Postdoctoral Research Associate - Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY
About the Job
The Chemistry Division (http://www.bnl.gov/chemistry) of Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL, http://www.bnl.gov) seeks a postdoctoral Research Associates to join the newly DOE-funded Center for Hybrid Approaches in Solar Energy to Liquid Fuels (CHASE), a Fuels from Sunlight Center that will be led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). In addition to BNL, it includes collaborators at Emory University, North Carolina State University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University and Yale University.
The successful candidate will work collaboratively with a team of scientists from the Artificial Photosynthesis (AP) and Catalysis: Reactivity and Structure (CRS) groups and will be supervised by CHASE principal investigators.
Position Requirements
Ph. D. in theoretical or physical chemistry, or a related field
Extensive experience in one or more of the following areas:
Computational modeling of homogeneous or heterogeneous catalysis of small molecule activation.
Density functional theory applications to transition-metal containing molecular complexes.
Hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods
Candidates must have received a Ph.D. by the commencement of employment.
BNL policy requires that after obtaining their PhD, eligible candidates for research associate appointments may not exceed a combined total of 5 years of relevant work experience as a post-doc and/or in an R&D position, excluding time associated with family planning, military service, illness or other life-changing events.
Brookhaven National Laboratory is committed to providing fair, equitable and competitive compensation. The full salary range for this position is $71,000 - $82,000 / year. Salary offers will be commensurate with the final candidate’s qualification, education and experience and considered with the internal peer group.
Brookhaven National Laboratory is an equal opportunity employer; applications from qualified women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged.