Postdoc Opportunities in Catalysis in Austria

This postdoctoral project develops the chemical-catalysis component of the ANR TOOLS4HYBCAT project, which targets the conversion of biomass-derived D-glucose into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF). The research will focus on the acid-catalysed dehydration of D-fructose, the intermediate produced by enzymatic isomerization of D-glucose. The postdoctoral researcher will identify suitable chemical catalysts, assess their stability and compatibility with the intended operating conditions, and evaluat...

A one-year funded postdoctoral position is available in homogeneous catalysis at the Institute of Chemical Sciences of Rennes (ISCR) in Rennes, France. The opportunity is intended for postdoctoral research in chemistry, with a focus on homogeneous catalytic systems. The supplied announcement does not provide further details about the specific project, research group, supervisor, experimental methods, or research environment....

The University of Liverpool is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Plasma Catalysis within its School of Engineering. The position focuses on plasma catalysis and plasma-based Power-to-X technologies, including routes related to hydrogen, carbon capture, utilization and storage, biogas, ammonia and methanol. The opportunity is situated in a research environment connected with catalysis, reaction engineering, and sustainable energy and chemical conversion. The opening is associated with P...

The Zaleski Lab in the Department of Chemistry at Indiana University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to conduct research in synthetic chemistry, hybrid molecular and nanomaterial catalysts, and catalysis. The project centers on the design and synthesis of hybrid molecular and nanomaterial catalysts. The postdoctoral researcher will apply synthetic inorganic and organic ligand chemistry, solution-phase molecule preparation, purification, and characterization to advance the laboratory’s research ...

This postdoctoral project is based in the Department of Chemistry for Life Sciences at Uppsala University , where research and education span analytical chemistry, biochemistry, and organic chemistry. The department is an international environment with English as the main working language and is located at the Biomedical Centre in Uppsala, enabling close collaboration with research groups in biology, pharmacy, medicine, and SciLifeLab. The project focuses on the development of non-covalent supra...

A postdoctoral position in the Ming Chen research group at Virginia Tech focuses on developing asymmetric transformations catalyzed by transition-metal complexes . The project centers on reaction development and mechanistic investigation, with an emphasis on synthetic applications of newly developed catalytic methods. The postdoctoral associate will work on parallel reaction-condition screening and product identification using advanced analytical techniques. This is a research-intensive role in ...

The Ribbe/Hu laboratories in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at the University of California, Irvine are recruiting postdoctoral scholars to work on the catalysis and/or assembly of nitrogenase. The project sits at the intersection of biochemical mechanism and structural biology, with a particular emphasis on how this important metalloenzyme is assembled and functions in the laboratory setting. Researchers in the Ribbe/Hu group will be part of an active postdoctoral environm...

Fully funded PhD and postdoctoral opportunities are available in Sustainable Chemical Engineering at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. The research is based in the Laboratory of Sustainable and Catalytic Processing (LPDC), with a focus on sustainable catalytic processing, biobased polymers, and biobased surfactants. These opportunities are suitable for researchers interested in chemical engineering, catalysis, sustainable processing, chemistry, bioengineering, and mat...

SR University in Warangal, Telangana, India, is seeking a highly motivated part-time postdoctoral fellow to join an experimental and computational materials science research group. The research focuses on next-generation energy materials, including low-dimensional materials, topological insulators, halide perovskites, optoelectronics, spintronics, perovskite solar cells, photovoltaics, hydrogen energy, and catalysis. The successful candidate will use high-throughput density functional theory (DF...