Assistant Professor in Hydrometallurgy
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Job Title Assistant Professor in Hydrometallurgy Job Category Faculty Bargaining Job Family Group Academic Department Administrative Leadership | Department of Materials Engineering | Faculty of Applied Science (Daan Maijer) Job End Date June 30, 2032 Posting End Date January 3, 2027 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date. The expected starting salary range for the Assistant Professor position is $120,000
- $130,000 per annum.
The Department of Materials Engineering at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver campus) seeks qualified applicants for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in hydrometallurgy, with an emphasis on solvent extraction and ion exchange (in exceptional cases, a tenure-track or tenured, appointment at the rank of Associate Professor may be considered). The anticipated start date is July 1, 2027, or as soon as possible thereafter. Over its long history, the Department of Materials Engineering at UBC has distinguished itself with excellence in research, teaching and service in Materials Engineering. The Department has a strong record of collaborative work within UBC and industry and promotes interdisciplinary research.
This appointment will strengthen solution purification and separation expertise within UBC’s Industrial Research Chair in Hydrometallurgy and support integrated process development for primary and secondary resources.
We seek an emerging researcher with expertise in aqueous speciation, chemical equilibria and separation chemistry, and demonstrated expertise in solvent extraction, ion exchange or both. Relevant capabilities include metal–ligand chemistry, extraction and exchange equilibria, reaction kinetics, mass