Faculty/Department: Science, School of Chemistry
Salary: A$85K - A$91K per year (plus 9.5% employer superannuation and leave loading)
About the role
* Fixed Term (1 year) with possibility of extension.
* Full-time
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work within the School of Chemistry at UNSW. This is an appointment for 1 year initially, with renewal possible for up to 2 further years.
The position will be established from a new ARC Discovery grant, “Adding hydride punch to transition metal complexes for CO2 electroreduction" (DP160104383).
In this project, an innovative methodology will be applied to the selective conversion of carbon dioxide (CO2) waste into useful C1-chemicals. The completely new inorganic chemistry approach is based on the invention of transition metal–organic hydride coordination complexes, which are designed to punch hydride ion into metal-activated, CO2-derived intermediates. The approach should naturally overcome the two-electron barrier found for today's best transition metal electrocatalysts of CO2 reduction and, hence, enable the selective production of formaldehyde, a four-electron reduction product and bulk industrial feedstock chemical, or methanol, a six-electron reduction product and future tr
ansport fuel.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have:
* A PhD in synthetic chemistry or a closely related discipline
* A background involving the manipulation of air sensitive (organometallic) compounds
* A thorough knowledge of electroanalytical techniques, particularly cyclic voltammetry.
To apply
Visit: https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/postdoctoral-fellow-14
Please submit:
* Letter of application that systematically addresses the selection criteria
* Full CV including a full list of your peer-reviewed publications
* The contact email and telephone numbers of at least two academic referees.
Application close: 31 January 2016 |
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