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We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position, available at the Department of Chemistry/Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology.

The successful candidate will play a key role in establishing an experimental research line within Associate Professor Ainara Nova’s research group in the Section for Catalysis and Organic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry. The group has extensive experience in computational modelling, reaction mechanisms, and machine learning for catalyst design and discovery. Nova is also a Principal Investigator at the Hylleraas Centre for Quantum Molecular Science, a Norwegian Centre of Excellence dedicated to the development and application of advanced computer simulations, including AI-based methods.

The project associated with this position aims to take advantage of a virtual library of more than 1 million organometallic bifunctional catalysts, optimised for hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions. The successful candidate will select and synthesise ligands and organometallic complexes from the library, including pincer ligands, and evaluate their catalytic performance in hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, and hydrogen transfer reactions. Detailed characterization and kinetic studies will be performed to test computational predictions and microkinetic models, and to refine machine learning models.

The successful candidate will collaborate with other groups in the Section for Catalysis and Organic Chemistry to incorporate these catalysts into solid networks (MOFs), taking advantage of the section’s expertise and facilities. In addition to conducting research, this position will involve laboratory management and supervision of MSc and PhD students conducting experimental work. The position will begin in the new Life Science Building, with access to state-of-the-art equipment and a large interdisciplinary environment spanning chemistry, pharmacy, bioscience, and medicine.

For more information and how to apply: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/296214/postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-catalysis-and-organometallic-chemistry