{"data":{"id":205944,"slug":"postdoktor-inom-processeffektivisering-for-nitrocellulosa","type":"job","title":"Postdoctoral Researcher in Process Efficiency for Nitrocellulose","description":"Job Responsibilities\nDo you want to make nitrocellulose manufacturing more resource-efficient and sustainable? We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher for the Svenskt Krut competence center at KTH, where academia, government agencies, and industry work together to strengthen Sweden's capabilities in nitrocellulose (NC).\nIn this project, we analyze the nitration process and sub-processes for recovering and reusing acids, wash water, and solvents. Your role is to map and quantify process and waste streams, establish mass balances, and evaluate recovery techniques such as distillation, membrane processes, and sorption.\nYou will conduct laboratory and small-scale pilot experiments on the most promising solutions, perform a techno-economic analysis, and develop a proposal for a more sustainable process. Process flow simulation and AI-assisted data analysis are central tools. The work takes place at the Department of Fiber and Polymer Technology and in collaboration with FOI and industry partners.\nQualifications\nRequirements\nCompleted doctoral degree or foreign degree assessed as equivalent to a doctoral degree. This qualification requirement must be met by the time the employment decision is made.\nDocumented scientific expertise in chemical engineering, process engineering, or a related field, demonstrated through publications.\nExperience with mass balances, flow simulation, or separation and recovery techniques (e.g., distillation, membrane, or sorption).\nVery good knowledge of English in speech and writing, as required in daily work.\nAs a person, you are independent, proactive, and have good collaborative skills in an interdisciplinary environment.\nSwedish citizenship.\n\nMeriting Factors\nAt the application deadline, no more than three years since completing your doctoral degree or a foreign degree assessed as equivalent to a doctoral degree.\nExperience with techno-economic analysis or sustainability assessment of processes.\nExperience with AI or data-driven process analysis.\nExperience working in an industry-related process environment, preferably with acids or waste streams.\nPedagogical ability.\nAwareness of diversity and equal treatment issues with particular focus on gender equality.\n\nWe will place great emphasis on personal qualities.\nBecome Part of KTH\nKTH shapes the future through education, research, and innovation. As a leading international technical university, we play an active role in driving and contributing to the transition to a sustainable society. Here you have the opportunity to grow and develop in a creative and dynamic workplace with good working conditions and benefits. Gender equality, diversity, and equal treatment are a quality issue and an integral part of KTH's values as a university and government agency.\nRead more about our benefits and what it is like to work and develop at KTH.\nLabor Union Representatives\nContact information for labor union representatives.\nApplication\nYou apply through KTH's recruitment system. As an applicant, you have primary responsibility for ensuring your application is complete when submitted.\nThe application should include:\nCV including relevant work experience and knowledge.\nCopy of degree certificate and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents are not issued in one of these languages.\nA brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests, and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Maximum 2 pages.\n\nThe application must be received by KTH no later than the application deadline at midnight, CET\/CEST (Central European Time\/Central European Summer Time).\nAbout the Employment\nThe employment is permanent, but for a maximum of two years\nA postdoctoral position is a fixed-term qualifying position primarily focused on research, intended as a first career step after completing your doctorate.\nOther Information\nFor information on the processing of personal data in connection with recruitment.\nAn employment at KTH may be placed in a security class. If this is the case for this position, a security check of the applicant will be conducted in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585) with consent. In such cases, approval after the security check is a requirement for employment.\nWe decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies as well as job ad vendors.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Postdoktor inom processeffektivisering f\u00f6r nitrocellulosa","description_original":"Arbetsuppgifter\nVill du g\u00f6ra tillverkningen av nitrocellulosa mer resurseffektiv och h\u00e5llbar? Vi s\u00f6ker en postdoktor till kompetenscentrumet Svenskt Krut vid KTH, d\u00e4r akademi, myndigheter och industri tillsammans st\u00e4rker Sveriges f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga inom nitrocellulosa (NC).\nI projektet analyserar vi nitreringsprocessen och delprocesserna f\u00f6r att \u00e5tervinna och \u00e5teranv\u00e4nda syror, tv\u00e4ttvatten och l\u00f6sningsmedel. Din roll \u00e4r att kartl\u00e4gga och kvantifiera process- och reststr\u00f6mmar, uppr\u00e4tta massbalanser och utv\u00e4rdera \u00e5tervinningstekniker som destillation, membranprocesser och sorption.\nDu genomf\u00f6r laboratorie- och mindre pilotf\u00f6rs\u00f6k p\u00e5 de mest lovande l\u00f6sningarna, g\u00f6r en teknoekonomisk analys och tar fram ett f\u00f6rslag p\u00e5 en h\u00e5llbarare process. Processfl\u00f6dessimulering och AI-st\u00f6dd dataanalys \u00e4r centrala verktyg. Arbetet sker vid Institutionen f\u00f6r Fiber- och polymerteknologi och i samarbete med FOI och industriparter.