Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry
Durham University
Job Information Organisation/CompanyDURHAM UNIVERSITY Research FieldChemistry Researcher ProfileRecognised Researcher (R2)Established Researcher (R3) CountryUnited Kingdom Application Deadline30 Oct 2024 – 00:00 (UTC) Type of ContractOther Job StatusFull-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?NoOffer DescriptionAs a PDRA in the Franchino group, you will be pursuing ground-breaking research merging metal and organocatalysis, to develop new strategies for the stereoselective synthesis of organic molecules.Your project is funded by a prestigious UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (FLF, 1.7m € in total) recently awarded to the PI, entitled “ChloroCat: Unlocking metal-chloride bonds for data-driven stereoselective catalysis”. In this project, you will design, prepare and test (chiral) organocatalysts capable of engaging with common metal halide (pre)catalysts via non-covalent interactions, using an anion-binding approach. These binary catalytic systems will then be screened combinatorially in several reactions, including with a high-throughput experimentation setup, to achieve increased rate, unusual regio- and stereoselectivity and/or unprecedented levels of enantiocontrol. The mode of action of the binary catalytic systems will be investigated experimentally and explored computationally. Improved second-generation catalysts will be designed following mechanistic insights, with the help of structure-activity relationships and computational predictions.You will spend 1 month in the laboratory of our collaborator Dr Jolene Reid at the University of British Columbia (Canada), to gain advanced skills in DFT calculation and machine learning techniques applied to catalyst design. All expenses for your stay at UBC will be covered by the FLF.The project involves the following skills. It is expected that you are, at present, an expert on at least one of them, and looking forward to mastering all the others all during your stay in the group:
This post is fixed term for 3 years, as the funding has been awarded to the PI to cover for a 36-month PDRA position, as part of her UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship.Where to apply WebsiteRequirementsAdditional InformationWork Location(s)Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute DURHAM UNIVERSITY Country United Kingdom City Durham GeofieldContact CityDurhamSTATUS: EXPIREDShare this page
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