Title:

Structure and dynamics of fluids at interfaces

Summary:

We wish to recruit a professor who will develop a research program focused on the structure and dynamics of confined fluids in interfacial systems, related to energy storage and properties of molten salts in the nuclear power cycle, and with a strong coupling between experiments and modeling.

Teaching:

Relevant academic programs

Undergraduate and master’s programs, first-year introductory courses and/or first-year medical (PAES) courses.

The recruited professor will join the team that teaches general chemistry, physical chemistry and/or inorganic chemistry at the undergraduate and master’s level. He or she may also be involved in teacher training courses, as well as developing courses for continuing education.

Teaching objectives and mentoring expectations

The recruited professor must be able to adapt his or her teaching methodology to a large and diverse student body from first-year undergraduates to final-year master’s students. He or she will implement student-centered teaching methods designed to help students succeed. This may include the development of new teaching tools.

The future professor will also take responsibility for overseeing both teaching and teaching teams. In addition, he or she will participate in career guidance and professional development for students (pedagogical support and active guidance). He or she will also participate in projects designed to develop and maximize the value of the discipline as part of the different courses offered by UPMC.

Research:

The PHENIX teams’ research focus is the physicochemistry of electrolytes and multi-level interfacial materials such as porous materials, functional interfaces and nanoparticle dispersions.

There is a strong interdisciplinary focus on the study of the structure and dynamics of fluids confined in different environments. This is a key theme throughout PHENIX’s multiple research subjects. These topics include, among others: energy storage in accumulators and supercapacitors, the study of molten salts and ionic liquids upstream and downstream of the electronuclear cycle, modeling and experimentally tracking the transport and retention properties of confined fluids and charged species in interfacial nanosystems such as geomaterials and catalytic supports. These different topics are distributed along three thematic axes with a pronounced societal impact, namely on health, energy and the environment.

In order to strengthen the research of the PHENIX laboratory, we seek to recruit a professor who will develop an original research project focusing on the study of the structure and dynamics of fluids confined in interfacial systems that are representative of interfaces (bare or functionalized).

The recruited professor will also be involved in relationships and collaborations with partners from the Materials Science research federation and forming relationships with other departments within UPMC who are interested in similar or complementary topics from an experimental or theoretical point of view. The proposed research project must take into account the interests of the MATISSE laboratory of excellence, in which the host laboratory is closely involved. The ideal candidate will use the proposed research themes to initiate and/or participate in collaborative projects with related downstream industry sectors.

Host laboratory:

UMR 8234 - Physical chemistry of electrolytes and interfacial nanosystems (PHENIX)

Contacts:

Research

Pierre LEVITZ, Laboratory director

[email protected]

Teaching

Jean-François LAMBERT, professor, dean of the Faculty of Chemistry

[email protected]

Application procedure:

The application procedure can be found here:

http://www.upmc.fr/en/university/recruitment/professor_researcher_positions/recruitment_2016/application_procedure.html