Creeburn Lake Lodge
Funded PhD position in Chemical Engineering
Last updated: August 19, 2025, 11:27 a.m.
Supervisory details
Supervisor: Ivan Kantor
Department: Chemical and Materials Engineering, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science
University: Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Start date: Flexible (Fall 2025 preferred)
PhD Fellowship: 35K CAD per year for 4 years
Project overview
Industrial activities have left a marked footprint on the landscape in resource-rich production areas, such as the oil sand developments in Northern Alberta. The goal of this project is to develop monitoring tools and sustainable restoration mechanisms for damaged ecosystems, bringing together knowledge and capacity from many perspectives. Additional goals focus on the development of sustainable solutions for an integrated hub (Creeburn CLEAR hub) for knowledge-sharing and providing a multitude of functions for the community and the region, which operates as a living lab.
Role description
Students will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to investigate potential technological solutions for a reconciliation hub in a remote community using mathematical optimization approaches. The work will consider multiple quantitative performance indicators and incorporate and adapt to feedback from the community and project stakeholders.
- Opportunity to make real contributions to monitoring and environmental reconciliation
- Multi-faceted project with a variety of partners and stakeholders
- Working as a team on challenging and interconnected problems
- Real applications and testing of research concepts
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in chemical engineering or a related field
- Demonstrated proficiency in mathematical optimization required
- Strong English language skills are required (oral and written)
- Experience working in teams is required
- French language proficiency is an asset
- Multi-disciplinary collaborative project experience is an asset
- Demonstrated practice in life-cycle assessment is an asset
- Demonstrated ability to write and publish in scientific journals is an asset
Additional notes
- Indigenous students will be given priority.
- Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given preference over international applicants.
- International applicants will be offered a tuition waiver to offset the differential between international and Quebec tuition (approximate value of $ 46,000)
Please combine the following documents into a single PDF file.
- Letter of intent strongly aligned with the project and the research domain of the professor
- Academic CV
- Transcripts
- Any other documents that might benefit your file
Applications must be in screen-readable PDF or Word formats.
If you are already in Canada, or if you’re a Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident, please highlight this in your communications.
Send your PDF file to kantor_gradpositions@concordia.ca with the subject as:
Application_CLEAR_Your Name
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
Questions/contact
For all questions, please contact Alisa Makusheva at alisa.makusheva@concordia.ca.
