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• Lab Student Hourly at Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

  Jan 21, 2025 9:00 am

   The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, a division of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign is seeking two student hourlies to support a cutting-edge research project focused on waste characterization, spectrometry and machine learning integration, and biofertilizer utilization. This is an excellent opportunity for students in environmental science, biochemistry, digital agriculture, or related fields to gain hands-on experience with advanced analytical techniques and data processing methods.

• Environmental Laboratory Assistant (Hourly Assistant)

  Jan 10, 2025 4:15 pm

  Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 
  

  We are seeking an individual to provide support in an environmental lab.

  Duties will include glassware cleaning, housekeeping, reagent and sample preparations. The candidate will be trained and required to support projects relating to environmental contaminants, with a focus on rare earth elements. This will include the processing of aqueous and solid samples. The candidate will also perform ion chromatography and spectroscopic analysis of materials and will prepare data reports for review. 

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Analytical Chemistry - Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

  Oct 30, 2024 9:00 am

  The researcher will primarily focus on developing analytical methods for major cations, anions, trace metals, and rare earth elements (REE) in CCR effluents. Desired expertise includes inorganic analytical chemistry, sample enrichment/separation, spectroscopic analytical instrumentation, and processing of REE and critical minerals (CM).

• Postdoctoral Research Associate - Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, Prairie Research Institute

  Oct 1, 2024 12:00 pm

  The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center is seeking to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate to conduct laboratory and field experiments for plant uptake and mitigation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) derived from biosolids applicaiton. In particular, there is interest in developing new treatment techniques to remediate these forever chemicals in various environmental media including water, soils, biosolids and food plants.