PhD in molecular chemistry (M/F)

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description The successful candidate (M/F) will join the Molecular ElectroCatalysis for Synthesis and Energy (MeCSE) team within the Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA UMR 7042). The thesis project will be supervised and directed by Dr Nicolas Kaeffer within the MeCSE team. The work will be carried out at the Strasbourg site of the laboratory (Cronenbourg Campus). The doctoral school for this thesis is the Doctoral School of Chemical Sciences - ED222 (Unistra/UHA). The MeCSE team is interested in the use of sustainable resources for the design of chemical products. The strategies implemented by the team aim to combine renewable electricity and abundant synthons in chemical conversions of interest for energy synthesis and storage. The team's activity focuses more specifically on the development, at the molecular level, of suitable and efficient electrocatalytic systems for the electrification of these transformations. The MeCSE team has the necessary expertise and methodologies to cover the key aspects of the project (synthesis, electrochemistry, characterization, inert atmosphere handling). In addition, the technical facilities and platforms available at the UMR (physical chemistry, analytics) provide access to more advanced characterisation techniques, which are extremely valuable for the studies involved. The research will also benefit from an extremely stimulating sci