Entry-Level PhD Researcher in Environmental Engineering and LCA
Conduct cutting-edge Life Cycle Assessment and carbon footprint research for smart bending technologies at the University of Porto.
Best for:Best for early-career PhD researchers with a strong background in Life Cycle Assessment, carbon footprint accounting, and environmental engineering.
Overview
The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto (FEUP) invites applications for an entry-level PhD researcher position within the SmarTuBending project. The successful candidate will focus on strengthening environmental integration and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) components within the iMOB digital platform. Responsibilities include quantifying equipment environmental impacts, calculating carbon footprints including Scope 3 emissions, and developing decision-support indicators. The role involves close collaboration with industrial applications, data modeling using specialized software, and disseminating scientific outcomes.
What you'll do
- Develop and implement the environmental components of the iMOB digital platform.
- Quantify equipment environmental impacts and carbon footprints, incorporating Scope 3 emissions.
- Translate environmental data into digital decision-support indicators for industrial machinery.
- Apply recognized LCA methodologies and carbon accounting standards such as ISO 14040/44 and GHG Protocol.
- Utilize specialized software tools like SimaPro to model product and process lifecycles.
- Disseminate project results through public presentations, reports, and international peer-reviewed journals.
- Contribute occasional support to teaching and training activities within the research area.
Requirements
Degree required: PhD in Environmental Engineering or closely related scientific fields
Language: English proficiency for scientific writing and presentation
Instruction: English and Portuguese
Publications: First-author publications in international peer-reviewed journals in the field of LCA and carbon footprint within the last five years
- Demonstrated research experience in Life Cycle Assessment applied to processes, products, and technologies
- Lead authorship of scientific articles published in English in international journals indexed in SCOPUS or Web of Science
- Hands-on expertise in carbon footprint quantification following GHG Protocol and ISO 14067 standards
- Proficiency in specialized LCA software such as SimaPro
- Open to national, foreign, and stateless citizens holding a matching PhD awarded no more than 5 years prior to application
- Foreign PhD degrees must be recognized by a Portuguese higher education institution by the date of contracting
Funding & terms
How to apply
Candidates must submit their application documents through the official institutional portal or designated application email channel as specified in the recruitment notice. Ensure all required academic certificates and curriculum vitae details are fully attached before the deadline.
- CV
- PhD certificate
- List of publications
- Motivation letter
- Degree recognition documents if awarded abroad
Contact
Rui Artur Bártolo Calçada· Dean
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