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ARC Grant-Funded Researcher A - Fossil Fuels

Employer
The University of Adelaide
Location
Adelaide, Australia
Salary
$89,610 - $96,007
Closing date
Jun 13, 2021
ARC project funded postdoctoral researcher to upgrade fossil fuels with solar energy.

Build your research career at the School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials in a world-class research group led by Professor Shaobin Wang and Dr Xiaoguang Duan

In the past, fossil fuels upgrading processes (e.g. methane dry reforming and reverse water gas shift) are overly dependent on thermocatalysis, which need critical reaction conditions (e.g. high temperature and pressure). By contrast, photo-mediated catalysis has evidenced to overcome their thermodynamic barriers at mild conditions. Therefore, solar energy can be stored into high-value-added products. Based on this, the position is for a chemical engineer or a scientist to work on solar energy utilization and fossil fuels upgrading. Work includes synthesizing nanostructured catalysts, conducting various characterization, evaluating the performances in a series of catalytic processes (including photocatalysis, thermocatalysis and photothermal catalysis), and studying their reaction mechanism.

The successful applicant will be working with Prof Shaobin Wang and Dr. Xiaoguang Duan's research group at the School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, with a diverse range of scientists and engineers with expertise in material design and synthesis, catalysis, and engineering for energy-related applications.

To be successful you will need:
  • A recent Ph.D. in the field of Chemical Engineering, Material Science, Photochemistry, or a related discipline.
  • Knowledge and demonstrated competence in synthesis of nanostructured materials and their application in solar energy utilization and fossil fuels upgrading.
  • Knowledge and experience in various catalytic processes, including thermocatalysis, photocatalysis, photoelectrocatalysis, and photothermal catalysis.
  • A strong record of research in the field of Catalysis or Materials Engineering, as evidenced by a nationally recognised publication record.
  • Commitment to the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion.


Enjoy an outstanding career environment

The University of Adelaide is a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth, and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government, and community collaborations - offers you vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.

It also enables us to attract high-caliber people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature - not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour - provides a constant source of inspiration.

Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff. Learn more here .

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal, and family life. Flexible working arrangements are on offer for all roles at the University.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high-quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym, and other fitness facilities.

Your faculty's broader role

The Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences is a thriving centre of learning, teaching and research in a vast range of engineering disciplines, computer science - including machine learning, high-level mathematics and architecture, planning and landscape architecture. Many of its academic staff are world leaders in their fields and graduates are highly regarded by employers.

The University of Adelaide is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Women and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who meet the requirements of this position are strongly encouraged to apply.

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