Contract - Polymer electrolytes for Li- or Na-based batteries

CIC Energigune

Bilbao, Spain

Deadline: 31st March 2014

Description

We are now inviting applications for the position of Group Leader in the area of POWER STORAGE; BATTERIES AND SUPERCAPS (EES), to lead the development of Polymer electrolytes for Li- or Na-based batteries.

CIC Energigune  is a new energy research centre based in the Basque Country of Spain.  Its mission is to play a leading role on the international stage in the field of energy storage technologies and contribute to the industrial competitiveness of Basque Country.  CIC has a world-class research facility, cutting-edge equipments, an experienced management team, and a scientific committee composed of prominent scientists, entrepreneurs, and industrial experts.

We are looking for highly skilled and motivated individual to:

        - Define research directions and technical strategies for the electrolyte group.

        - Develop roadmaps and work plans, leading the Polymer Electrolyte Research Line.

        - Write proposals to secure funding from government and industrial sources.

        - Design, implement, and optimize solid electrolyte based on polymers for Li- or Na-based batteries.

        - Hands-on ability to guide scientists in the lab.

        - Manage a team of scientists, post-doctors, and technicians.

        - Coordinate collaborations with industries, universities, and other technical centers.

We are offering a permanent position that will give you a unique opportunity to custom-build your own laboratory and research team. The basic group structure; one postdoc, one technician and one or two PhD students, start-up investments and consumables will be funded directly by the CIC to the Group Leader. Depending on the qualification of the successful candidate the initial budget could be increased.

As a Group Leader you will find a flourishing scientific community conducting synergistic research in both the universities and other CIC Labs already operating in the region.

Contract - Batteries post-mortem analysis

CIC Energigune

Bilbao, Spain

Deadline: 23rd June 2014.

Description

We are now inviting applications for the position of Research Line Manager in the area of POWER STORAGE; BATTERIES AND SUPERCAPS (EES), to lead the batteries Post Mortem Analysis research line.

CIC Energigune is a new energy research centre based in the Basque Country of Spain.  Its mission is to play a leading role on the international stage in the field of energy storage technologies and contribute to the industrial competitiveness of Basque Country.  CIC has a world-class research facility, cutting-edge equipments, an experienced management team, and a scientific committee composed of prominent scientists, entrepreneurs, and industrial experts.

We are looking for highly skilled and motivated individual to:

        - Lead the research activities within the Post Mortem Analysis research line area.

        - Write proposals to secure funding from government and industrial sources.

        - Hands-on ability to guide scientists in the lab.

        - Manage a team of scientists, post-doctors, and technicians.

        - Coordinate collaborations with industries, universities, and other technical centers.

We are offering a permanent position that will give you a unique opportunity to custom-build your own research team, participating in shared projects with industrial companies as well as collaborating in “on-going” EU funded proposals.

In addition to the appeal of the entire project, the CIC Energigune offers a competitive basic salary augmented by important benefits such as life insurance, special conditions for a private health insurance, etc. that compare favorably with the best global private and public institutions

The Fundación will also help smooth the transition for you and your family, providing a welcome program that offers accommodation and addresses other aspects to help you integrate into the local environment.

Master project - Electrochemical and thermal energy storage

CIC Energigune

Bilbao, Spain

Closing date: 7th May 2014.

Description

CIC energiGUNE is now offering the opportunity to complete the Research Master project on the fields of electrochemical and thermal energy storage at our facilities.

CIC energiGUNE is an energy storage research centre with headquarters in the Basque Country, which aims to achieve and maintain levels of excellence in all of its research areas of focus and become an international benchmark in its field. The centre has the backing of public institutions and administrations, and of companies directly related to the energy sector.

Summer internship - Electrochemical and thermal energy storage

CIC Energigune

Bilbao, Spain

Description

CIC energiGUNE is now offering Summer Internship on the fields of electrochemical and thermal energy storage at our facilities.

