External Opportunities

Current opportunities:

PhD and ECR opportunities from the catalysis community.


Fellowships at University of Aberdeen

The University of Aberdeen has just put out an advert for 20 five-year fellows as part of our Aberdeen 2040 interdisciplinarity drive. These fellowships will provide exceptional researchers with an opportunity to carry out a large programme of independent research within the Aberdeen 2040 thematic areas. In the Department of Chemistry…

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Research Associate – Postdoc Operando X-ray Diffraction Tomography for Catalysis and Materials Research at DESY

The “X-ray Microscopy in Catalysis” (XRM) group based at KIT strives to understand the structure and function of heterogeneous catalytic materials and processes – promoting efficient chemical synthesis, energy conversion technologies, and emissions control. To achieve this, we perform advanced X-ray imaging studies at synchrotron light sources – allowing deep…

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2 PDRA posts in catalysis at University of Sheffield

The growing global interest in carbon capture and conversion/utilization (CCU) technologies means that new supply chains can be created to add value from an otherwise waste gas. This means new fossil carbon use can be avoided in a move towards a circular economy. The Flu2Chem project is funded by Innovate…

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Positions with BP Hull

There are a number of jobs advertised at BP Hull, many around catalysis, process chemistry and/or analytical chemistry at a wide range of career levels.  BP are building new teams in Hull for global analytical as well as low carbon refining areas. If you have any questions contact Dr. James…

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Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast

The School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering (CCE) at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic postdoc initially for a period of 1 year, further extendable subject to successful stage gating. The researcher will perform catalytic production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels and biofuel additives to…

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PhD Studentship available at University of Glasgow

Structure/activity relationships in heterogeneously catalysed selective hydrogenation reactions of relevance to agri-chemical production chains A recently completed industrially sponsored Ph.D. project, concentrating on the kinetics and hydrodynamics of nitrile hydrogenation, has enabled a catalyst specification to be defined that supports high amine selectivity and extended catalyst lifetimes.  A follow-on Ph.D. project is…

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PhD position in Hypervalent iodine reagents for late-stage functionalisation with University of Nottingham

Fully-funded 42-month organic chemistry PhD studentship available for UK students in the O’Duill group at the University of Nottingham (https://oduillgroup.com/). Start date: October 2022. Application deadline: April 11th 2022. More information on https://oduillgroup.com/and below:  Heteroatom alkylation is one of the most widely used reactions in medicinal chemistry. However, traditional approaches (Williamson/Mitsunobu reactions;…

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3 new positions at Loughborough University

The school of chemistry at Loughborough University is looking to grow capability in the area of experimental physical chemistry. Applicants with an excellent research track-record in a diverse area of physical chemistry, including catalysis, electro/photochemistry and Bio-physical chemistry are sought. Three positions are available at Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader and…

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