Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Materials

•    Contribute to our research excellence and innovative culture 
•    Full-time, 3 years fixed term position based at the Hawthorn campus
•    Centre for Micro-Photonics

Swinburne has an international reputation for research excellence, innovation and impact through active research engagement with industry, business and the community. Our commitment to high-quality teaching and research is reflected in our place within a number of prestigious world academic rankings. 

We invite an enthusiastic and professional Postdoctoral Research Fellow to contribute to research and development of graphene supercapacitors with the aim of developing a commercially valid prototype of supercapacitor batteries. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will work in the Centre for Micro-Photonics and design electrode materials for electrochemical supercapacitors, and contribute to the development of a large scale film synthesis process with well-controlled properties. In addition to the day to day running of the experiments, this position will require contributions to the Centre’s research output in high impact publications

About you
To be successful in this role, you will need to have a PhD in Materials Physics and Chemistry or related discipline. You must be able to demonstrate your sound background in nano-structured composites fabrication, including plasma surface alloying/cladding, vacuum deposition, self-assembly, electrospinning and electrophoretic deposition 
A full list of the selection criteria is available within the position description

What we offer
The diverse culture within Swinburne is a source of strength. We are proud to be recognised by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality 2015 and of key initiatives such as our Pride@Swinburne Strategic Action Plan and our Reconciliation Action Plan which are integral components of our 2025 vision to be world class university creating social and economic impact through science, technology and innovation. 
To find out more about the extensive benefits offered to Swinburne employees please visit: http://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/jobs/why-work-at-swinburne/

As we are a Child Safe Organisation, all appointments are subject to a valid Working with Children’s Check, therefore it will be a mandatory requirement to have and maintain a current Working with Children Check.
Please do not email or send paper applications, all applications must be submitted online.

For further information about the position, please contact Baohua Jia (Professor, Research Leader) on +613 9214 4819. 

If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please contact the Recruitment team on +61 3 9214 8600 (option 2).

Position number: 33160
Applications close at 5pm on Monday 28th August 2017