CIC energiGUNE is an energy storage research centre with headquarters in the Basque Country, which aims to achieve and maintain levels of excellence in all of its research areas of focus and become an international benchmark in its field. The centre has the backing of public institutions and administrations, and of companies directly related to the energy sector.

The Summer Internship is intended to provide newly graduated students the opportunity to acquire practical research experience prior to the start of a Master’s Degree.

Fellowship - Electrochemical & Thermal Energy Storage

CIC Energigune

Bilbao, Spain

Closing date: 4th March 2014

Description

CIC energiGUNE is an energy storage research centre with headquarters in the Basque Country, which aims to achieve and maintain levels of excellence in all of its research areas of focus and become an international benchmark in its field. The centre has the backing of public institutions and administrations, and of companies directly related to the energy sector.

CIC energiGUNE is now offering the opportunity to join us through an Ikerbasque Research Fellowship in the areas of:

       Electrochemical Energy Storage.

       Thermal Energy Storage.

For more detail on CIC’s research activities please visit our webpage: www.cicenergigune.com

PostDoc - Energy storage

CIC Energigune

Basque Country, Spain

Closing date: 24th February 2014.

Description

CIC energiGUNE is an energy storage research centre with headquarters in the Basque Country, which aims to achieve and maintain levels of excellence in all of its research areas of focus and become an international benchmark in its field. The centre has the backing of public institutions and administrations, and of companies directly related to the energy sector.

What we offer:

CIC energiGUNE is now offering the opportunity to join us through a “Formación Postdoctoral” Research Fellowship in the areas of:

• Electrochemical Energy Storage.
• Thermal Energy Storage.

For more detail on CIC’s research activities please visit our webpage: www.cicenergigune.com

PostDoc - Microwave-assisted micro-reactors

Institute of Nanoscience of Aragon (INA)

Zaragoza, Spain

Deadline: 15th of February 2014.

Description

POST-DOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE IN THE EUROPEAN PROJECT HECTOR (ERC, ADVANCED GRANT): “MICROWAVE-ASSISTED MICRO-REACTORS: DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGHLY EFFICIENT GAS PHASE CONTACTOR WITH DIRECT CATALYST HEATING".

Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technologies Department, Nanoporous Films and Particles Group (http://www.unizar.es/nfp/nfp.php?s=10), Institute of Nanoscience of Aragon, University of Zaragoza (Spain).

European project description: HECTOR aims to create microwave-absorbing sites in heterogeneous catalytic micro-reactors to enable efficient gas phase catalytic processing at comparatively lower bulk gas phase temperatures.

Research centre: The Institute of Nanoscience of Aragon (http://ina.unizar.es) is committed to performing excellent research on the fundamental and applied aspects of Nanoscience. It offers a highly interdisciplinary research environment, with state of the art synthesis and characterisation instruments.

Fellowship - Electrochemical & thermal energy

CIC Energigune

Basque Country, Spain

Closing date: 24th January 2014

Description

CIC energiGUNE is an energy storage research centre with headquarters in the Basque Country, which aims to achieve and maintain levels of excellence in all of its research areas of focus and become an international benchmark in its field. The centre has the backing of public institutions and administrations, and of companies directly related to the energy sector.

CIC energiGUNE is now offering the opportunity to join us through a Ramón y Cajal Research Fellowship in the areas of:

•  Electrochemical Energy Storage.
•  Thermal Energy Storage.

For more detail on CIC’s research activities please visit our webpage: www.cicenergigune.com

Contract - Engineer for energy efficient clusters

Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Barcelona, Spain

CLOSING DATE: Sunday, 12 January, 2014.

AREA: Computer Sciences.

Description

Barcelona Supercomputing Center is one of the 8 Severo Ochoa centers of excellence in Spain, as recognition of leading research centres that are internationally known organisations in their respective areas. The Heterogeneous Architectures group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center is looking for a highly-motivated engineer to participate in the research of a new class of energy efficient compute platforms based on ARM processors for high-performance computing and data centers.

