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September 6, 2025

**Job Description**
This Postdoctoral position at Aalborg University focuses on chemical recycling of textiles within the EU Horizon Europe STREP project. The role involves developing advanced recycling technologies through thermochemical and solvent-based processes to improve fiber-to-fiber textile recycling across Europe, increasing recycling rates and promoting circularity in the textile sector.

**Skills & Abilities**
• Excellent skills in planning and executing experimental campaigns, including feedstock preparation, process monitoring, and data collection.
• Solid background in chemical analysis and material characterization.
• Proficiency in techniques such as chromatography, spectroscopy, and thermal analysis.
• Ability to interpret experimental results and contribute to model development.
• Ability to work independently while actively contributing to team discussions.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Motivation to collaborate across disciplines in an international research environment.

**Qualifications**
Required Degree(s) in:
• Chemical Engineering (Master’s)
• Related field (Ph.D.)

**Experience**
Experience Required:
• Hands-on experience in thermochemical processes such as pyrolysis or solvolysis
Other:
• Experience within supercritical CO2 (considered an advantage)
• Experience with reaction mechanisms and an understanding of how lab-scale findings may inform scale-up considerations (strong advantage)

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Experience
Experience Required: • Hands-on experience in thermochemical processes such as pyrolysis or solvolysis Other: • Experience within supercritical CO2 (considered an advantage) • Experience with reaction mechanisms and an understanding of how lab-scale findings may inform scale-up considerations (strong advantage)
Work Level
Postdoc
Employment Type
Research Job
Salary
Union Affiliation: • Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC collective agreement)
Details
Full-time / Temporary Duration: 2 years Remote Work: No Location Requirement: Campus-based
School / Department / Center / Lab
• Faculty of Engineering and Science • Department of Chemistry and Bioscience
Supervisor(s)
Morten Enggrob Simonsen
Supervisor Email
mes@bio.aau.dk hr-support@adm.aau.dk
Aalborg University (AAU)
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