department of Food Science, Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen
seeks a PhD candidate to work on a PhD project titled “Process and
production mapping within biotechnology
”.
Mapping
a process step and/or an entire production line is of key interest for the
modern biotech company. Mapping a single process step such as a fermentation
involves being able to measure inside the rea

ctor/tank at multiple positions;
this to be able to evaluate gradients, pockets, mixing phenomena etc. This
means sampling from several places in a three dimensional space. How to do this
for different reactor/tank sizes (scales) and from this to transfer knowledge
between scales is one of two major parts of this PhD study. The other major
part is related to the mapping of a complete production line from raw
materials, pre-treatment of raw material (e.g. hydrolysis of proteins), feeding
(fed batch), processing (e.g. fermentation) and different downstream steps
(e.g. freezing, mixing). This requires a holistic understanding of the entire
process. To be able to do so, comprehensive real-time monitoring systems are
very often needed to provide fingerprints of individual process steps as well
as to study interactions between process steps. The study of interactions
between raw materials, fermentation parameters and downstream operations are
far from simple and during this PhD project the student will elucidate how this
can be done in a novel manner. This also includes performing microscale trials
mimicking large scale production lines and trying to establish relationships
between different scales to ease the understanding of the requirements when
setting up a new production line.

The
focus in this PhD will be two-fold: 1) mapping a fermentation tank at small and
intermediate scale with comprehensive chromatography and real-time
spectroscopic techniques to evaluate reproducibility between tanks, gradients
in a tank, sampling considerations etc. and also to investigate how knowledge
(and models) developed in small scale productions can be transferred to and
exploited in larger scale productions; 2) mapping of samples from a complete
production line where raw material characteristics, process parameters and
different sensor technologies (e.g. NIR, IR, Raman and NMR) will be combined
and evaluated together. 
The
project will be hosted by University of Copenhagen.
Principal
supervisor
Associate
Professor
                                
Thomas
Skov                                                                                      
thsk@food.ku.dk                                    
+45
2128
9124                                        
Department
of Food Science
University
of Copenhagen
Co-supervisor
Post
Doc
Carl
Emil Aae Eskildsen
+45
5090 1306
Department
of Food Science
University
of Copenhagen
Job
description
Your
key tasks as a PhD fellow at SCIENCE are:
  • Manage
    and carry through your experimentally based research project
  • Take
    PhD courses
  • Write
    scientific papers and your PhD thesis
  • Participate
    in international congresses
  • Teach
    and disseminate your research
Key
criteria for the assessment of candidate:
  • Master
    degree in food technology or science, chemical or biochemical engineering
  • A
    strong commitment to research and performing experiments across scales
    (lab, pilot, full-scale
  • Strong
    interest in (on-line) measurement principles and data analysis
    (experimental design, statistics, chemometrics)
  • Experience
    with programming
  • The
    grade point average achieved
  • Professional
    qualifications relevant to the PhD programme
  • Previous
    publications
  • Relevant
    work experience
  • Other
    professional activities
  • Language
    skills
  • Interpersonal
    skills
Formal
requirements
The
position is available for a 3-year period for applicants holding a relevant
master degree
The
successful applicant of the PhD scholarship must pass an enrolment in the
SCIENCE Graduate School before the Faculty can finish the letter of employment.
Graduate
School of SCIENCE strives to give our students the best international career
prospects within our main research areas.
Terms
of employment
The
position will be filled according to the agreement between the Danish Ministry
of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The post
is covered by the Protocol on Job Structure.
The
University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the diversity of society and
welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal
background.
Questions
For
specific information about the PhD scholarship, please contact the principal
supervisor.
General
information about PhD programmes is available at http://www.science.ku.dk/english/research/phd/
Application
Procedure
Apply
by clicking ‘Apply online’ below.
Applications
– in English – must include:
  • Cover
    Letter, stating which PhD project you are applying for and detailing your
    motivation and background for applying for the specific PhD project.
  • CV
  • Diploma
    and transcripts of records
  • Other
    information for consideration, e.g. list of publications (if any), peer
    reviewed and other
  • Personal
    Recommendations  
  • A
    maximum of 3 relevant scientific works which the applicant wishes to be
    included in the assessment.
  • Applicants
    whose principal language of instruction during their BSc/MSc was not
    Scandinavian or English must enclose IELTS or TOEFL test scores.
The
applicant will be assessed according to the Ministry of Science Technology and
Innovation Executive Order no 1039 of 27 August 2013.The application must be
received no later than 19th May 2016. Applications received
later than this date will not be considered 

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