英国伯明翰大学化学学院有机材料化学研究员职位

英国伯明翰大学化学学院有机材料化学研究员职位

Job Description

Research Fellow in Organic Materials Chemistry - School of Chemistry - 96203 - Grade 7 - (200002EL)

Description

RESEARCH FELLOW IN ORGANIC MATERIALS CHEMISTRY- 96203

Position Details

Area: School of Chemistry in the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £30,942 to £40,322 with potential progression once in post to £42,792 Band/Grade: Grade 7 Hours: Full time Duration: Fixed-term for up to 24 months Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK Closing Date: 30 September 2020

BACKGROUND

To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within an established research programme and/or specific research project.

Project Description:

We are seeking to recruit a Research Fellow to work on a Leverhulme Trust funding project entitled ‘Triphenoxazoles: Fluorescent, Photoconducting Liquid Crystals’.

The triphenoxazoles have a remarkable set of properties:

1. Fluorescent: Excited in the UV they fluoresce blue through to red, exhibiting the largest Stokes shift for a purely organic material, 2. Photoconductive: They photoconduct an order of magnitude better with PCBM, than the P3HT:PCBM system 3. Liquid Crystalline: They display hexagonal columnar liquid crystal ordering

The triphenoxazoles are based on the hexapentyloxytriphenylene core in which an oxazole moiety has been fused onto the triphenylene core. Appended to the C2 position of the oxazole are a variety of conjugated aryl groups which modulate the photophysical and material properties. In this project we wish to explore further the modifications of the aryl groups, guided by computational modelling and theoretical analysis, in order to have an integrated approach to the molecular design in order to enhance and modify the molecular and material properties in a predictable fashion.

This project is a collaboration between 4 research groups and there will be three funded Leverhulme Trust postdoctoral fellows working alongside each other mentored by Prof Jon Preece (synthesis and materials characterisation), Dr Alex Robinson ((photo)electronic properties) and Dr DwaipayanChakrabarti/Prof Mark Wilson (computational modelling and theoretical). Thus, the successful candidate will not only be a skilled synthetic organic chemist, but a scientist with a keen interest to broaden their skill base to think about the broader aspects and utility of the molecules and materials that they are synthesising.

SUMMARY OF ROLE

• Operate within area of specialism: Synthetic organic (materials) chemistry • Ensure risk assessments for synthetic chemistry are constructed with the utmost of care and diligence • Ensure risk assessments for physical/materials characterisation are constructed with the utmost of care and diligence • Ensure day-to-day health and safety in the laboratory is adhered to rigorously by all members of the group • Be a role model for PhD researchers and Masters students • Analyseand interpret research findings and results • Design experiments based on own data and data from physics and computational groups involved in the project • Report and discuss findings with the group leader and at group meetings • Report and discuss findings at joint group meetings with collaborators and their groups • Present research findings at research seminars and conferences • Produce manuscripts for publications based on findings • Help in the development of final year MSci projects and day-to-day supervision of the projects related to own research • Contribute to public understanding of the discipline

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.

• Develop research objectives and proposals for own or joint research, with assistance of a mentor if required • Conduct own and original research • Analyse and interpret data • Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding • Disseminate research findings for publication, research seminars etc • Supervise students on research related work and provide guidance to PhD students where appropriate to the discipline • Contribute to developing new models, techniques and methods • Undertake management/administration arising from research • Contribute to public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader • Collect research data; this may be through a variety of research methods, such as scientific experimentation, literature reviews, and research interviews • Present research outputs, including drafting academic publications or parts thereof, for example at seminars and as posters • Provide guidance, as required, to support staff and any students who may be assisting with the research • Deal with challenges that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines