Careers Job Description
General Description
Postdoctoral Researchers for NASA-CCNY Center for Advanced Batteries for Space
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 a postdoctoral research fellow for the 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 Jan. 31st, 2020 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) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).
RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Chemical Engineering
Full Time
Depends on Qualifications
Mar 14, 2020 (Or Until Filled)