By Dr. Rosa PALACÍN

Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC (Spain)

Date:  February 26^th 15:30 h
Location: MATGAS conference room

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The Carbon Disclosure Project, which holds the largest database of corporate climate change information in the world, has recognized Air Products' approach to climate change disclosure and named the company to its Leadership Index for 2009.

Of the S&P500, only the top 50 companies' responses to the CDP's questionnaire are included in its Leadership Index, which highlights the "constituent companies displaying the most professional approach to corporate governance in climate change disclosure practices." Companies were scored based on their responses to the CDP's questions that ranged from greenhouse gas emissions and reduction targets, to risks and opportunities associated with climate change.

The Spanish Secretary of State for Research has signed an agreement with the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) for the management of the Project Microalgas for the «production and development of algae cultures for the capture of CO₂ and the production of biofuels», in the frame of the Spanish Economy and Employment Stimulation Plan (Plan E).

Within the framework of the BioSos CENIT project we offer a Postdoctoral Position to work in the field of biomass gasification.

The work will be mainly carried out at the research center MATGAS, in a unique environment where the efforts of the three MATGAS partners, the private company Carburos Metalicos (Air Products Group), the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), work together to contribute in a field of increasing interest and high relevance for the future.  The candidate will be working on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in combination with experimental data measured in our laboratory and other facilities. The candidate will be also collaborating with some other research centers and companies in an open, innovative environment, within the framework of the project.

The candidates should hold a PhD degree in Chemical Engineering, Physics, Material Engineering, or related subjects and experience on Computational Fluids Dynamics longer than 3 years.