"Research Scientist in the Division of Science (Chemistry) - Dr. Ali Trabolsi"

NYU Abu Dhabi is pioneering a new model of higher education for a global world, dedicated to excellence in teaching and research and to advancing cooperation and progress on humanity’s shared challenges. Drawing on the strengths of the NYU global network, it offers an outstanding liberal arts and sciences education to students from the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and around the world, with a distinctive focus on intercultural understanding and leadership. It supports innovative research and graduate education programs that push forward the frontiers of knowledge and respond in powerful and interdisciplinary ways to vital global and local challenges.

The Trabolsi Research Group at New York University Abu Dhabi invites applications for a research scientist position focused on the development of covalent organic frameworks (COFs)-based adsorbents and membranes for advanced water purification technologies.

Position Overview:

The successful candidate will lead innovative and interdisciplinary research focused on optimizing the application of responsive covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for diverse challenges in water treatment, health, and energy. This role will emphasize the directed synthesis and structural design of COFs tailored to achieve high selectivity and efficiency in targeted applications. In particular, the candidate will develop COFs engineered for the selective removal of specific contaminants from water, and will conduct comprehensive mechanistic studies of their molecular interactions with a range of emerging pollutants, including pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors, and persistent organic compounds. Beyond environmental applications, the project also envisions extending responsive COF platforms to biomedical and energy-related systems, leveraging their tunable porosity, functional diversity, and dynamic responsiveness. The candidate will be expected to integrate advanced characterization techniques, computational modeling, and performance evaluation to drive fundamental understanding as well as practical implementation of these materials.

This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research in water purification while working within a vibrant research community at NYU Abu Dhabi. For consideration, applicants need to submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae with full publication list, degree transcript, statement of research interests, and at least two letters of reference, all in PDF format. If you have any questions, please email Ali Tarbolis - at105@nyu.edu

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NYU Abu Dhabi is a degree-granting research university with a fully integrated liberal arts and science undergraduate program in the Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Engineering. NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU New York, and NYU Shanghai, form the backbone of NYU’s global network university, an interconnected network of portal campuses and academic centers across six continents that enable seamless international mobility of students and faculty in their pursuit of academic and scholarly activity. This global university represents a transformative shift in higher education, one in which the intellectual and creative endeavors of academia are shaped and examined through an international and multicultural perspective. As a major intellectual hub at the crossroads of the Arab world, NYUAD serves as a center for scholarly thought, advanced research, knowledge creation, and sharing, through its academic, research, and creative activities.

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