Novel Sustainable Food Ingredients from Mushrooms

This research project aims to investigate mushrooms as a sustainable food source, focusing on developing innovative processing techniques to enhance their nutritional value (nutrient density), texture, improve flavor with biotransformation and minimal processing technologies to increase their use in food product applications.

• Fellowships will include up to four years of scholarship support for the degree of Doctor in Engineering and Sciences with Industry at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• It is expected that the last year will be spent at Nestlé facilities in Lausanne (exact dates to be defined during project execution).
• Fellows will receive funding for research supplies and travel.
• Fellows should start March, 2025.

Details PhD proposal on Mushrooms

· Applicants must be eligible to study in Chile.

· Candidates must have completed a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, or other related areas, awarded by a university recognized by the State of Chile, or in the case of foreign institutions, by the State of the corresponding country.

• Candidates must submit a written application by November 1, 2024, including:
• 2 letters of recommendation
• CV
• Grades in their BSc course
• Applicants will be notified of the final decision by email by November 5, 2024
• Between the 6 and the 8 of November, applicants must be available to be interviewed by a joint Nestlé-UC committee (remote format, in English). The preselected student will then have to submit his or her official application to the Ph.D. program in Engineering and Sciences with Industry via Postulaciones - Dirección de Postgrado (puc.cl).

· Creativity in past research – demonstration of problem-solving ability.

· Education – demonstration of aptitude for success in the proposed area of research.

· Resilience – demonstration of drive, persistence, and leadership skills in education and work history.

· Letters of support.