Professor in the Production of Chemicals by the “Safe and Sustainable by design” principle

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Professor in the Production of Chemicals by the “Safe and Sustainable by design” principle

KU Leuven is an autonomous university. It was founded in 1425. It was born of and has grown within the Catholic tradition.

KU Leuven has a full-time academic vacancy in Chemical Engineering at the De Nayer (Sint-Katelijne-Waver) Campus. We are seeking internationally oriented candidates with an excellent interdisciplinary research record and educational competencies in Sustainable Chemical Engineering, fully focused on extending the safe-and-sustainable-by-design (SSbD) paradigm to reactor engineering. The successful applicant will be appointed to the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Faculty of Engineering Technology within the Science, Engineering and Technology Group of KU Leuven.
The Faculty of Engineering Technology has an extensive national and international network, both in the academic and business worlds.
The Chemical and Biochemical Reactor Engineering and Safety section (CREaS) builds upon a solid research infrastructure, an extensive international network, connections with companies and non-profit organisations, a stable offer of highly talented PhD students, and a supportive work environment. The mission of CREaS is to harness the power of biochemical and chemical process technologies to improve the performance, circularity, and safety of societal and/or industrial processes. To this end, CREaS integrates expertise, methodologies, and techniques from different (bio)chemical reactor and process engineering domains, ranging from macro- and microscopic analysis and monitoring of (bio)chemical processes, through modeling and design, to process optimization and control. To accomplish its mission, the current research at CREaS focuses on (bio)reactor engineering, which produces a considerable diversity of products (including fine chemicals and biopharmaceuticals), treatment and valorization of organic waste and wastewater streams using combinations of (physico)chemical, aerobic and anaerobic technologies, human health and care applications (such as biomolecules, drug delivery and regenerative medicine) and the modeling and optimization of these (bio)chemical reactions and processes.
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• You will strengthen our activities in chemical reactor engineering, with a clear emphasis on experimentally driven research. The research should focus on reactor, process and safety engineering for the production of chemicals that are safe-and-sustainable-by-design (SSbD), within an evolving economic landscape. The research targets, therefore, safe and sustainable molecules while specifically prioritizing safety, circularity, and environmental performance from the earliest stages of reaction, reactor and process engineering.
• The position bridges mechanistic understanding of reaction pathways with the experimental design of innovative reactors and processes. This includes coupling reaction kinetics, catalysis, heat management, and selectivity control to reactor performance, as well as leveraging advanced experimental methods and data-rich workflows, always prioritizing safety and sustainability. The main aim should be selecting and engineering reactors and processes that inherently reduce risk, energy demand, waste, and emissions, while considering their full lifecycle implications.
• Generally, the application domains include innovative, safer, and more sustainable production routes to established commodity or specialty chemicals. Additionally, the development of new synthesis routes to alternative safe and sustainable chemicals with similar functionalities is targeted. Thi