Work field and benefits:
The Environmental Engineering Research Lab at the Department of Smart-City Engineering, Inha University, announces one Ph.D. position opening. Graduates interested in pursuing Ph.D. and conducting research in advanced anaerobic digestion, bioprocess engineering, environmental modeling, and greenhouse gas emission reduction are invited to apply. The selected applicant will implement his/her research under the supervision of Dr. Dong-Hoon Kim (Professor), smart-city engineering. The selected candidate will be supported by a performance-dependent salary ($1300-1500/month), excluding taxes, besides complete coverage of institutional fees.
Requirements:
Candidates must have a relevant master’s degree (civil engineering, environmental engineering, biochemical engineering, or chemical engineering) with a minimum GPA of 3.5/4.0 or above and a valid English language test (minimum IELTS score: 6.5, TOEFL: IBT 71, TOEIC: 700) certificate. He/She will be willing to start the Ph.D. by the upcoming fall semester, 2025. According to university norms, selected candidates will be required to provide a certificate of bank balance ($16,000/-). Details are found in the following link.
Inha University, Incheon, South Korea
Graduate Program Admission
Note: Candidates with a good working knowledge of environmental microbiology and computational modeling/artificial intelligence will be preferred.
How to apply:
Please send soft copies of your documents (including your CV/Resume, bachelor's and master's transcripts, and publications as a single pdf file to dhkim77@inha.ac.kr (Dr. Dong-Hoon Kim) or masoudmakian@inha.edu (Mr. Masoud Makian) with the subject title “Fall 2025 application”.
For inquiries, don’t hesitate to contact masoudmakian@inha.edu with the subject title “Fall 2025 application inquiry”. Interested candidates can find more information about Dr. Kim’s research at Google Scholar:
Dong-Hoon Kim - Google Scholar
*The last date for sending the documents mentioned above through the mail is April 18, 2025.
Dr. Dong-Hoon Kim, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Smart-City Engineering, Inha University
100 Inha-ro, Nam-gu, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea