英国赫瑞瓦特大学无机合成化学博士后职位

Applications are invited for a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant position for 24 months to work in the group of Prof. A. J. Welch on a new project, funded by The Leverhulme Trust, in heteroborane chemistry. The research will involve the deliberate synthesis of “non-Wadian” heteroboranes and their complete characterisation and further study. Extensive use will be made of Schlenk- and vacuum-line techniques for synthesis, and mass spectrometry, multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray diffraction for characterisation.

For this position a PhD/DPhil in synthetic inorganic chemistry is required, together with experience of handling air-sensitive compounds, a good working knowledge of NMR spectroscopy and/or X-ray diffraction, and a successful record of publication. The successful applicant will be expected to play a partial supervisory role to a PhD student also engaged on the project and share (together with an existing postdoc) the day-to-day supervision of postgraduate and undergraduate project students in the heteroborane group. Therefore excellent communication and team-working skills are highly desirable.

The position is available from 1^st September 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts at Heriot-Watt