Titolo di lavoro: Industrial PhD Scholarship - Agroindustry

Descrizione del lavoro:
CRI-FEM, the Research and Innovation Centre at the Fondazione Edmund Mach is a major international research institution with strong and expanding research interests in Fruit Genomics, Quality Health and Nutrition of Agricultural Products, Agro-ecosystems Sustainability, Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology. Moreover, CRI-FEM hosts a Research Unit on Computational Biology and Fox-Lab, an international initiative in forest and wood research. CRI-FEM is located in Trentino, at the foot of the Alps, one of the most spectacular and sought after locations in northern Italy. (FIRS>T), established at CRI-FEM in 2012 offers each year PhD scholarships to outstanding international graduates to carry out research projects in its areas of interest. FIRS>T offers a unique research opportunity to outstanding international graduates to work on basic and applied research projects, operate in an international working environment, and access to state-of-the-art technologies. The extensive FIRS>T network of international collaborations encourages student mobility and provides young scholars with opportunities to develop their research at top international laboratories. Now we are offering 1 industrial PhD Scholarship in the field of Agroindustry – First Stage Researcher (R1) – for a research project on rapid and non-invasive quality control of dairy raw material in collaboration with an industrial partner. The project This research project aims to develop quality control methods for dairy industrial raw material based on the rapid and non-invasive profiling of volatile compounds by Proton-Transfer-Reaction Mass-Spectrometry (PTR-MS), a direct injection mass spectrometry technique, equipped with a Time-of-Flight (ToF) mass analyzer. The study will be complemented both by sensory and gas-chromatographic data. This research project will provide the selected candidate with the opportunity to develop skills related to volatile organic compound analysis, instrumental and software developments, data analysis, and data mining. The Scholarship The successful candidate will receive a scholarship of 20,000.00 Euro per year (before taxes). Please notice that scholarship holders do not benefit from pension rights. In addition to the scholarship, a financial contribution will be available to cover travel expenses associated with the project implementation/training activities/participation in conferences, and for the coverage of university tuition fees. Please notice that FEM is a research Foundation and cannot issue a PhD degree, nor does it handle requests for registration as a PhD student. Accordingly, the selected candidate will be required to register in a PhD programme in an Italian or foreign university at the latest within one year after the start of the scholarship. If at the end of the first year the selected candidate is not yet registered as a PhD student, the scholarship will be terminated. The duration of the scholarship is 3 years and the expected starting date is as soon as possible or upon admission of the selected candidate in a relevant PhD programme. The official working language is English. Admission Requirements We are looking for talented and motivated candidates 30 years old or younger at the time of their application (born after the 21th of May 1986). Eligible candidates have an Italian Laurea Magistrale, (recognised by Ministerial Decree no. 270 of 22 October 2004 or equivalent degree), or a university master’s degree awarded abroad and considered suitable by the admissions committee. Foreign qualifications must be equivalent to the Italian ‘Laurea Magistrale’ (Master’s degree), in terms of duration, level and subject area and must give access to an academic course equivalent to the PhD in the country the degree was issued. Candidates who expect to obtain their qualification giving them access to a PhD programme by the end of June 2016 can also submit their application (in this case the PhD scholarship will only star

Salario minimo: 20000

Nome del datore di lavoro: Fondazione Edmund Mach

Indirizzo datore di lavoro:
via E. Mach, 1, 38010 San Michele all'Adige (TN), ITALY

Modulo di contatto: dr.Flavia Zanon

Il numero di telefono di lavoro: + 39 0461 615 559

Numero di FAX Datore di lavoro: +39 0461 615 183

Job breve descrizione: Biologi, botanici, zoologi ed assimilati

Nazione: Italia

Regione: Trento

Durata del contratto: Temporaneo

Tipo di contratto: Tempo pieno

Istruzione richiesto:
Formazione superiore, compresa quella universitaria

Esperienza: Vedere testo libero

Fonte di offerta di lavoro: Banca dati centrale EURES

Come applicare: Altro - vedere testo libero

Valuta del salario: EUR

Periodo di retribuzione: Annuale