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UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis
Grade 7 : £30,434 – £37,394 p.a.

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work under the supervision of Professor Andrew Weller on a research project funded by EPSRC for a period each of 2.5 years. The project will focus upon the development of new organometallic catalyst systems for the dehydopolymerisation of amine–boranes to from novel polymeric materials: polyaminoboranes. The project will have close links with the group of Professor Stuart Macgregor (Heriot–Watt University) who will provide computational analysis of systems being studied.

Find out more about the Weller research group at http://research.chem.ox.ac.uk/andrew-weller.aspx.

You should have a PhD in Chemistry in Organometallic or Coordination Chemistry or have submitted your thesis prior to taking up your appointment. You will have expertise in air sensitive organometallic chemistry, single–crystal X-ray diffraction, multi nuclear NMR spectroscopy, as well as the evaluation of mechanism in catalysis.

You may also be interested in a similar position available in connection with this post:
https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=118440

The post will be based in the Chemistry Research Laboratory, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA.
The post is available from 1 October 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter.

You will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online application.

To apply for this role and for further details, including a job description and selection criteria, please click on the Apply button below.

The closing date for applications is 12.00 midday Friday, 19 June 2015. Only applications received before midday on 19 June 2015 can be considered. Interviews will be held between 6 – 10 July 2015.

The Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford is an Athena Swan bronze award holder. Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and ethnic minority candidates, who are under-represented in Chemistry research posts in Oxford.
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