PhD student HIPOLE Jena - Screening procedure batteries (m/f/d)

Reference no.: HI 2024/18

Achieving climate-neutrality within the next 20 years necessitates an innovation boost for the development of highly efficient, scalable, low-cost, and sustainably produced energy technologies. Polymer materials play a central role in this process.
HIPOLE Jena deeply integrates and expands world-class expertise in polymer chemistry, materials science, high-throughput experimentation and artificial intelligence with complementary expertise in inorganic/hybrid materials, scalable devices, and advanced characterization.

We are looking for a PhD student HIPOLE Jena – Screening procedure batteries (m/f/d) for our site in Jena, Germany. You will have the chance to support the newly founded institute with your ideas and expertise from the very beginning and will collaborate with researchers from all over the world to contribute to the development of a climate-friendly future. The research focus should be on the topic of sustainable polymer research with a focus on polymers for energy applications, working on the following thematic area:

• Polymer-based batteries – Computer-aided screening methods for the development of new redox-active polymers
• Screening of redox-active model compounds (e.g. monomers) based on the three structural motifs – benzimidazoles, benzoxazoles and benzothiazoles
• Investigation of possible decomposition mechanisms of the basic structures
• Development of design concepts
• Investigation of the influence of counterions on the redox potentials
• Calculation of short polymer chains
• Methods: in particular density functional theory, semiempirical methods, molecular dynamics and machine learning are used here
• Summary, presentation and publication of the results
• Close collaboration with the Schubert experimental working group

Your Profile

• University degree in chemistry or a comparable course of study
• Very good knowledge of theoretical chemistry/quantum chemistry
• Experience in working with Linux systems and mainframe computers
• Experience in the field of machine learning is desirable
• Very good written and spoken English skills

You demonstrate a high degree of motivation, initiative and willingness to familiarize yourself with a wide range of tasks and are characterized by your ability to work in a team, reliability, independence and communication skills. You enjoy working in an interdisciplinary, international team in a diverse and dynamic work environment.

Your Benefits

• International/diversity-sensitive working environment in the science city of Jena
• Opportunity to contribute to the development of novel materials and technological solutions for a climate-neutral future together with top international researchers
• Career-enhancing networking opportunities and individual support and assistance programmes
• Good work-life balance through counselling services on family and career and flexible working time models: Flexitime, part-time, hybrid working
• 30 days paid leave
• Health management, company pension scheme (VBL), subsidy for the Deutschlandticket Job
• Long-term prospects, opportunities for further development/training programmes
• Attractive remuneration through payment in accordance with the collective agreement for the public sector (TVöD-Bund)

Fixed term contract for 48 months. The salary is based on the Collective Agreement for the German Public Service (TVöD-Bund).

How to apply

We look forward to receiving your application via our application management system by 31.01.2025. For reasons of data protection regulations, we are unfortunately unable to consider applications that reach us by other means (such as email or mail) in the application process.

We very much want our workplace to be diverse, and welcome applications from people with different backgrounds. It is our mission to promote equal opportunities and to improve women’s representation in the workforce. We are therefore very interested in receiving applications from women. Where the qualifications are met, we will give preference to people with disabilities.

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CONTACT

Franziska Hein

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