Postdoc position in Heterogeneous catalysis

Information about the division
The post-doc position will be located at the Chemical Engineering division of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. The Division of Chemical Engineering includes the following groups: Chemical Engineering Design, Chemical Reaction Engineering and Forest Products and Chemical Engineering. We have a wide range of experience and work both experimentally and with modeling. We have a long tradition of working with both fundamental scientific questions and applied problems together with industry. This position is within the group for Chemical Reaction Engineering. In addition, the position is within the Competence Centre for Catalysis (KCK). KCK, is a research centre focused on heterogeneous catalysis at Chalmers. The goal of the centre is the development of catalytic technology for sustainable transport, energy and environmental systems. Chemical Engineering and KCK at Chalmers strive to provide an excellent environment for carrying out catalysis research with opportunities for collaboration with researchers in related projects or with industry partners. 

Major responsibilities
• Planning of experimental studies
• Catalyst synthesis
• Activity measurements
• Catalyst Characterisation
• If needed, acquisition of skills concerning the above
• Writing of papers

Your major responsibility as postdoc is to perform your own research in a research group. The position also may include supervising Master students to a certain extent. Another important aspect involves collaboration within academia and with society at large. The position is meritorious for future research duties within academia as well as industry/the public sector.

Position summary
Full-time position for 13 months. 

Qualifications
To qualify for the position of postdoc, you must have a doctoral degree in catalysis. The degree should generally not be older than three years. 

To be successful you need to be highly motivated, energetic and have the ability to handle periods of stress. As our group consists of people from different parts of the world, fluent English, both oral and written, is mandatory.

Chalmers continuously strives to be an attractive employer. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20160465 and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as pdf-files, as below:


• Application: (Please name the document in the e-recruitment system as: APPLICATION, Surname, reference number)
- CV, include complete list of publications
- Previous teaching and pedagogical experiences
- Two references that we can contact.
• Personal letter/Qualifications: (Please name the document as: QUALIFICATIONS, family name, ref. number) 
- 1-3 pages where you introduce yourself and present your qualifications.
- Previous research fields and main research results.
- Future goals and research focus. Are there any specific projects and research issues you are primarily interested in?
• Other:
- Attested copies of completed education, grades and other certificates.

Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form. The files may be compressed (zipped).

Application deadline: 18 December, 2016

For questions, please contact:
Dr Kirsten Leistner, leistner@chalmers.se

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