Associate Research Scientist in the Division of Engineering

NYU Abu Dhabi
Full-time Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Life Scientists
Posted:
June 12, 2026
Location:
Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Job Description

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The Division of Engineering, New York University Abu Dhabi, seeks to recruit Associate Research Scientist to work on advanced sustainable functionalized membranes for desalination and water treatment, under the supervision of Professor Nidal Hilal, Director of the Water Research Center and Global Professor of Engineering.


The successful applicant will drive an exciting project on developing functionalized membrane materials to tailor sustainable antifouling hybrid ultrafiltration membranes and antibacterial nanofiltration or reverse osmosis membranes for desalination and water purification. The candidate will explore advanced membrane fabrication techniques and characterization tools (SEM, AFM, Raman, TEM, DSC, XRD, FTIR, TGA, BET, etc.) to correlate fabrication-structure-property-performance of novel nanomaterials with sustainable membranes for desalination and water purification via separation processes. The candidate will work in a multi...

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Job Overview

Job Type: Full-time
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Posted: June 12, 2026
Deadline: July 22, 2026