Research Associate in Waste-to-Microbial Protein research
- Employer
- KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
- Location
- London (Greater) (GB)
- Closing date
- 14 Jul 2024
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- Job Type
- Research Related, Research Associate
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
This post holder will join a cross-disciplinary research project ‘TRANSFORM ‘Waste—to-Microbial-Protein’ funded by Good Food Institute (GFI). The project will harness the advancement in computational modelling and develop new tools and knowledge on optimised, scalable and sustainable mycoprotein fermentation based on low-cost, food-grade alternative carbon sourced from lignocellulosic polysaccharides and retailer liquid waste. By combining experiments and modelling research, the project will map out the global food-grade sustainable carbon from crop residues and contribute new knowledge on the selected fungal strain growth in response to varying carbon sources.
The project will develop a software to automate data processing, machine learning model selection and optimisation and enable end-users to design and optimise microbial protein solutions with minimal user intervention. The position holder will have the opportunity to work together with industry partners to engage wider stakeholders in academic-industry co-creation and advance the understanding of the feasibility and sustainability of the protein fermentation.
The key responsibilities of the post holder include :
- Develop machine learning models to map out the resource potential of sustainable sugar-rich waste streams (e.g. lignocellulosic polysaccharides and retailer waste).
- To collaborate with team members and develop mechanistic models to simulate microbial synthesis to produce protein from complex sugar sources.
- To develop a simulation-optimisation tool to automate data-handling, model construction and optimisation and inform microbial protein technology scale-up.
- To efficiently plan and manage own research activities and collaborate with others; write up research work for publications
- To collaborate with wider academic and industrial partners on knowledge transfer activities.
- Attend and contribute to internal research meetings and project meetings.
- To present the research in conferences and industrial-focused workshops and events.
- To communicate research effectively with wider audience.
This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), offered on a fixed term contract.
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King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.
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King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.
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