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Job Title: Research Associate/Fellow (Molten salt electrolysis)

School/Department: Faculty of Engineering - Division of Energy and Sustainability

Salary: £25,013 - £36,661 per annum; depending on skills and experience (salary can progress beyond this point subject to performance) - (£28,132 minimum with relevant PhD)

Job Family and Level: Research and Teaching Level 4 CTG / Level 4

Contract Status: This post is available immediately and will be offered on a fixed-term contract until 30 November 2015.

Hours of Work: Full-time 36¼ hours per week

Location: University Park

Reporting to: Professor George Zheng Chen

Purpose of the Role:

To carry out experimental research to develop molten salt electrolysis based techniques for processing spent nuclear fuel.

The position is brought about through an EPSRC grant (EP/J000582/1) to develop a molten salt electrolysis process for the sustainable reduction of spent fuel vital in a closed loop nuclear energy cycle. The roles of the associate/fellow include

| |Main Responsibilities |

| |Designing, manufacturing and operating various molten salt electrolyzers; |

| |Characterisations of the electrolysis products for materials and fuel properties; |

| |Preparation of research progress reports and scientific articles for publication; |

| |Assisting other research activities in the field of the high temperature electrochemistry and also teaching. |

| |Writing research reports and papers in order to disseminate research results and develop a track record of published research findings |

| |in international peer-reviewed journals. |

| |Further disseminating results through invited or contributed oral and poster presentations at local, national and international |

| |meetings, conferences and seminars. |

| |Presenting the research results at the project progress meetings. |

| |Assisting in the co-ordination of the research and related administrative tasks, including liaising with internal and external project |

| |collaborators, and other stakeholders. |

| |Assisting supervisor (Prof. George Chen) in investigating/broadening scope of fundamental understanding of ionic liquids and |

| |supercapacitors/supercapatteries in more general scientific and technical terms that are non-specific to sponsors/collaborators. |

| |Assisting supervisor in management of research activities in the research team and also in funding application to internal and external |

| |sources. |

This job description may be subject to revision following discussion with the person appointed and forms part of the contract of employment.

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience

| |Essential |Desirable |

|Qualifications/ Education |Hold (or shortly due to be awarded) a PhD degree in | The PhD thesis is in the field of materials |

| |Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a|electrochemistry, particularly in relation with molten |

| |related discipline. |salts at elevated temperatures |

|Skills/Training |molten salt electrochemistry and the relevant reactor |Electrochemical and materials analysis techniques, e.g. |

| |design |cyclic voltammetry, ac impedance, cavity electrode, |

| | |molten salt reference electrode, TGA, DSC, IR, XRD, SEM,|

| | |TEM. |

|Experience |Research experience in molten salt electrolysis, product|Molten salt preparation and application for |

| |characterisation skills, reactor design, fabrication and|electrochemical reduction of solid metal oxides. Process|

| |testing |oxide powders. |

|Personal Attributes |Self-motivated; |Creative with high interest in research and development |

| |Ability to work both independently as well as within a |of electrochemical technologies for materials, energy |

| |team environment. |and environment. |

| |Excellent verbal and written communication skills. | |

Decision Making

i) Taken independently by the role holder;

• Planning general research programme and direction.

• Making individual/team decisions about design and conduct of particular research methods experiments.

• To assist in preparing applications for new research funding.

• Maintenance and repair of equipment and apparatus.

• Advice on consumable and small scale purchasing.

ii) Taken in collaboration with others;

|Collaborative research applications. |

|Direction of students/collaborators research. |

|Investigation and decisions about new apparatus/equipment for the group. |

|Publication decisions, papers, conference abstracts etc. |

|Proposals for grant application. |

|Strategy for long term research programme. |

iii) Referred to the appropriate line manager by the role holder

|Wider research strategy of our research group |

|Purchase decisions ................
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