Postdoctoral Research Associate in Chemistry
- Recruiter
- DURHAM UNIVERSITY
- Location
- Durham, United Kingdom
- Salary
- £35,333 - £37,474 per annum
- Posted
- 03 Mar 2023
- End of advertisement period
- 10 Apr 2023
- Ref
- 23000299
- Academic Discipline
- Physical Sciences, Chemistry
- Job Type
- Academic Posts, Postdocs, Research Related, Research Associate
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full Time
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in organic/physical chemistry. The associate will join a multi-disciplinary research team, funded by an EPSRC Prosperity Partnership grant entitled "ANTENNA - Advanced tools for predictive cleaning in a world of resource scarcity."
The successful applicant will be expected to carry out research into the development and applications of methods for the understanding of the composition of complex soils and their interactions with cleaning formulations, with a view to developing analytical methods that can be used to inform developments in formulations and evaluate their efficacy. Studies will focus on the synthesis of molecular probes, and the study of interactions of surface contaminants with underlying substrates and cleaning actives through a range of spectroscopic techniques, improving understanding of the factors that contribute to persistent contamination of fabrics and hard surfaces.
This post is fixed term for 29 months because the EPSRC funding is available for this fixed period only.