[ES_JOBS_NET] PhD/Postdoc positions - environmental engineering/chemistry; Temple U (Philadelphia)

[Erica R. McKenzie]

The McKenzie Environmental Engineering Research Group (MEERG) at Temple University is seeking multiple highly motivated people at either Ph.D. or Postdoctoral level.  Potential projects are listed below and more information is attached.   Graduate applicants are encourage to have all application material submitted by Nov. 15.  Interested parties can contact Dr. McKenzie at ermckenzie at temple.edu


-          Contaminants in infiltration-based green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) including nutrients, metals, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PennDOT/AECOM funded; in collaboration with a larger Temple and Villanova team). The research will include field, laboratory, and modeling efforts, and will focus on likely focus on one of the following: 1) contaminant transport in lateral and vertical directions, including particle-facilitated transport, or 2) cost-effective application of sorbent materials to immobilize contaminants. This position is most appropriate for a Ph.D.-seeking applicant.


-          PFAS interaction with organic matter and its impacts of transport in porous media.  This NSF-supported project will consider accumulation at the air-water and solid-water interfaces.  The laboratory-based project (batch systems and flow through columns) will include collaboration with another MEERG graduate student.  This project will include innovative application of analytical tools and is most appropriate for a Ph.D.-seeking applicant.


-          PFAS degradation through non-thermal plasma treatment.  This project is in collaboration with Drexel University and the Nyheim Plasma Institute, and will investigate treatment of PFAS in aqueous and solid matrices (SERDP funded). This effort will rely heavy on high resolution mass spectrometry for identification of degradation products; both Ph.D. and Postdoctoral applications will be considered (postdoc timing has more flexibility).

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