The Mont-Blanc project, one of the BSC flagship projects, has set itself the following objective: to design a new type of computer architecture capable of setting future global High Performance Computing (HPC) standards that will deliver Exascale performance while using 15 to 30 time less energy. In the context of the MontBlanc project we are deploying a number of prototype clusters built from developer kits featuring a wide range of ARM-based SoC processors. These prototypes serve as driving vehicles for software development and performance benchmarking for the next generation of energy-efficient high performance and data center systems.

The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary team to carry out the following tasks:

• Porting of cutting-edge scientific applications in the areas of earth and life sciences to the different prototype clusters.
• Porting of the middleware of the project to these platforms.
• Performance and power consumption analysis of the applications running in the prototype clusters. This includes profiling and identification of bottlenecks and energy inefficiencies.
• Optimization of the applications for the prototype clusters. This includes the exploration of different parallelization approaches and the use of hardware accelerators such as GPUs

These tasks will be carried out in the context of the MontBlanc and Severo Ochoa projects. The successful candidate is expected to show initiative and strong interpersonal skills to interact with both hardware and software researchers and engineers in a highly interdisciplinary environment.

Requirements

At least BSc in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent. BSc in Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology or equivalent are also considered for candidates with strong computer skills. MSc in these areas is preferred.

Essential Skills:

• Strong knowledge of C, C++, Fortran and MPI.
• Strong debugging and problem solving skills.
• Strong software engineering skills including knowledge about data structures and algorithms.
• Strong English communication skills.

      Desirable Skills:

• Experience in parallel programming, MPI and OpenMP, CUDA, OpenCL in particular.
• Experience with scripting languages such as shell, PERL, and Python.
• Experience with network file systems, virtualization and grid environments.
• Knowledge of computer architecture and experience in architecture-aware optimization.
• Experience with control version systems.

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PostDoc - Water management

The Cyprus Institute (CyI)

Nicosia, Cyprus

Closing date: 30th December 2013

Description

The Cyprus Institute (CyI) invites applications for a Post-doctoral Fellow in Water Management at its Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC). The successful candidate will join a dynamic team of researchers, who are investigating all aspects of hydrology and water management in semi-arid environments under changing economic and climate conditions.

The Post-doctoral Fellow will analyse and map different water and land management practices and climate change adaptation options, conduct policy analyses, and operationalize the concept of ecosystems services. He or she will also be responsible for all stakeholder interactions in two new EU funded projects (BEWATER and RECARE).

The successful candidate will be expected to:

Analyse and map costs, benefits and trade-offs of water and land management practices and climate change adaptation options.

Facilitate communications between science and society in the area of environmental management and climate change adaptation, and mobilize formal and non-formal institutions.

Operationalize the concept of ecosystems services in close cooperation with stakeholders.

Conduct policy reviews and analyses and prepare clear policy messages.

Contribute to a variety of research tasks within EEWRC's Water Group.

Publish in scientific and popular media.

Requirements

PhD in environmental, biological or geo-sciences, environmental economics or environmental engineering. Highly qualified candidates with an MSc and appropriate professional qualifications will also be considered.

An adequate academic publication record. Experience in publishing in popular media is preferred.

Experience in cooperating with a wide variety of stakeholders, including government institutions, civil society organizations, and small and medium enterprises.

Strong analytical and organizational skills.

Excellent knowledge of the Greek and English languages both in verbal and in writing.

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team.

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PostDoc - Water Management

The Cyprus Institute

Nicosia, Cyprus

Closing date: 30th December 2013

Description

The Cyprus Institute (CyI) is a European non-profit science and technology institution based in Cyprus and led by an acclaimed Board of Trustees. The research aims of the Cyprus Institute are represented by three research centers: the Energy Environment Water Research Center (EEWRC), the Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center (STARC), and the Computation-based Science and Technology Research Center (CASTORC).

The EEWRC aims to explore issues of global significance in the fields of energy, environmental and water research, with a focus on their specific regional, East-Mediterranean manifestations. Its research agenda addresses the great challenges related to: the mitigation and adaptation strategies necessitated by climate change, a reduced dependence on hydrocarbon energy sources and achieving a low carbon economy through the employment of renewables (solar) and enabling a sustainable management of water and other natural resources in arid and semi-arid environments.

