A postdoctoral position available from 1.2.2021 (or as soon as possible) in the group of Prof. Karoliina Honkala, Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

The project focuses on understanding activity and in particular, selectivity in electrochemical oxidation of polyalcohol on transition metal surfaces under electrocatalytic reaction conditions using DFT, grand canonical DFT, and kinetic modelling.   

The ideal candidate has or is about to obtain a PhD in the field of computational chemistry, physics or chemical engineering and demonstrates a documented track record of experience in first principles calculations, preferably in computational catalysis. Good understanding of fundamentals of electrochemistry, experience in addressing solvation effects computationally, microkinetic modelling, grand canonical DFT, Python programming, or method development is considered a bonus. The candidate is expected to be able to carry out research, and communicate the research results in a multidisciplinary research environment.

More information about the position and link to online application system can be found here