PRR Project

Summary

The selected candidate will be integrated in a research area with a great potential regarding both science and technology. The groups already established and working in the field are responsible for the operation of large infrastructures (electrostatic accelerators, Co irradiation unit, electron accelerator, clean room laboratory, etc) which will be available for the candidate’s activities.  A large portfolio of experimental techniques using ionizing radiation and nuclear techniques could be use and explored to asses and study the impact of pollution in the environment, ionizing radiation effects in biological and in all kind of other materials as well as processes to develop new and advanced polymeric materials. Nuclear techniques give information on the chemical composition of the pollutants allowing to identify pollution sources, a relevant information for the regulatory authorities to evaluate the environmental impact and to understand the risks on human health.The candidate will be expected to:1) Develop a strong and independent research career with national and international recognition;2) Develop research activities with great potential to attract competitive funding at the national and international level;3) Supervise MSc and PhD students;4) Contribute to undergraduate and graduate (MSc and PhD) teaching programs;5) Carry out other service activities as a faculty member, by interacting collegially and maintaining the highest standard of integrity and ethics.6) Participate and develop actions on technology transfer to the industry and others.The hired candidate will perform research on the field of nuclear technologies and ionizing radiation studying its effects on biological and inorganic materials to explore the potential of this radiation to solve some of the major current problems of humanity related to the environmental and health domains. This field is a key research line of DECN of the scientific area of Nuclear Technologies and Radiological Protection of the department which is becoming depleted of human resources. DECN faces an urgent need to increase the number of researchers in the area to keep it active and maintain the knowledge in Portugal as well for next generations as was realized and mentioned by external evaluators.The researcher will be integrated in “Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN, https://c2tn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt)” of DECN where he/she will develop his/her academic and research career.In particular, the candidate is expected to study and develop new processes and technologies based on nuclear techniques and ionizing radiation to treat waste water from farming, mining and other industries to contribute for the sustainability of our resources. Other import line of research where the candidate is expected to participate is on the contribution of ionizing radiation techniques to control the dissemination of diseases and plagues an ever-growing problem on a world global economy. The use of nuclear analytical techniques for environmental studies can be another research focus supported by the C2TN.The candidate must create synergies with industrial partners to develop and explore the potential of these technologies whenever possible.