The Cyprus Institute (CyI) invites applications for a Post-doctoral Fellow in Water Management at its Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC). The successful candidate will join a dynamic team of researchers, who are investigating all aspects of hydrology and water management in semi-arid environments under changing economic and climate conditions.

The Post-doctoral Fellow will analyse and map different water and land management practices and climate change adaptation options, conduct policy analyses, and operationalize the concept of ecosystems services. He or she will also be responsible for all stakeholder interactions in two new EU funded projects (BEWATER and RECARE).

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Analyse and map costs, benefits and trade-offs of water and land management practices and climate change adaptation options.
• Facilitate communications between science and society in the area of environmental management and climate change adaptation, and mobilize formal and non-formal institutions.
• Operationalize the concept of ecosystems services in close cooperation with stakeholders.
• Conduct policy reviews and analyses and prepare clear policy messages.
• Contribute to a variety of research tasks within EEWRC's Water Group.
• Publish in scientific and popular media.

Requirements

• PhD in environmental, biological or geo-sciences, environmental economics or environmental engineering. Highly qualified candidates with an MSc and appropriate professional qualifications will also be considered.
• An adequate academic publication record. Experience in publishing in popular media is preferred.
• Experience in cooperating with a wide variety of stakeholders, including government institutions, civil society organizations, and small and medium enterprises.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Excellent knowledge of the Greek and English languages both in verbal and in writing
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
• Appointments will be on a full-time basis for a fixed period of 2 years with the potential of contract renewal, depending on performance and availability of funding.

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Beca predoctoral - Nano-superconductividad para aplicaciones en energía

Instituto de Nanociencia de Aragón-Universidad de Zaragoza
Zaragoza, España

Fecha límite: 24/11/2013

Descripción

Se ofrece beca predoctoral para desarrollar la investigación: "NANO SUPERCONDUCTIVIDAD PARA APLICACIONES EN ENERGIA".

Requisitos

Titulación requerida: Tener finalizado un máster en físicas o nanomateriales.

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PhD - Theory of electronic structure

CIC nanoGUNE 

San Sebastian-Donostia, Spain

Application deadline: 15/12/2013

Description

Marie Curie PhD scholarship in Theory of electronic structure: Lifetimes of HOMO and LUMO states of organic molecules relevant for organic photovoltaics on different substrates is available at the research center CIC nanoGUNE in San Sebastián (Spain) as of February 1, 2014 for a three-year period.

This PhD project is part of the newly established Marie Curie network ‘Thin-film Hybrid Interfaces: a training initiative for the design of next-generation energy devices’ (THINFACE). The consortium involves as participants five academic groups from: University of Southern Denmark, The Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, Graz University of Technology, Austria, University Pierre and Marie Curie, France; the Research Center Nanogune, Spain, and two industries: Danfoss, Denmark and Novaled, Germany along with five associated partners. The network consists of 14 PhD projects in total.

The overall goal of this PhD project is to theoretically investigate the electronic structure of organic molecules attached to different relevant substrates using a combination of density functional theory (DFT) and many-body perturbation theory (GW-BSE) techniques. The focus will be in the calculation of both elastic and inelastic lifetimes of the frontier orbitals of such adsorbed molecules. In this project, code/method development and part of the applications will be performed at CIC nanoGUNE and CFM-CSIC at San Sebastián, Spain, while some specific applications of the method will be performed at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, as well as the company DANFOSS in Denmark.

The successful applicant will be enrolled as a PhD student at the PhD School at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).

Requirements

Candidates who have a previous Master’s degree in a field relevant to the mentioned PhD-project may seek the fellowship (physics or theoretical chemistry). Preferred candidates have an excellent background in solid-state physics, density functional theory and basics of many-body perturbation theory. Highly qualified candidates who expect to obtain their M. Sc. degree in the next few months are also encouraged to apply.

