Postdoctoral Appointee –Experimental Physical Organic Chemist

Job description

Argonne National Laboratory is seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee to work in the Advanced Energy Technologies (AET) Directorate. The successful candidate will study chemical upgrading of heavy oils, asphaltenes, resins, and kerogen molecules and contribute to engineering design of upscaled processes. The candidate will be a part of the Applied Materials Division (AMD) within AET at Argonne and will contribute to the Lab’s broader effort in conversion and separation of carbon-based materials. The role will require the individual to work with personnel that perform machine learning and molecular simulations. The candidate is expected to work as part of a collaborative team of chemists, physicists, and engineers to develop new chemistry for upgrading hydrocarbon streams. The candidate should be proficient in performing chemical reactions under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions incorporating various approaches including catalytic processes, oxidizing/reducing environments, different gases and supercritical conditions. The ability to assemble new batch and flow processes is a plus. Furthermore, we will teach the candidate about engineering design of chemical processes; however...