Job Description

• One of Australia’s leading research & teaching universities
• Vibrant campus life with a strong sense of community & inclusion
• Enjoy a career that makes a difference by collaborating & learning from the best

At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work.

THIS ROLE IS LOCATED IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.

The School of Chemistry teaches more than 2000 undergraduate students each year from many different faculties and offers four different undergraduate programs leading to majors in chemistry that are taught in five teaching laboratories specialising in First Year, Synthetic, Analytical and Physical Chemistry.

The Research Associate will focus on understanding the relationship between atomically precise active sites and electro catalysis performance. There is an emphasis on fundamental electrochemical measurements in electrocatalysis for complex reactions such as nitrate reduction, CO2 reduction and carbon-carbon coupling with a need for synthesizing new materials that will be characterised using transmission electron microscopy. The position relates to an ARC Centre of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation (COE-CSI) on carbon materials for electrocatalysis within the Smart Materials and Surfaces research group jointly led by Prof Richard Tilley and Prof Justin Gooding in the School of Chemistry, Faculty of Science.

About the role

• $113K - $121K plus 17% Superannuation and annual leave loading
• Fixed Term – 12 months
• Full-time (35 hours per week)

The role reports to Professor Richard Tilley and has no direct reports.

Specific responsibilities for this role include:

• Conduct research in the area of electrochemistry and electrocatalysis
• Perform and supervise experiments in electrochemical evaluation of catalytic materials.
• Synthesis of metal nanoparticle and single atom catalysts.
• Transmission electron microscopy characterization of samples.
• Write and maintain laboratory notebooks detailing all experiments conducted.
• Successfully complete experiments and on-time provision of analysis on results.
• Analyse and write results of experiments in a format suitable for publication in peer reviewed journals.
• Contribute to the writing of scientific papers and reports for international journals and progress reporting to other researchers and industry partners.
• Contribute to the preparation of research proposal submissions to funding bodies and actively seek collaboration with industry partners as appropriate
• Assist with the coordination of research activities and actively contribute to research outputs to meet project milestones.
• Present results of experiments at national and international conferences.
• Assist in the training of PhD and honours students.
• Align with and actively demonstrate the Code of Conduct and Values.
• Cooperate with all health and safety policies and procedures of the university and take all reasonable care to ensure that your actions or omissions do not impact on the health and safety of yourself or others.