Postdoc in Chemistry

The Functional Polymer group at the Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS Warsaw is offering 1 Postdoc position within the National Science Center (NSC) OPUS 15 Project No. 2018/29/B/ST5/02335 entitled Metal containing polymers for electrocatalysis and electrochemical sensing (leader dr. Piyush Sindhu Sharma).

Metal-containing polymers are obtained by the incorporation of transition metals into network forming polymer chains, either as main chain constituents or included in side groups. Despite the fact that many functional materials based on metal containing polymers have been reported for development of heterogeneous catalyst, the fundamental knowledge and development of new polymerization techniques with suitable metal containing polymers are still primary concerns.

In the proposed project, we propose the replacement of most commonly used block polymer based catalysts with metal containing conducting polymers, which can provide more efficient electrocatalysis. Moreover, conducting polymers based matrix will be beneficial for the electrochemical immobilization of these metal catalysts on any conducting surface. The goal of current project is to electrochemically synthesize different heterogeneous catalysts based on metal-containing polymers. In the current project careful tuning of chemical structure of metal-containing polymers will be performed to improve their properties in such a way that they will show electrocatalysis and sensing properties.

Responsibilities:

• Syntheses and characterization of different metal containing polymers.
• Electrosynthesis and physico-chemical characterization of metal containing polymers.
• Study of electrocatalytic effect of metal containing polymers.
• Preparation of scientific publications as well as presentations of the results at scientific and popular science conferences.
• Cooperation with team members.

We offer a post-doctoral position (full-time employment) in the Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS with gross salary in the amount of around 8300 PLN per month financed from the NSC OPUS 15 Project No. 2018/29/B/ST5/02335. The position is for a period of 34 months. The project is scheduled to last 36 months. The position is for 34 months with possible extension of total 36 months in the case of an extension of the project implementation period.

An agreement will be signed with successful applicants on condition that the Institute of Physical Chemistry signs the grant agreement with NSC.

Career development benefits:

• Opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary research group with strong support from chemistry and physics group within the Institute- see details on the website: http://groups.ichf.edu.pl/sharma
• The researcher will have the opportunities, such as participation in project focused on applied research, attending and presenting research results in nationals and Internationals conferences, and visits in international partner laboratories.
• Institute provides opportunity to participate in ERASMUS + programme.

Application Deadline: 23th of September, 2019

Complete application should include the following items:

1. Employment application.
2. Professional curriculum vitae.
3. PhD diploma/Proof of submission of PhD thesis*.
4. A list of scientific achievements (publications, patents, conference presentations, etc.).
5. The number of citations of publications without self-citations, the h index.
6. List of research projects in which the candidate participated.
7. At least one letter of recommendation written by a university professor.

* Applicant who has not awarded with PhD diploma before last date of application, must submit PhD diploma before joining the project in case they got selected.

Employment will take place in accordance with the Employment policy of the Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS ( http://ichf.edu.pl/employment_policy.pdf ) and the provisions of the competition documentation of the National Science Center (NSC) for the OPUS 15 projects;

The incomplete applications will be not considered;

Short listed candidates must go through an interview (or conference call) that will be held on October 14, 2019. Good command of English is required.

The Commission will take into account the following criteria:
a) competences of candidates for specific tasks in a research project,
b) previous scientific achievements of candidates,
c) awards and distinctions of the candidate resulting from the conducted research.

The commission will evaluate applications on a point scale.

The results of the competition are made public.

The candidate that does not agree with the results of the recruitment procedure has the right to appeal to the Director of the Institute within 7 days after receiving information about results.

The results of the recruitment will be announced on 24 October, 2019

Scheduled date of starting work within the Project: November 1st, 2019

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