POSDOCTORAL POSITION IN THEORETICAL CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Job Vacancy
Research Field: Other
Sub Research: Others
Job Summary
The theoretical Gas-Solid Interfaces group and the Ceramic and Cementitious Materials group at the CSIC-EHU Centro de FÃsica de Materiales (San Sebastián, Spain), invite applications for a joint postdoctoral position in theoretical and computational research.
The position is associated to the HORIZON 2024 PATHFINDER project, C-SINC: Concrete products through sustainable and innovative carbon-stored binders
Job Description & Benefits
Description:
The C-SINC project brings together experimental and theoretical research groups to address the urgent need for decarbonization in cement production by developing alternative binders incorporating CO?-sequestered magnesium-based silicates, such as olivine and pyroxenes, as supplementary cementitious materials. The ultimate goal is to reduce the embodied carbon emissions of concrete while maintaining or improving its structural performance.
Within this multidisciplinary framework, the successful candidate will contribute to the theoretical work package led by the CSIC Theoretical Team at Centro de FÃsica de Materiales. The research will focus on the atomistic mechanisms governing CO? adsorption, mineralization, and reactivity in magnesium silicates and related materials.
Using state-of-the-art electronic-structure calculations, atomistic simulations, and machine-learning techniques, the postdoctoral researcher will develop predictive models of mineral carbonation processes and provide fundamental insight to guide and complement the experimental activities of the consortium. The position is exclusively theoretical, but the researcher will collaborate closely with the experimental groups involved in C-SINC and will participate in the interpretation and validation of the modeling results against experimental observations.
The C-SINC project brings together experimental and theoretical research groups to address the urgent need for decarbonization in cement production by developing alternative binders incorporating CO?-sequestered magnesium-based silicates, such as olivine and pyroxenes, as supplementary cementitious materials. The ultimate goal is to reduce the embodied carbon emissions of concrete while maintaining or improving its structural performance.
Within this multidisciplinary framework, the successful candidate will contribute to the theoretical work package led by the CSIC Theoretical Team at Centro de FÃsica de Materiales. The research will focus on the atomistic mechanisms governing CO? adsorption, mineralization, and reactivity in magnesium silicates and related materials.
Using state-of-the-art electronic-structure calculations, atomistic simulations, and machine-learning techniques, the postdoctoral researcher will develop predictive models of mineral carbonation processes and provide fundamental insight to guide and complement the experimental activities of the consortium. The position is exclusively theoretical, but the researcher will collaborate closely with the experimental groups involved in C-SINC and will participate in the interpretation and validation of the modeling results against experimental observations.
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Additional details:
https://cfm.ehu.es/view/files/posdoc-offer-C-SINC.pdf
https://cfm.ehu.es/view/files/posdoc-offer-C-SINC.pdf
Job Details
Program:
No
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Type of Contract:
Temporary
Status:
Hours/Week:
35
Company:
Asociación de Investigación MPC
Location:
SPAIN
Organization Contact
Name:
CFM-Centro de FÃsica de Materiales/MPC-Materials Physics Center
Type:
Other
Dept/Lab:
Address:
Manuel Lardizabal Pasealekua, 5 20018 Donostia Gipuzkoa SPAIN
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