SIFBI seeks to appoint a Principal Investigator / Senior Scientist in areas related to food oral processing. Special interests will be on the food oral manipulation, food oral rheology, oral tribology, oral physiology, bolus formation and swallowing, food-saliva interactions, and other emerging topics (i.e. bigdata, AI, and etc) in relation to eating and sensory perception. Once appointed, he/she is expected to conduct independent and experiment-based research and to gradually establish a research team on a topic area of eating and sensory perception.

Jobs Responsibilities:

·       To conduct high quality research and to gradually establish a research team on an area of food oral processing.

·       To lead new initiatives in research project and grant proposals

·       To write up high impact research publications

·       To establish strong international links with academic partners

·       To actively engage with industry for knowledge transfer and research collaborations

·       To mentor and provide support to junior researchers

·       To participate team/laboratory management

Job Requirements:

·       PhD in food science or other relevant disciplines

·       At least 3 years' experience of independent research after PhD

·       Strong lab-based research background in food sensory, food physics, food texture, food flavour

·       Excellent track record of research publications

·       Excellent communication skills (e.g. writing and speaking)

·       The candidate should also demonstrate his/her research achievements with an excellent track record of research publications, cases of successful funding, industrial collaborations, and social/economic impacts.