Postdoctoral Fellowship In Non-Thermal Plasma Technology For Co2 Hydrogenation

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**The opportunity**:

- **Launch your career at Australia's leading scientific research organisation**:

- **Exciting opportunity for an early career researcher with a PhD in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or Chemistry**:

- **Join the team at Clayton with world-class facilities for catalyst synthesis, characterisation and testing**

CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Postdoctoral Fellowships provide opportunities to scientists and engineers who have completed their doctorate and have less than three years of relevant postdoctoral work experience. These fellowships aim to develop the next generation of future leaders of the innovation system.

CSIRO's Clayton site has world-class facilities for catalyst synthesis, characterisation and testing. These include a High-Throughput Flow Testing facility for fast screening of the catalysts and versatile testing rigs for performance evaluation, including plasma catalysis reactors and power supplies.

**Your duties will include**:

- Work with the supervisory team to design and fabricate a novel plasma reactor with optimised energy efficiency for CO2-to-methanol conversion.
- Optimise the synthesis of catalyst materials for these plasma conditions.
- Design and set up analytical equipment necessary for the research.
- Carry out experiments to evaluate materials and reactors.
- Analysing and interpreting data to write publications and prepare proposals.
- Utilise both internal and external science networks to broaden expertise and guide delivery of project objectives.

**Location**: Melbourne (Clayton), VIC

**Salary**: AU$99,990 - AU$109,527 plus 15.4% superannuation

**Tenure**: Specified term of 3 years

**Reference**: 99749

**To be considered you will need**:

- A doctorate (or will shortly satisfy the requirements of a PhD) in a relevant discipline area, such as Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, Science, or similar. Please note: To be_ _eligible for this role you must have no more than 3 years (full-time equivalent) of postdoctoral research experience_._
- Experience related to catalyst materials synthesis and catalysis.
- Knowledge and experience related to reactor design, fabrication and testing.
- High level written and oral communication skills with the ability to represent the research effectively to both internal and external audiences, including presentation of research outcomes in publications and at national and international conferences.
- Knowledge and experience related to non-thermal plasmas, CO2 hydrogeneration, and/or in-situ DRIFT analysis and density functional theory calculation is high desirable.

For full details about this role please view the Position Description

**Eligibility**:
Applications for this position are only open to Australian/New Zealand Citizens, Australian Permanent Residents and Australian temporary residents who hold a valid working visa for the duration of the specified term.

**Flexible working arrangements**:
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.

**Diversity and inclusion**:
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**How to apply**:
**Applications close**:
9 June 2025, 11:00pm AEST