3 Open Positions
1- Postdoctoral Appointee (Separation Sciences)
The Heavy Element Chemistry and Separation Sciences group in the Chemical Science and Engineering Division of Argonne National Laboratory is seeking applications for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct fundamental research in chemical separations with green solvents, including room temperature ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents, with application to critical materials, including rare earths and lithium.
The successful candidate will join a diverse team of experts to address challenging, fundamental questions in chemical separations, the answers to which will inform a more energy efficient and environmentally aware nation. The team includes staff and postdoctoral fellows with diverse backgrounds in inorganic, analytical and physical chemistry, as well as condensed matter physics. They will have the opportunity to work with the computational facilities and advanced instrumentation available at Argonne National Laboratory, including the Advanced Photon Source.
The candidate will be expected to contribute experimental insights to the group’s efforts to understand the physical and chemical factors enabling low-energy separations, focusing on liquid-liquid extraction using nanostructured green solvents. As a contributor to a group effort, the candidate will have the opportunity to lead studies, including the preparation of manuscripts and the presentation of their research in a national forum.
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2- Postdoctoral Appointee (Computational Chemistry)
The Heavy Element and Separation Science group in the Chemical Science and Engineering Division of Argonne National Laboratory is seeking applications for a postdoctoral research associate to conduct fundamental research in chemical separations using computational methods, including free energy methods with molecular dynamics simulations. The position will focus on solution phase separations methods applied to metal ions, including critical materials such as rare earths and lithium.
The successful candidate will join a diverse team of experts to address challenging, fundamental questions in chemical separations, the answers to which will inform a more energy efficient and environmentally aware nation. The team includes staff and postdoctoral fellows with diverse backgrounds in inorganic, analytical and physical chemistry, as well as condensed matter physics. They will have the opportunity to work with the computational facilities and advanced instrumentation available at Argonne National Laboratory, including the Advanced Photon Source.
The candidate will be expected to contribute computational and theoretical insights to the group’s efforts to understand the physical and chemical factors enabling low-energy separations, focusing on liquid-liquid extraction using green solvents, including room temperate ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents. As a contributor to a group effort, the candidate will have the opportunity to lead studies, including the preparation of manuscripts and the presentation of their research in a national forum.
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3- Postdoctoral Appointee (Heavy Element and Separation Science)
The Heavy Element and Separation Science Group in the Chemical Sciences & Engineering Division of Argonne National Laboratory solicits applicants to fill a postdoctoral position.
This position will contribute to research accelerating the clean up and remediation of the Hanford Site waste tanks, among the most challenging environmental remediation projects in the United States.
The research will explore the chemistry of plutonium oxide clusters, nanoparticles, and colloids; studying their surface chemistry and reactivity in aqueous systems with the goal of tuning their reactivity to achieve chemical separations.
The candidate will be responsible for the synthesis of plutonium oxide nanoparticles, their characterization using a wide array of techniques including X-ray diffraction, synchrotron based X-ray spectroscopy and scattering methods, solid-state and solution-state spectroscopic techniques.
A knowledge of other characterization tools including FT-IR, Raman, potentiometry, and dynamic light scattering would be an asset.
The successful candidate will join a dynamic, diverse research group with complementary expertise in inorganic and physical chemistry, separation science, as well as condensed matter physics.
Opportunities will be provided to participate and collaborate with cutting edge programs in machine learning and synchrotron science. The applicant is expected to hold a Ph.D. with background expertise in chemistry, geochemistry, or physics together with excellent oral and written communication skills. The successful candidate will be responsible for working independently and as part of a team, developing experimental plans, performing experiments, analyzing data, and safety documentation. Additionally, the successful candidate will be responsible for the preparation of manuscripts for open-literature, peer-reviewed publications and presentations at scientific meetings based on their research findings.
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