Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Environmental Chemistry

Sorbonne Université (SU), Paris - 18 months - Starting before end of December 2018

We are seeking a motivated and qualified Post-Doctoral researcher in environmental chemistry for performing key laboratory experiments on innovative catalytic reactions for degrading persistent organic pollutants. The Post-Doctoral research project will focus on the analysis of degradation kinetics of high-priority pollutants at the surface of geo-inspired nanoparticles using in-situ FTIR-ATR at the solid-liquid interface. Molecular-level and properties of the nano-substrates will also be monitored using synchrotron-based XAS and WAXS-PDF.
 Thanks to our recent discovery of a new degradation pathway without strong oxidizing agents, this project will represent an essential step forward in the design of future environmentally-friendly processes for soil and water cleaning.

PhD degree in Geochemistry, Catalysis, Materials Science or related fields would be a benefit.

Previous experience with spectroscopic characterization of inorganic materials is also desirable.

Applications including motivation letter and CV including publication list should be sent to :

Guillaume Morin: guillaume.morin @ upmc.fr and Xavier Carrier: xavier.carrier @ upmc.fr

Institut de Minéralogie, Physique des Matériaux et Cosmochimie (IMPMC) UMR 7590 CNRS-SU

http://www.impmc.upmc.fr/fr/equipes/mineralogie\_environnementale.html

Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface (LRS) UMR 7197 CNRS-SU

http://www.lrs.upmc.fr/fr/l-unite-de-recherche.html

Granted by the LABEX MATISSE

http://www.matisse.upmc.fr/fr/index.html