Please send your email to Chunlong.Chen@pnnl.gov directly; only candidates inside US will be considered, expected starting date: early Oct. 2020

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates must have received a PhD within the past five years (60 months) or within the next 8 months from an accredited college or university.

Preferred Qualifications

The successful candidate will be a synthetic chemist or a materials scientist responsible for designing sequence-defined peptoids for controlled self-assembly of soft matters with hierarchical structures and/or directing the formation of inorganic (nano)crystals. He or she will frequently interact with prominent researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and University of Washington. Techniques will be used for this project include: Solid-phase peptoid synthesizer, UPLC-MS, prep-HPLC, AFM and TEM. Candidate with Cryo-EM experience will be highly preferred.

Selected publications related to this position:

Controlled synthesis of highly-branched plasmonic gold nanoparticles through peptoid engineering. Nature Commun. 2018, 9, 2327. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04789-2

Designable and dynamic single-walled stiff nanotubes assembled from sequenced-defined peptoids. Nature Commun. 2018, 9, 270. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02059-1.

Tuning crystallization pathways through sequence engineering of biomimetic polymers. Nature Mater. 2017, 16, 767. DOI: 10.1038/NMAT4891.

Highly stable and self-repairing membrane-mimetic 2D nanomaterials assembled from lipid-like peptoids. Nature Commun. 2016, 7, 12252. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12252

Minimum Qualifications:

Ph.D. in chemistry, materials science, polymer science, chemical engineering, or related field

Training and aptitude in materials synthesis and characterizations

Preferred Qualifications (not all need to be met):

Strong verbal and written communications skills

Solid background in organic synthesis, supramolecular self-assembly, and soft-matter characterization

Experience using AFM, TEM, SEM, dynamic light scattering, X-ray diffraction, and fluorescent microscope to characterize soft-matter self-assembly and/or bio-controlled crystallization demonstrated by publication record.

Excellent publication record

Demonstrated capability to think and act independently

Strong analytical skills

Ability to collaborate

The ability to adapt, refine, or innovate experimental tools as needed. 返回小木虫查看更多