POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Minnesota Duluth
Pos-Doctoral Associate (9546)
Job Requisition # 160640

Position Description:
The University of Minnesota Duluth, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has an opening for a full-time postdoctoral research position in physical inorganic/organometallic chemistry. This is a one-year appointment, renewable on satisfactory job performance and the availability of funds. The position is available immediately.

Essential and Preferred Qualifications:
Essential: Applicants must have a Ph.D. in physical, inorganic, or organic chemistry. The position requires proficiency in conducting multi-step inorganic/organometallic/organic syntheses at anaerobic, dry, and low-temperature conditions. Applicants must have a good knowledge of NMR (including 2D and VT), UV-vis, and mass-spectrometry methods. Finally, the applicants must demonstrate their ability to work independently and as a part of the team, supervise undergraduate and graduate students, and have good written and oral English communication skills.

Preferred: Preferred applicants will have some experience in synthesis and characterization of porphyrins and phthalocyanines. Applicants with good knowledge of chemistry of ferrocenes and related compounds as well as MCD, EPR, electrochemical, and spectroelectrochemical methods are preferred. Applicants who are primary author of one or more peer-review research publications are also preferred.

Description of Duties:
Duties will include preparation and characterization of new porphyrins and related compounds with organometallic substituents. The successful applicant will be responsible for organizing results, supervising undergraduate and graduate students, and writing reports in the form of research publications.

Salary: Negotiable

Application Procedure:
Apply via University of Minnesota system
(https://employment.umn.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1240359124245 Job Requisition # 160640). In addition, send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and have three letters of recommendation send to:

Dr. Victor N. Nemykin
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Minnesota Duluth
1039 University Drive
Duluth, MN 55812, USA
E-mail:
Fax: (218) 726-7394

Materials send by e-mail will be accepted. Completed applications will be reviewed starting May 15, 2009 and will be accepted until the position is filled.

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