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🥝 PhD Student (f/m/d) Upscaling Particle-Based Separation Models: Bridging Laboratory and Industrial Flotation Processes

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) | Freiberg, Germany | Posted June 24, 2026

Job Description

With cutting-edge research in the fields of ENERGY, HEALTH and MATTER, around 1,500 employees from more than 70 nations at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are committed to mastering the great challenges facing society today.


At the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF), innovative technologies for the circular economy are developed to provide and use mineral and metal-bearing raw materials more efficiently and to recycle them in an environmentally friendly way.


The Group Geometallurgy and Particle Based Process Modelling is looking for a PhD Student (f/m/d) Upscaling Particle-Based Separation Models: Bridging Laboratory and Industrial Flotation Processes. 


Your tasks

  • Multiscale test work: Conduct batch-scale, locked-cycle, and mini-pilot plant trials to collect the necessary data

  • Particle-based separation model (PSM) training: Train PSMs for flotation trials in different scales an...
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