Postdoctoral Appointee: Materials Scientist
$72,879–$121,465 year
On-site · Lemont, Illinois, United States
Job Summary
Postdoctoral Appointee to conduct use-inspired research on corrosion behavior of durable glass, glass-ceramic, and alloy nuclear waste forms. Responsibilities include synthesizing alloy and glassy materials using high-temperature furnaces, designing and executing standardized and innovative experiments to understand degradation mechanisms, performing SEM/EDS analyses to relate microstructure changes to measurements, applying chemical, electrochemical, and metallurgical principles to develop predictive models and improve material formulations, contributing to defined work scopes and project deliverables, developing technical ideas and proposals, and communicating findings through status updates, technical reports, project presentations, and other channels.
Required Qualifications
- PhD in chemical engineering, chemistry, materials science, or a related field completed in the past five years, or soon-to-be completed.
- Skill in devising and performing experiments to acquire identified data, using and maintaining research equipment, compiling, evaluating, and reporting test results.
- Good knowledge of fundamental thermodynamics and kinetics.
- Experience with metallurgical sample preparation is desired, but not mandatory.
- Experience working safely with hazardous materials using engineering controls such as gloveboxes is desired, but not mandatory.
- Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
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