IAMSM Postdoctoral position

About Tec de Monterrey

Tec de Monterrey is a private non-for-profit institution with 26 campuses distributed in Mexico. It has more than 89,000 current students and 230,000 graduates. The mission of Tec de Monterrey is to educate proactive, humanistic, and internationally competitive leaders of the industry, academia, government, and business fields. With over 100 academic programs at the undergraduate and postgraduate level, Tec has established a reputation for providing educational experiences of the highest quality and fit for an increasingly globalized and digitalized world. For more information about Tec de Monterrey, please watch this video and visit: https://tec.mx/en

The Institute of Advanced Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing (https://tec.mx/en/institute-advanced-materials-sustainable-manufacturing) has been created to research, innovate and foster science and technological entrepreneurship in advanced materials and manufacturing processes with the potential to transform the manufacturing industry; our mission also is to contribute to a carbon-neutral economy through the discovery, development, and creation of advanced materials to achieve sustainable manufacturing.

The institute focuses on two main challenges: 

1. Design of advanced materials for different applications to contribute to a net-zero emission and zero carbon footprint.
2. Creation and development of high-tech manufacturing processes to accelerate and rapidly scale up the production of advanced materials with minimum environmental impact.

The Institute invites early career, ambitious researchers to apply for postdoctoral positions to develop interdisciplinary research at a world class levels in the areas of (indicate the research areas or particulars of the project). 

This position is a one-year contract (renewable for one additional year in case of outstanding performance).  Part of the position´s responsibility may include working with direct supervisors as a teaching assistant, not exceeding 25% of total time.

Requirements:

• Must have earned (or are close to earning) a Ph.D. degree in the following areas of knowledge: food packaging, chemical synthesis, polymer processing.
• Has outstanding leadership potential, commitment to develop an exciting and innovative research agenda to produce high scientific impact, technology development or opportunities to develop technology-based entrepreneurship, in food packaging, biodegradable/compostable materials.
• Published minimum one scientific journal article indexed in Scopus.
• Previous experience in the discipline is desirable (International experience).
• A team player open to interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Demonstrated oral and writing English skills at least at the level of B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Spanish proficiency is desirable but not a requirement.

Location: (Atizapán de Zaragoza, Tec de Monterrey - Campus Estado de México)

Application process

Email cover letter, CV, and two letters of reference to mcayon@tec.mx (recruiter).

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At Tec de Monterrey we act under the principle of equal opportunities. We do not discriminate based on age, ethnic origin, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, social status, health status, religious beliefs, political doctrine, or disability.