Senior Research Associate/Post Doctoral Research Associate

Please note, this post is fixed-term for 60 months and full-time at 1.0 FTE.

We are looking for one Senior Research Associate and five Post-Doctoral Research Associates to join Prof. Len Barbour's research group within the Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences at the University of Lincoln.

CHS172 is the Senior Research Associate post and CHS173, CHS174, CHS175, CHS176 and CHS177 are the Post-Doctoral Research Associates. All of these posts are fixed term for 60 months and full-time at 1 FTE.

This Leverhulme Trust-funded International Professorship project will involve the development and impacts of Dynamic Functional Materials. The programme is structured around the following themes:

• Design and preparation of new crystalline materials;
• Characterisation of these materials;
• Development of new research tools for determining structure-property relationships of crystalline materials;
• Regional, national, and international collaborator programmes.

For more information on our research, please see Prof. Barbour’s current group website at https://academic.sun.ac.za/barbour/Home.html and https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/natsci/.

Chemistry at Lincoln is ideally equipped to perform this research, with a range of state-of-the-art equipment for synthetic chemistry, materials characterisation, and advanced functionality studies. The project has been enabled through the development of novel internationally leading facilities based on porosity and crystallography. You will also work closely with other research areas across the university, including, but not exclusively with, Schools of Natural Sciences and Physical Sciences, the Bridge, and the University’s research themes of Sustainability and Net Zero.

You will have, or will soon obtain, a PhD in chemistry and related subjects pertinent to the job roles. Each of the positions will require specific expertise that combines several of the following:

• Organic synthesis;
• Preparation of porous molecular crystals, COFs or MOFs;
• X-ray crystallography (both single-crystal and powder);
• In situ variable-pressure crystallography;
• Supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering (e.g. polymorphism, co-crystals, solvates, inclusion compounds, phase transitions, packing analysis);
• Gas/vapour sorption analysis (manometric or gravimetric sorption analysis, breakthrough analysis);
• Mechanical testing of crystals;
• Preparation of gel composites;
• Thermal analysis (TGA/DSC);
• Microscopy (SEM, AFM);
• Crystal engineering of chemical sensors;
• Development of new characterisation tools;

We welcome informal enquiries about the project, role, or the university and surrounding area. If you would like further information or an informal discussion about this exciting opportunity, please contact Prof Len Barbour, Principal Investigator, at ljb@sun.ac.za, and Dr Gareth O. Lloyd, Associate Professor in Chemistry, at glloyd@lincoln.ac.uk.

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You can find out more about working at Lincoln, and everything that we have to offer, at: 

https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/jobopportunities/

We strive for a diverse workforce with the very best employees and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. The University encourages applications from underrepresented groups inclusive of Black, Asian and other minoritised/marginalised ethnic groups, all gender identities and expressions from the LGBTQIA+ community, candidates with a disability, and those that practise different faiths and beliefs, to enhance our One Community where we strive to be kind, patient, and supportive of each other.

Closing Date: Tuesday 17 December 2024
Interview Date: Monday 06 January 2025

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