New UK Catalysis Hub Research Associate position to develop new P-ligands for rhodium-catalysed hydroformylation and study how the catalyst functions in situ by flow NMR and XRS, and applying computational chemistry methods with University of Bristol

The project will involve a wide range of synthetic, computational and instrumentation techniques in collaboration with an interdisciplinary project team comprised of: Paul Pringle and Natalie Fey (Bristol), Ulrich Hintermair (Bath), Hans deVries (LIKAT), Robert Franke (Evonik), Stuart Bartlett and Anna Kroner (Diamond). Research in the Pringle group is centred on…

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New UK Catalysis Hub Research Associate position in Hydrogen Technologies with Manchester Metropolitan University

The successful candidate will work on hydrogen technologies within the £4m Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre (MFCIC), part of the Advanced Materials and Surface Engineering (AMSE) Research Centre. The centre is home to electrochemists, materials scientists and engineers who use state-of-the-art electrochemical techniques to investigate materials and diagnostic tools for…

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Postdoctoral Researcher – at TU Darmstadt

Available from 1st April 2021 with a fixed-term contract of two years. The role entails research contributions in the area „Theoretical Chemistry“, particularly the quantum chemical characterisation of transition metal complexes. The project is funded by the Leverhulme Trust and will be carried out in close collaboration with the group…

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Senior Research Chemist position at BP

We are delighted to present this fantastic opportunity for a Senior Research Chemist to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team that is responsible for fundamental and exploratory studies in chemistry to support BP group operations and to appraise and develop new low carbon technology opportunities for business renewal.  Reporting…

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LG Chem Global Innovation Contest 2021

EG Chem is hosting ‘LG Chem Global Innovation Challenge 2021′(GIC 2021) which will support scholars up to $150,000. This program is a platform for research collaboration designed by LG Chem that will be initiated with novel proposals from universities and research institutions from all over the world.  The scope of the program…

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UK Catalysis Hub Call for proposals 2020

The UK Catalysis Hub opened its Call for Projects in March 2020 and received 61 Proposals with 97 years PDRA time requested supported by over £850,000 funding from industry. The projects were of very high-quality science.  All the funded proposals were aligned with the Hub’s ethos, i.e. multi institution and multidisciplinary collaborative projects. This…

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Positions at the University of Oslo

Dear Catalysis Friends We are recruiting talent in Oslo. 1. Postdoc position with focus on catalyst deactivation and advanced characterization: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in in chemistry/material science with focus on diffraction and synchrotron studies (199046) | University of Oslo (jobbnorge.no) 2. PhD positions in a European project focused on computations…

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