Research Associate - Post Doc
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide mechanistic understanding of the catalytic behaviors observed under reaction conditions.
- Correlate the composition/structure with the activity/stability of catalysts.
- Design and develop electrocatalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) at the cathode and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) at the anode.
- Coordinate collaborative research with experimental or theoretical collaborators.
- Prepare and write manuscripts for publications in scientific journals and present research results in scientific conferences and DOE program review meetings.
Position Requirements
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- PhD degree in physics, physical chemistry, chemical engineering, or closely related fields.
- Strong background and research experience (including the graduate research) in electrocatalysis.
- Good English writing and oral skills for publications and presentations.
- Position 1 - Hands-on experience in synthesis, testing and characterization of electrocatalysts.
- Position 2 - Experience in applying electronic structure theory, Transition State Theory (TST), microkinetic modeling or Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) methods in catalysis.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge in water electrolysis.
- Position 1 - Synthesis with controlled composition and morphology, electrochemical evaluation and in-situ/operando characterization using synchrotron and neutron techniques.
- Position 2 - Electronic structure simulation of complex electrocatalysts (metal/metal compound interfaces and nanostructures) at the solid/liquid interfaces, kinetic modeling of electrochemical performances under reaction conditions and machine-learning-based study catalyst design.