At the time of recruitment by the host organisation, researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc) in the country of their host organization for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the reference date. Short stays such as holidays and/or compulsory national service are not taken into account.

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PostDoc - Specialization in remote sensing

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf e. V. (HZDR)

Dresden, Germany

Deadline date: 15/11/2013

Description

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf e. V. (HZDR) is a research centre with more than 1,000 employees and is a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF). The scientific key aspects are in the field of matter, energy and health. The research is performed in eight scientific institutes which cooperate inside the HGF as well as the universities, extra-faculty institutes and the industry. Further information can be found at http://www.hzdr.de.

Focus of research at the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology is the development of innovative technologies to increase energy and resource efficiency in the utilization of primary (e.g. ores) und secondary (anthropogenic) raw materials.

The Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology invites applications for a Postdoctoral researcher (m/f) with specialization in remote sensing beginning 01.01.2014 for a period of two years.

We seek to appoint a specialist in remote sensing to step up the newly created remote sensing group at the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF). The main aim of the remote sensing group is mineral exploration but the quantification of vegetation physical properties and surface processes is also envisaged. Expertise in hyperspectral data processing is explicitly recommended for the position but not exclusively.

The strength of the institute lies in the multidisciplinarity of our research activities. Therefore, the ability and the willingness of the candidates to work with colleagues from a large range of disciplines is indispensable. We invite young and flexible researchers keen to actively collaborate with other team members and familiar with the quantitative analysis of geospatial data to apply. The working languages of HIF are English and German. Candidates must be able to work effectively in English.

Tasks:

-Application of multi-source remote sensing methods for mineral exploration, the analysis of surface processes and vegetation change detection.

-Acquisition of and participation in third party funding projects, publications, scientific communications and report writing.

Requirements

-PhD in remote sensing or related field.

-Extensive knowledge of multi-source remote sensing processing.

-Sound understanding of quantitative methods.

-Experience in the acquisition of third-party funding.

-Interest in collaborative work within a multi-disciplinary international team.

-Good organization and communication skills.

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PostDoc - New nanoscopic carbon-based composite materials for biofuel cells

Nanoinnova Technologies SL

Madrid, Spain

Description

The candidate will work on a project focused on the development of new nanoscopic carbon-based composite materials for biofuel cells and their production scalability. He/she will participate in a number of workshops organized by the project partners as well as spend a few months on secondment at partner institutions. This full-time post will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of 24 months.

Requirements

-Qualification required: PhD degree in Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry, or Physics.

-High level of spoken and written English and good communication skills.

-Good knowledge in the synthesis, surface modification and characterization of graphene, graphene hybrid materials or carbon nanotubes. Knowledge in electrochemical testing is also valuable.

-Marie-Curie fellowship Mobility requirement: Candidates can be of any nationality. At the time of recruitment, candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work or studies) in Spain for more than 12 months in the 3years immediately prior to their recruitment.

-Experience: less than 5 years of research experience.

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PhD - Development of biofuel

Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry of Madrid (ICP-CSIC)

Madrid, Spain

Description

The Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry of Madrid (ICP-CSIC) is looking for a PhD candidate to work on a project related to the development of biofuel cells including potentially implantable biodevices for medical applications The project will be within the framework of BIOENERGY (Biofuel Cells: From Fundamentals to Applications in Bioelectrochemistry) Marie Curie Initial Training Network.

The BIOENERGY ITN project is a collaboration between ten internationally-renowned research teams (in Germany, Sweden, Ireland, UK, France, Poland, Spain and Austria) and three industrial partners (in UK and Spain), each with complementary expertise in a wide range of bioelectrochemistry.

The candidate for partner CSIC-A will work on a project focused on the characterization of high redox potential laccase mutants with higher catalytic activity at neutral pH and their application in biofuel cells. The project will include the study of structure/function relationships in the O2 reduction capability of laccase mutants at neutral pH, their covalent immobilization on nano-structured electrodes for direct electron transfer and their application as cathodes in Biofuel Cells. 

Requirements

-Degree and Master in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology or Physics.

