The PhD vacancies are in the area of design and development of modern and novel multi-functional reactors and miniaturized reaction systems for a sustainable manufacture of chemical products. Challenges are found in the combination and integration of physical and chemical unit operations at a (very) small scale, i.e. at a scale of centimeters to micrometers. Boundary and interface phenomena play a crucial role in the interactions of gas and liquid phases at these length scales during reactant mixing, mass transfer, and (catalyzed) chemical reactions. Microreactors, spinning disk reactors, rotating foam reactors, and other structured (catalytic) multi-phase reactors and separation devices are developed for many different applications. The section wants to expand its activities in this innovative area of research by means of the appointment of several PhD students.

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated candidates who like to perform pioneering research in a challenging environment and who have an M.Sc. degree and excellent background in chemical engineering or a related discipline.