CareerPlan

Assistant Research Professor - Biocarbon and Biomaterials

Auburn University, ALFull-time2026-10-26 → 2026-11-10
No visa sponsorship

Core

Develop an engineering research program to capture nutrients and contaminants from water/soil using biochar and biobased materials, and valorize biochar for applications like energy storage.

Role type

Assistant Research Professor (non-tenure track)

Builds

Research programs, peer-reviewed scholarship, and extramural funding portfolios

Domain

Biosystems engineering, environmental engineering, bioprocessing

Deliverable

research

Required skills

Thermochemical conversion of biomass, biochar production, cross-disciplinary research collaboration, graduate/undergraduate mentoring, grant writing

Preferred skills

Securing extramural funding, mathematical modeling (Ansys, COMSOL), bioprocess engineering, ecological engineering, biobased products engineering

Technologies

Ansys, COMSOL