Last Date: April 11, 2024.
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The PhD position is associated with the Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC), which is a joint research center including groups from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, and Linköping University with base funding from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. WWSC is a research center with a focus on new materials from trees, aiming to create knowledge and build competence that has the potential to form the basis for an innovative future value creation from forest raw materials. You will become part of the WWSC academy, which is a graduate student school. In this academy, you will get an overview of the research field within renewable materials from wood and gain knowledge of topics not directly connected to your current research. During the academy, students will connect with each other and industry to nurture future collaborations. This will prepare them for becoming the scientists, inventors, and engineers for tomorrow´s Swedish forest value chain. Read more at www.wwsc.se
Your work assignments
Your research will be to develop key transformations on platform-molecules for applications towards, transparent, functional, and chemical recyclable polymeric materials. Your particular focus will be synthetic chemistry method development.
Questions that may be explored during your PhD include:
- What are the inherent chemical features of this specific platform-molecule?
- How can it tailor reaction outcome with different system design?
- Is the transformation scalable, and how green is it?
In particular, you will:
- Optimize chemical reactions.
- Evaluate substrate scope.
- Decipher the mechanistical details of the transformation.
- Utilize relevant characterization techniques (e.g., NMR, mass, etc.).
Your PhD work will be crucial towards the development of new green molecules for applications in green material design, as well in the development of new synthetic concepts for applications in materials science, both within the GreenPolChem-group, and in the larger LOE and WWSC environment.
As a PhD student, you devote most of your time to doctoral studies and the research projects of which you are part. Your work may also include teaching or other departmental duties, up to a maximum of 20% of full-time.
Your qualifications
You have graduated at the master’s level in chemistry, organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, or another relevant field. Alternatively, you have completed courses in these fields with a minimum of 240 credits (corresponding to 4 years of study), of which at least 60 credits (1 year) must be in advanced courses.
For this position, most merit is given to completed courses, with excellent grades, in chemistry related subjects. In addition, excellent communication skills in written and spoken English is a requirement.
Merit is also given to experience of laboratory work and characterization (demonstrated through coursework, MSc project or published papers).
Furthermore, the suitable candidate should be highly self-motivated and show profound interest in fundamental research. Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities and suitability.
Your workplace
The PhD position will be based at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics (LOE), belonging to the Department of Science and Technology, at the university’s Norrköping Campus. The LOE is renowned for its world-leading research on electronic devices based on organic electroactive materials. Its primary theme involves the coupling of ions and electrons as signal carriers for applications in printed electronics, organic energy- and electrochemical devices, and organic bioelectronics. Currently, the research staff of the Laboratory includes about 150 researchers (professors, senior and junior scientists and PhD students). Read more at www.liu.se/loe
The PhD student will be part of GreenPolChem-group, lead by Ass. Prof. Peter Olsén, that focus on Green Synthetic Chemistry Methodology Development for Functional and Sustainable Biobased Polymeric Materials. More information about our research can be found here: Peter Olsén – Google Scholar, Peter Olsén (researchgate.net).
The employment
When taking up the post, you will be admitted to the program for doctoral studies. More information about the doctoral studies at each faculty is available at Doctoral studies at Linköping University
The employment has a duration of four years’ full-time equivalent. You will initially be employed for a period of one year. The employment will subsequently be renewed for periods of maximum duration two years, depending on your progress through the study plan. The employment may be extended up to a maximum of five years, based on the amount of teaching and departmental duties you have carried out. Further extensions can be granted in special circumstances.
Starting date by agreement.
Salary and employment benefits
The salary of PhD students is determined according to a locally negotiated salary progression. The starting salary is 32 800 SEK per month before tax. The salary then increases after completing 30 % to 33 800 SEK, and 60% to 36 500 SEK of the PhD degree program, respectively.
As an employee of Linköping University, you are entitled to the following benefits:
- Paid vacation (28 workdays per year, corresponding to 5 ½ weeks).
- Paid maternity/paternity leave (up to 390 days per child).
- Other benefits are also available. A full list can be found here:
More information about employment benefits at Linköping University is available here.
Union representatives
Information about union representatives, see Help for applicants.
Application procedure
Apply for the position by clicking the “Apply” button below. Your application must reach Linköping University no later than April 11, 2024.
Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered.
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