Research Associate in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry

Job reference: SAE-029436
Salary: £37,694 - £46,049 per annum, depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Location: Manchester
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Department of Chemistry
Hours Per Week: 1 FTE
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 19/08/2025
Contract Duration: 24 months
School/Directorate: School of Natural Sciences

An EPSRC-sponsored Postdoctoral Research Associate position is available for an outstanding and ambitious synthetic inorganic chemist to undertake research in the field of non-aqueous lanthanide chemistry. This post is part of the multidisciplinary project “High-Performance Lanthanide Single-Molecule Magnets with Monodentate Ligands,” supervised by Prof. David Mills and Dr Michael Baker at The University of Manchester. The successful candidate will synthesise a series of lanthanide complexes with a variety of bulky ligands, aiming for examples that show high-temperature magnetic memory effects. We will work together with a wide range of collaborators to analyse bulk solid, solution and surface-deposited samples of these complexes by a wide variety of physical and computational techniques, in order to establish electronic structures and magnetic relaxation pathways in different matrices.

For recent publications relevant to the project see: Nature, 2025, 643, 125, ChemRxiv, 2025, DOI:10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-31n6, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 3331, and J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 22814.”

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

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Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Professor David Mills or Dr Michael Baker

Email: david.mills@manchester.ac.uk or michael.baker@manchester.ac.uk

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