Research Fellow (Materials Synthesis and Agricultural)

The School of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) provides a vibrant and nurturing environment for staff and students to carry out inter-disciplinary research in key areas such as Computational Materials Science, Characterization Materials Science, Defence Composite Materials, Functional Composite Materials, Energy, Nanomaterials, Low Dimensional Materials, Biomaterials Materials, Biological Materials, Bioinspired Materials and Sustainable Materials. Our research group focuses on research areas relevant to macromolecular and hybrid materials, including topics in the fields of polymer science and engineering, composite science, environmental science, and so on.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop green and scalable process for nanomaterials preparation and synthesis/production with controlled quantity and quality, which finally needs to go for the agricultural application in both lab scale and field testing.

Job Requirements:

• PhD degree in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Biology (especially Plant Biology and Plant Physiology), Agricultural studies or Agronomics

• Study or work experience in research and development on topics on nanomaterials synthesis, chemical engineering, process design and engineering, green technologies, agricultural practices

• Proficiency in hands-on and characterization techniques such as TEM, EDX, SEM, FTIR, TGA, XRD, XPS, CHNS, ICP preferred

• Software skills relevant to machine learning, process design, mass balance, cost analysis, and life-cycle-analysis preferred

• Industrial experience in scaling-up design and productization preferred

• Good team-player, good communication skill, problem solver, thinker and doer, able to exhibit leadership when needed

• Good wet laboratory practice and familiar with considerations on laboratory safety

• Entry level and senior level candidates are welcome to apply.     

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.