Research Fellow in Oxidative Flow Biotransformations

Research Project: Oxidative Flow Biotransformations

The position is available to research and develop the use of oxidative biocatalysts in continuous flow.  The fellow will join a research project funded by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute® http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/greenchemistry.html that involves collaboration with scientists from academia and industry.  The fellow will be supervised by Professor John Blacker (School of Chemistry and School of Chemical and Process Engineering and Institute of Process Research and Development), with co-supervisors Professor Nik Kapur (School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds) and Professor Nicholas Turner (School of Chemistry and Centre for Excellence Bio3,  University of Manchester).

You will have, or will have submitted prior to taking up the position, a PhD in synthetic organic chemistry focused around biocatalysis.  Experience in the development, optimisation and validation of biocatalytic methodologies is essential, together with experience in the use of analytical tools to support reaction optimisation programmes   You will also have excellent communication and IT skills. 

The University of Leeds’ commitment to women in science has been recognised with a national accolade. The University has received the Athena SWAN Bronze Award and the Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences holds the Athena SWAN Silver Award in recognition of our success in recruiting, retaining and developing/promoting women in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET). We are proud of our commitment to equality and inclusiveness.
 
The University offers generous terms and conditions of employment, a wide range of benefits, services, facilities and family friendly policies. Full details are available on the Human Resources web pages accessible at www.leeds.ac.uk/hr/index.htm

Women are under-represented in the School in posts in this area. We would therefore particularly welcome applicants from members of such groups, any appointment will however be made entirely on merit.

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor John Blacker, tel +44 (0)113 343 8239, email j.blacker@leeds.ac.uk or Professor Nik Kapur, tel +44 (0)113 343 2152, email n.kapur@leeds.ac.uk

Further information about the supervisors’ research may be found at http://www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/People/Blacker.html; https://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/people/staff/n.kapur

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