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Department of Food Science wishes to appoint a Ph.D fellow in natural functional components and minimal processing (“Enzymes for the in situ generation of functional components”) for a period of 3 years from 1st December 2010 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The project is part of the research project Food and health – natural functional components and minimal processing available at the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Science, and the scholarship will be associated with the Danish Food Research School (FOOD Denmark).
Project description
Functional components resulting from the modification of food compounds by various minimal processing techniques and/or enzymes provide better nutritional value of the products due to the mild conditions of treatment, which can be observed as improved texture of the food, increased flavour release, and enhanced bioavailability of antioxidants and vitamins. Taking advantage of proteins as the structural units for generation and/or preservation of functional components make excellent vehicles for encapsulating bioactive ingredients in colloidal systems by minimal processing techniques. Intrinsic structure and viscoelastic properties of these complex systems can be tuned by processing conditions, pH, temperature and molecular composition.
This PhD project aims at characterizing the properties of high pressure treated casein micelles as structural carriers of functional components and the interactions with selected bioactive ingredients, food hydrocolloids and enzymes by the use of spectroscopic and rheological techniques. The study will involve laboratory work and the successful candidate should have qualifications within dynamic light scattering techniques, confocal microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), as well as experience within food chemistry and physical chemistry.
The principal supervisor is associate professor Karsten Olsen, email: ko@life.ku.dk , phone: +45 3533 3201 and supplementary supervisor is associate professor Vibeke Orlien, email: vor@life.ku.dk , phone: +45 3533 3226, Department of Food Science.
Job description
Your key tasks as a Ph.d fellow at Life are:
Manage and carry through your research project
Take PhD courses
Write scientific articles and your PhD thesis
Participate in international congresses
Stay at a research institution abroad for a few months
Teach and disseminate your research
Key criteria for the assessment of the candidate
A master´s degree related to the subject area of the project
The grade point average achieved
Professional qualifications relevant to the PhD program
Previous publications
Relevant work experience
Other professional activities
Language skills
Interpersonal skills
Formal requirements
The position is available for a 3-year period for applicants holding a relevant master´s degree or for a 4-year period for applicants who are already enrolled or are accepted to be enrolled at one of the Faculty´s master´s programmes.
At the time of commencement, applicants for the 4-year period must have approximately one year of study remaining before graduating from their MSc programme.
The successful applicant of the PhD scholarship must pass an enrolment in the LIFE Graduate School before the Faculty can finish the letter of employment.
Graduate School of Faculty of Life Sciences, LIFE strives to give our students the best international career prospects within our main research areas.
Please note that the scholarship is a so-called Mobility scholarship (Mobilitets-stipendium) fully funded by the Danish Agency of Science, Technology and Innovation and thus applications are only accepted from applicants holding a Master degree from outside University of Copenhagen.
Terms of employment
The position will be filled according to the agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The post is covered by the Protocol on Job Structure.
Application Procedure
The application should be submitted in 2 (sorted) copies; therefore it´s not possible to receive the application by e-mail. The application must include a reply e-mail address. All applicants must use the formal PhD application form, F1, the specified annexes, excl. annex 3, are to be included in the application.
Applicants whose principal language of instruction during their BSc/MSc was not Scandinavian or English must enclose IELTS or TOEFL test scores.
The applicant will be assessed according to the Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation Executive Order no 284 of 25. April 2008.
By the end of December 2010, all applicants will have received information regarding the evaluation of their application. Receipt of the application will not be acknowledged.
The application, marked 625/05683-303 should be sent to:
Department of Food Science
Rolighedsvej 30
1958 Frederiksberg C
DENMARK
The application must be received no later than 30 November 2010 at 12.00 pm. Applications received later than this will not be considered.
Questions
For specific information about the PhD scolarship, please contact the principal supervisor.
General information about PhD programmes is available at www.LIFE.ku.dk/LIFEphd.
About LIFE
Based in a country that has the world´s most environmentally friendly agricultural production and located in Medicon Valley, among global pharmaceutical, biotech and food companies, the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen is situated in the heart of one of the world´s strongest life science environments.
The Faculty of Life Sciences is one of Europe´s leading university environments in the areas of food, health, plants, biotechnology, natural resources, the environment and related academic areas.
Our research and degree programmes are centred on knowledge and tools that can help secure a brighter future for humans, animals and plants.
Read more about The Faculty of Life Sciences at www.life.ku.dk.
Deadline: 30-11-2010
Publisher: Det Biovidenskabelige Fakultet
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