\nKvalifikationer\nKrav\nAvlagd doktorsexamen eller utl\u00e4ndsk examen som bed\u00f6ms motsvara en doktorsexamen. Detta beh\u00f6righetskrav ska vara uppfyllt senast vid tidpunkten d\u00e5 anst\u00e4llningsbeslutet fattas.\nDokumenterad vetenskaplig skicklighet inom kemiteknik, processteknik eller n\u00e4rliggande omr\u00e5de, styrkt genom publikationer.\nErfarenhet av massbalanser, fl\u00f6dessimulering eller separations- och \u00e5tervinningstekniker (t.ex. destillation, membran eller sorption).\nMycket goda kunskaper i engelska i tal och skrift, d\u00e5 det kr\u00e4vs i det dagliga arbetet.\nSom person \u00e4r du sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndig, initiativtagande och har god samarbetsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga i en tv\u00e4rvetenskaplig milj\u00f6.\nSvenskt medborgarskap.\n\nMeriterande\nVid sista ans\u00f6kningsdag h\u00f6gst tre \u00e5r sedan doktorsexamen eller en utl\u00e4ndsk examen som bed\u00f6ms motsvara doktorsexamen avlades.\nErfarenhet av teknoekonomisk analys eller h\u00e5llbarhetsbed\u00f6mning av processer.\nErfarenhet av AI- eller datadriven processanalys.\nErfarenhet av arbete i industrin\u00e4ra processmilj\u00f6, g\u00e4rna med syror eller reststr\u00f6mmar.\nPedagogisk f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga.\nMedvetenhet om m\u00e5ngfalds- och likabehandlingsfr\u00e5gor med s\u00e4rskilt fokus p\u00e5 j\u00e4mst\u00e4lldhet.\n\nVi kommer att l\u00e4gga stor vikt vid personliga egenskaper.\nBli en del av KTH \u00a0\nKTH formar framtiden genom utbildning, forskning och innovation. Som ett ledande internationellt tekniskt universitet spelar vi en aktiv roll i att driva och medverka i omst\u00e4llningen till ett h\u00e5llbart samh\u00e4lle. H\u00e4r erbjuds du m\u00f6jligheten att v\u00e4xa och utvecklas p\u00e5 en kreativ och dynamisk arbetsplats med goda arbetsvillkor och f\u00f6rm\u00e5ner. J\u00e4mst\u00e4lldhet, m\u00e5ngfald och lika villkor \u00e4r en kvalitetsfr\u00e5ga och en sj\u00e4lvklar del av KTH:s v\u00e4rdegrund som universitet och statlig myndighet.\nL\u00e4s mer om v\u00e5ra f\u00f6rm\u00e5ner och hur det \u00e4r att arbeta och utvecklas p\u00e5 KTH.\nFackliga representanter\nKontaktuppgifter till\u00a0fackliga representanter.\nAns\u00f6kan\nDu ans\u00f6ker via KTH:s rekryteringssystem. Du som s\u00f6kande har huvudansvaret f\u00f6r att din ans\u00f6kan \u00e4r komplett n\u00e4r den skickas in.\nAns\u00f6kan ska inneh\u00e5lla:\u00a0\nCV inklusive relevant yrkeserfarenhet och kunskap.\nKopia av examensbevis och betyg fr\u00e5n dina tidigare universitetsstudier. \u00d6vers\u00e4ttningar till engelska eller svenska om de ursprungliga dokumenten inte utf\u00e4rdas p\u00e5 n\u00e5got av dessa spr\u00e5k.\nKortfattad redog\u00f6relse f\u00f6r varf\u00f6r du vill bedriva forskning, dina akademiska intressen och hur de relaterar till dina tidigare studier och framtida m\u00e5l. max 2 sidor l\u00e5ng.\u00a0\n\nAns\u00f6kan ska vara KTH tillhanda senast sista ans\u00f6kningsdagen vid midnatt, CET\/CEST (Central European Time\/Central European Summer Time).\nOm anst\u00e4llningen\nAnst\u00e4llningen g\u00e4ller tillsvidare, dock l\u00e4ngst tv\u00e5 \u00e5r\nEn anst\u00e4llning som postdoktor \u00e4r en tidsbegr\u00e4nsad meriteringsanst\u00e4llning med huvudinriktning mot forskning avsedd som ett f\u00f6rsta karri\u00e4rsteg efter disputation.\n\u00d6vrigt\nF\u00f6r information om behandling av personuppgifter i samband med rekrytering.\nDet kan f\u00f6rekomma att en anst\u00e4llning hos KTH \u00e4r placerad i s\u00e4kerhetsklass. Om s\u00e5 \u00e4r fallet f\u00f6r just denna anst\u00e4llning g\u00f6rs en s\u00e4kerhetspr\u00f6vning av s\u00f6kande i enlighet med s\u00e4kerhetsskyddslagen (2018:585) efter samtycke. I dessa fall \u00e4r en f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttning f\u00f6r anst\u00e4llning att s\u00f6kande blir godk\u00e4nd efter s\u00e4kerhetspr\u00f6vning.\nVi undanber oss direktkontakt med bemannings- och rekryteringsf\u00f6retag samt f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljare av platsannonser.","price":null,"currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":true,"location":{"address":"Brinellv\u00e4gen 8","full_address":null,"city":"Stockholm","country":"SE","latitude":59.2877928,"longitude":18.0528391},"metadata":{"region":"Stockholms l\u00e4n","duration":"6 m\u00e5nader eller l\u00e4ngre","employer":"Kungliga Tekniska H\u00f6gskolan","postcode":"10044","positions":1,"profession":"Doktorand","salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","employer_url":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/om\/work-at-kth\/lediga-jobb","scope_of_work":"100\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Heltid","contact_person":"Daniel S\u00f6derberg","employment_type":"full_time","occupation_field":"Pedagogik","employer_workplace":"Kungliga Tekniska h\u00f6gskolan, Skolan f\u00f6r kemi, bioteknologi och h\u00e4lsa","employment_type_label":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning"},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":0,"ai_views_count":10,"bot_views_count":1,"ai_vendor_counts":{"meta":2,"other":4,"openai":1,"anthropic":3},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":null,"owner_email":"dansod@kth.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-09-10T15:19:43+00:00","expires_at":"2026-09-19T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-11T03:27:57+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-16T03:08:37+00:00"}}