Postodoctoral Fellowship in Chemistry, San Sebastian

A postdoctoral position is available at the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) beginning the 1st September 2018. The work will be under the direction of Prof. Fabienne Barroso, Prof. Luca Salassa and Dr. Marek Grzelczak and will be developed within multidisciplinary areas. The aim of the project is at synthesizing cyclic polymers for complexing with inorganic substrates. The work will include synthesis of organic molecules, polymerization reactions, polymer functionalization, functionalization of gold nanoparticles and metal complexes.

We are looking for a motivated candidate fulfilling the following requirements:

1) PhD in Chemistry
2) Strong background in polymer synthesis
3) Good command of written and spoken English

Interested candidates please send an updated CV, a brief statement of interest, and contact information to postdoc en dipc.org. Reference letters are welcome but not indispensable. Candidates are encouraged to contact the project supervisors (fbarroso@ehu.eus) to know further details about the proposed research activity, please be aware that the application will be evaluated only if it is submitted directly to postdoc en dipc.org.

Next review of applications is scheduled for August 20th 2018. Applications must be received before this date and will be evaluated by a Committee designed by the DIPC board on the basis of the following criteria (with point weights indicated in parentheses):

CV of the candidate (40%)
Adequacy of the candidate’s scientific background to the project (40%)
Reference letters (10%)
Others: Diversity in gender, race, nationality, etc. (10%)

Evaluation results will be communicated to the candidates soon after. Positions will only be filled if qualified candidates are found.

For more details:
http://dipc.ehu.es/join_us.php