-High level of spoken and written English and good communication skills

-Marie-Curie fellowship Mobility requirement: Candidates can be of any nationality. At the time of recruitment by BIOENERGY, candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work or studies) in Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to their recruitment.

-The candidate must have less than 4 years of research experience.

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Research in sustainable energy

Science Foundation Ireland

Dublín, Ireland

Description

The Geophysics Section of the School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, invites strong, early career stage researchers to apply to Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) for funding under SFI's Starting Investigator Research Grant (SIRG) Programme http://www.sfi.ie/funding/funding-calls/open-calls/sfi-starting-investigator-research-grant-(sirg)-programme-2013.html

The SIRG Programme provides an opportunity for excellent early career investigators to carry out independent research in sustainable energy. Under the SIRG funding scheme, scientists who are more than 3 years but less than 8 years since their PhD can receive funding for their salary, for a PhD student, and for research costs to a total maximum of €400,000 (plus Overhead) for a period of four years.

Three current sustainable energy research projects within the Section are two geothermal ones, IRETHERM (www.iretherm.ie) and SIM-CRUST (seismic imaging and monitoring of Ireland's crust), and a carbon sequestration one, IRECCSEM (www.ireccsem.ie). Collaborations and ties with all three of these are very welcome, as are entirely new activities.

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PhD - Efficient carbon use

The Brandenburg University of Technology & German Helmholtz Center Potsdam (GFZ)

Cottbus, Germany

Description

Development of tools for carbon, nutrient and water-use efficient food security in urban and peri-urban agriculture. The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg together with the German Helmholtz Center Potsdam (GFZ) conduct research and development in the field of climate friendly novel land use systems. The approach is focused on the link between alternative energy supply and (peri-)urban agricultural production. A full-time Ph.D. position is available in this research field aiming on the development of a scientifically-based support tool for stakeholders.

Urban and peri-urban Agriculture (UPA) can contribute to the resilience of cities to extremes by delivering local food resources making cities more independent from imports from potentially affected areas of production outside the boundaries of the city. UPA can be a way to make food production more sustainable by using wastes, idle land, excess heat and CO2 and water bodies/waste water in cities as resources to produce food and reduce GHG emissions. At the same time the energy demand and consumption of UPA systems differs significantly e.g. when comparing (peri-)urban solutions including glasshouse orientated production and conventional area orientated agricultural food and energy production. Moreover, the increasing production of renewable energy implies a higher potential of supply for UPA systems, especially under peri-urban conditions.

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PostDoc - Computational Chemistry

University of Burgos

Burgos, Spain

Description

The Computational Chemistry Group (Prof. Santiago Aparicio) at the Department of Chemistry, University of Burgos (Spain), is seeking highly motivated candidates for a post-doctoral fellowship.

The object of the activity will be the application of computational chemistry methods in the framework of research projects under development in energy and environment areas.

Requirements

Applicants of any nationality must have a Ph. D. degree from a spanish University or from a non-spanish University but in this case the degree should have been previously convalidated by a spanish institution.

The applicants must have a strong publication record in computational chemistry in areas such as quantum chemistry, first principles,and molecular dynamics.

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PhD - Interfaces of Fluid Electrodes

Instituto de investigación en energía de Cataluña

Barcelona, Spain

Descripción

Se buscan candidatos para contrato pre-doctoral  para desarrollar la tesis doctoral bajo el proyecto:

Interfaces of Fluid Electrodes: New Conceptual Explorations, FP7-ENERGY-2013-1

Requisitos

En particular, se busca Físicos/Químicos/Ingenieros en posesión de título de máster con interés en el campo de almacenamiento electroquímico, en concreto, baterías semi-sólidas de flujo redox. El candidato debe tener una base teórica en conocimientos de electroquímica para su posterior aplicación en diversos dispositivos.  Otro perfil del candidato es el de experto en líquidos iónicos y/o nanoparticulas con grandes capacidades de síntesis y formulaciones. El laboratorio está formado en un ambiente multicisplinar.