Research Fellow (Novel Electrocatalysts)

Job No.: 603684

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 12 Month Fixed-term appointment

Remuneration: $69,401 - $94,190 pa Level A (plus 9.5% employer superannuation)

• Be inspired, every day
• Drive your own learning at one of the world’s top 80 universities
• Take your career in exciting, rewarding directions

Everyone needs a platform to launch a satisfying career. At Monash, we give you the space and support to take your career in all kinds of exciting new directions. You’ll have access to quality research, infrastructure and learning facilities, opportunities to collaborate internationally, as well as the grants you’ll need to publish your work. We’re a university full of energetic and enthusiastic minds, driven to challenge what’s expected, expand what we know, and learn from other inspiring, empowering thinkers.

Monash University strongly advocates diversity, equality, fairness and openness. We fully support the gender equity principles of the Athena SWAN Charter and invite you to join us in celebrating women in STEMM.

The Opportunity

The Monash Faculty of Science expands frontiers across a range of disciplines, through ground-breaking programs involving research, teaching, and partnerships with individuals, industry and government. The School of Chemistry is one of Australia’s leading teaching and research institutions that also boasts a global reputation.

As part of the overall objectives of the School to undertake and publish high-quality research, a position exists for a talented and curious Research Fellow to play a key role in an ARC Discovery funded project that is aimed at the development and investigation of novel electrocatalysts for the nitrogen reduction to ammonia.

The position is responsible for (i) materials design, synthesis and characterisation, using both ex situ and in situ techniques constructing; (ii) development of in situ techniques, (iii) supporting students working towards the project; and (iii) publication of high-quality research papers. The position will work independently with other team staff and students.

Monash University seeks applicants for this opportunity who are able to demonstrate and present valid and current Australian work rights, including recent PhD graduates from Australian universities.

This is a full-time position; however, flexible working conditions may be negotiated.

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Enquiries

Dr Alexandr Simonov, +61 3 9905 6962, [email protected]

Position Description

Research Fellow (Novel Electrocatalysts)

Closing Date

Wednesday 18 March 2020, 11:55 pm AEDT