Professor Electron Microscopy related to Catalysis and Materials (open rank) (0.8 - 1.0 FTE)

    

Utrecht University's rapidly expanding microscopy facilities comprise state-of-the-art scanning and transmission electron microscopes with a full range of imaging modes and analytical tools. In addition to existing facilities (EM square), Utrecht University has consolidated funding to install a double-aberration corrected transmission electron microscope with advanced analytical tools (NEMI facilities). Strongly emerging topics in this field include in-situ TEM following, in real time, phase transformations related to the genesis of catalytically active phases, atomic (re)distributions for catalysts in action, lifetime-limiting processes in energy materials, and fundamentals of processes in liquids such as particle nucleation, growth and dynamics.

We are looking for an excellent scientist to strengthen our research programme with a unique research profile at the interface between Electron Microscopy, Catalysis and Materials Science. The position is embedded in the group of Inorganic Chemistry an Catalysis and research will be performed together with existing staff in the field of materials and catalysis, and in collaboration with other materials and electron microscopy groups within the Debye and Bijvoet Research Institutes, thereby profiting from the strong scientific and experimental infrastructure in Utrecht. The researcher is also expected to be involved in our teaching programmes in Chemistry and Nanomaterials Science, by teaching in the curriculum of the department of Chemistry at the Bachelor's and Master's levels.