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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

UK: MPhil/PhD by Research in Sonochemistry at Coventry University - Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Overview

A 3 year MPhil/PhD by Research funded through a Carbon Trust grant ‘R&D into cost effective techniques for the extraction of oils/valuable co-products from algae using ultrasound and ionic liquids’ awarded to The Sonochemistry Centre at Coventry University. This is part of a UK wide Carbon Trust initiative involving 10 different university/research groups working together on the development of microalgae derived transport fuels through the Algae Biofuels Challenge (ABC).

http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/emerging-technologies/current-focus-areas/algae-biofuels-challenge/pages/algae-biofuels-challenge.aspx

http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/emerging-technologies/current-focus-areas/Algae-biofuels-challenge/pages/research-partners.aspx

Amount awarded

Stipend for 3 years of up £12,867 pa plus tuition fees for a UK or EU student(eligibility is restricted to UK/EU applicants)

The project will focus on delivering an algal oil extraction process in which ultrasound and ionic liquid solvents work in concert to efficiently recover the oils. You will collate and feedback information in order to develop and optimize the extraction process and to contribute to recommendations for the scale up of the above process(es).


Eligible candidates

You should have a first degree in an appropriate science such as microbiology or biological sciences to at least an upper second class level and if possible evidence of some knowledge of algae.

The post covers a student stipend for 3 years of up £12,867 pa plus tuition fees for a UK or EU student(eligibility is restricted to UK/EU applicants). The start date is scheduled as 20th Sept 2010.

Further information

For further Information please contact:
Dr. E. Joyce, Tel: 024 7688 8075 or e-mail: e.joyce@coventry.ac.uk

www.coventry.ac.uk/researchnet


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