Research Associate in Polymerisation Catalysis

Department of Chemistry

Catalysis and Advanced Materials Research Group

Salary: £23,560 - £24,850 per annum

Fixed term appointment for 12 months

Imperial College is ranked in the top ten universities of the world, according to the 2006 Times Higher Education Supplement league tables.

Applications are invited for a Research Associate to work on a joint NSF/EPSRC funded programme on

“Molecular Engineering of Polymers for Processing Performance and Properties”, a collaboration between

several UK and US Universities. The post is within Professor Vernon Gibson’s Group and will be concerned

with capitalizing on the latest rheological modelling approaches, developed at the University of Leeds, to

target new high performance polyethylene materials via single-site catalysis.

The successful candidate will have a PhD in Chemistry in a relevant field and experience in the handling of air and moisture sensitive

organometallic reagents and in the application of metallocene and other single-site catalysts for the production of polyolefinic materials.

For further details about the post, please contact Professor Vernon Gibson, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London,

South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, email v.gibson@imperial.ac.uk

Completed application forms should be sent with a full curriculum vitae and list of publications to:

Azra Sabadosh, Department of Chemistry, Room 240 Chemistry Building, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ.

E-mail: a.sabadosh@imperial.ac.uk. Please quote the reference number NS106AS.

Closing date: 15 December 2006

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