Careers Job Description
General Description
Postdoctoral Researchers for NASA-CCNY Center
Location: Department of Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York (CCNY), 160 Convent Ave., New York, NY 10031
General Description:
We seek to hire two postdoctoral research fellows for the newly established NASA-CCNY Center for Advanced Batteries for Space (ABS), a joint research and education center between The City College of New York (CCNY), NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and regional universities. The overarching research objective is to develop novel battery technologies designed to significantly enhance the scope and ambition of future NASA planetary science missions. Novel battery chemistries composed of metal anodes and ionic liquid electrolytes will be investigated, which will be developed and tested to operate under the extreme conditions (e.g., temperature and radiation exposure) encountered in space and on other planets. Both fundamental and applied research opportunities are available.
Recent press release for the NASA CCNY-Center for ABS:
https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/news/3-million-nasa-grant-makes-ccny-deep-space-partner
Review of applications will begin on Sept. 30th, 2019 and will continue until filled.
Other Duties
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, or a related discipline.
Strong track-record of publications in the scientific literature.
Preferred Qualifications:
Expertise in electrochemistry & electrochemical methods
Expertise in battery science & technology
Expertise in advance materials characterization methods (e.g., spectroscopic, imaging, and/or diffraction techniques).
Experience working with ionic liquids is beneficial
Experience working in a multi-disciplinary research environment
Ability to write and present effectively
CCNY is committed to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Chemical Engineering
Full Time
Depends on Qualifications
Nov 10, 2019 (Or Until Filled)