18-Month Postdoctoral Position in Nitrogen Treatment and Recovery for Urban Wastewater Toulouse Biotechnology Institute in France

Postdoctoral Position at the Toulouse Biotechnology Institute (TBI), France.

This 18-month postdoc focuses on understanding trajectories for nitrogen treatment and recovery in the framework of the new urban wastewater treatment directive. The project sits at the interface of environmental science, chemical engineering, and bioprocess engineering, with a strong wastewater-treatment and resource-recovery angle.

Institution: Toulouse Biotechnology Institute (TBI), UMR INRAE 792 and UMR CNRS/INSA Toulouse 5504, working at the interface between life sciences and process sciences.

Position type: 18-month postdoctoral contract.

Research theme: urban wastewater treatment, nitrogen removal, nitrogen recovery, and process trajectories under the new directive.

Supervisors/contacts: Tanguy Fardet and Mathieu Sperandio.

Deadline: 30 June 2026.

Start date: September 2026.

How to apply: Consult the TBI recruitment page for the full offer and application details, then contact the listed supervisors by email for next steps.