Postdoctoral Appointee - Nanoporous Materials Researcher, Onsite

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This postdoctoral position is a temporary position for up to one year, which may be renewed at Sandia's discretion up to five additional years. The PhD must have been conferred within five years prior to employment. Individuals in postdoctoral positions may bid on regular Sandia positions as internal candidates, and in some cases may be converted to regular career positions during their term if warranted by ongoing operational needs, continuing availability of funds, and satisfactory job performance.

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What Your Job Will Be Like:

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly productive and collaborative team at Sandia National Laboratories.

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee to synthesize, characterize, and test nanoporous materials, with a focus on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). You will work in a team-oriented R&D group and have the opportunity to demonstrate initiative in research activities that support your professional development.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

Synthesize metal organic frameworks (MOFs), zeolites, and other nanoporous materials

Perform post synthetic modifications and test gas adsorption and selectivity

Perform materials characterization, including powder X-ray diffraction, porosity measurements, thermal analyses (TGA/DSC), electron microscopy (SEM and TEM), X-ray fluorescence, IR and Raman spectroscopy, UV-vis, and NMR spectroscopy

Analyze data to advance understanding of structure property relationships in the studied material systems under various testing conditions

Work in a multidisciplinary team, collaborating with experts in a wide range of experimental techniques and materials modeling approaches

Present findings at team meetings and to relevant technical managers and funding agencies

Prepare and publish research in peer-reviewed journals and present at national conferences; may include opportunities to present at international conferences

Due to the nature of the work, the…