Postdoctoral Research Associate

Brookhaven Science Associates • Upton, NY

47d • $71,000 - $82,000

About The Position

Brookhaven National Laboratory is committed to employee success and we believe that a comprehensive employee benefits program is an important and meaningful part of the compensation employees receive. Review more information at BNL | Benefits Program 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.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees