Post Doctoral Researcher

Post Doctoral Researcher

The Post Doctoral Fellow will conduct research or service that provides further development of career skills or allows them opportunities to learn new research techniques. Possible research projects may include reactive extrusion, high-performance composite materials, and/or microphase-separated polymeric materials. They will be trained by and work in conjunction with a faculty mentor who determines the training agenda. Post Doctoral Fellow will also supervise research assistants and laboratory personnel.

Requires a Doctoral (Ph.D.) degree in area of research specialty by the start date of employment. The candidate should have a Ph.D. in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field by the start date of employment. Expertise in synthetic polymer chemistry; familiarity with polymer analytical techniques (e.g., NMR, IR, GPC, TGA, DSC, rheology); and strong written and oral communication skills are required.

Job duties include conducting research in polymer materials and process chemistry to generate foundational results for publications and grant proposals, building lab capabilities of the Sims Group to accelerate the establishment of full productivity, and training & mentoring graduate students to accelerate their development into independent scientists and develop the postdoc's mentorship skills.