Applications are invited for an Early Stage Researcher (ESR) Fellowship at KU Leuven funded as part of Marie Sklodowska Curie Innovative Training Networks, under the European Commission's H2020 Programme.
Catchy, whose goal is to design, implement and produce novel, high-performance, multimetallic cluster-based catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation and electro-reduction into valuable fuels, is a new H2020-MSCA-ITN-Marie Curie European training network for Early Stage Researchers (ESR) in nanotechnology. It brings together 12 world leading partners in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the UK. Its innovative concept is to consider metal cluster science as an emerging field bridging thermo- and electrocatalysis technologies to convert CO2 into valuable fuels as a credible route to address global warming and secure our future until we stop releasing so much CO2 into the atmosphere.
Catchy is a multidisciplinary collaboration between state-of-the-art laboratories and industries that will merge physics, chemistry, computational quantum chemistry, and chemical engineering and utilize a unique combination of advanced cluster deposition sources as well as in situ characterization techniques. Catchy’s interactive approach will combine: i. the production of bi- and multimetallic gas-phase clusters (few atoms to 5 nm) of controlled homogeneity, ii. the extensive characterization of their morphology, structure (ex and in situ), iii. investigation of free clusters in the gas-phase combined with theoretical modelling and screening, and iv. thermo- and electrocatalytic CO2 conversion laboratory tests. Prototypes of the most promising CO2 hydrogenation and electroreduction catalysts will be tested in realistic operating conditions through intense collaboration with our industrial partners.
KU Leuven is the largest university in Belgium in terms of research funding (EUR 475 million) and number of students. It is a charter member of LERU. KU Leuven is the first European University in the Reuters Top 100 of the World’s most innovative institutions and is currently ranked 48th in the Times Higher Education World Ranking. In H2020, KU Leuven is involved in 73 Innovative training networks, ranking KUL as first institution of higher education with regard to number of MSCA-ITNs. In addition, KUL hosts 47 MSCA Individual Fellows.
Quantum Solid State Physics division (QSP) The Quantum Solid-state Physics (QSP) section of the Department of Physics and Astronomy is specialized in experimental research of the origin and tunability of functional electronic properties in systems with reduced dimensionality, including single-atom defects, nanoclusters, 2D materials, thin films, and 3D heterostructures. QSP operates a wide range of in-house facilities dedicated to thin film growth with extensive in-situ characterization, nanolithography and device fabrication, scanning-probe microscopy (SPM), and low-temperature transport and magnetization measurements.
We are now looking for highly motivated candidates for one ESR opening position at QSP-KU Leuven with the starting date of May 1st 2021.
The closing date for receipt of applications will be January 31st, 2021. For a more detailed description of the Catchy project, the ESR position and to apply online please visit us at catchy-etn.eu
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