💼 Full-Time Position

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW

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Mintek Pty Ltd.
📍 randburg, city of johannesburg metropolitan municipality, South-Africa
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Location
randburg, South-Africa
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Posted
June 15, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

Overview

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified persons for appointment to the position of: POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW. The Biometallurgy Division at Mintek invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship aimed at advancing inter-disciplinary research at the intersection of chemical engineering, biometallurgy, and computational biology. The successful candidate will contribute to the development of innovative methodologies and deepen scientific understanding across these converging disciplines. They will join a dynamic, inter-disciplinary team dedicated to developing and refining experimental protocols and computational approaches to optimise heap leaching processes and other bioprocessing systems within metallurgical applications.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the establishment of computational biology capabilities within the research programme, focusing on system modelling and simulation.

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