Research Officer - Chemistry University of Bath

Salary:   Starting from £30,424, rising to £36,298 
Closing Date:   30 May 2013
Interview Date:   To be confirmed 
Reference:  VH1635

We are looking to recruit a PDRA (two years with possible extension to three years) with a Chemistry background (PhD in Chemistry) who will be responsible for the development of sustainable catalytic pathways for conversion of terpenes into value-added chemical products.

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team on the project “Terpene-based Manufacturing for Sustainable Chemical Feedstocks”, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to develop new routes to high-value compounds based on renewable feedstocks.

The wider project is led by the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies at Bathhttp://www.bath.ac.uk/csct/dtc/) and also involves the University of Bristol (School of Chemistry) and the University of Cambridge (Institute for Manufacturing and Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology).

This is one of a number of other vacancies within this project, further information can be found at:

For further information or informal discussion about this position or the project please contact Prof. Matthew Davidson (PI of the project) at m.g.davidson@bath.ac.uk (general enquires), Dr Steve Bull atS.D.Bull@bath.ac.uk (Chemistry)