Post-doc and PhD positions in chemical dynamics at Durham University, UK

Post-doc and PhD positions in chemical dynamics at Durham University, UK

1 post-doctoral and 2 PhD positions are available in the chemical dynamics group at Durham University.

A post-doctoral position is available immediately in the group of Prof. Jan Verlet to work on an EPSRC-funded project aimed at probing electronic resonances and their dynamics using anion photoelectron imaging. The project will specifically focus on new methods of probing such resonances and probing the ultrafast relaxation dynamics of competing nuclear and electron autodetachment dynamics as well as the effects of solvation on resonances and their dynamics. More information is available at

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CZR755/pdra-in-gas-phase-ion-spectroscopy

Nature Chem. 13, 737 (2021)

  1. Am. Chem. Soc. 145​, 1319 (2023)

A 4-year PhD project is available in the new research group of Dr Jemma Gibbard. The project, funded by the Royal Society, will focus on the development of a novel translational spectrometer to study photodissociation as a source of non-thermal chemistry. The student will be involved in all stages of apparatus development and will use the spectrometer to study the photodissociation of the iodo-oxides, which may function as a source of non-thermal fragments in the atmosphere.  More information is available at https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/development-of-a-novel-translational-spectrometer-to-investigate-non-thermal-chemistry/?p156785. 

  1. Chem. Phys. 153, 054304 (2020)
  2. Chem. Phys. 158, 154306 (2023)

A 4-year PhD project is available in the group of Prof. Jan Verlet. The project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust will aim to bridge the gap between solute anions in hydrated clusters and at aqueous interfaces. The first will probe photodynamics in small organic anions using time-resolved photoelectron imaging, whilst the second will probe the same process but at a bulk interface using time-resolved sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy. More information is available at

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/ultrafast-photochemistry-at-water-air-interfaces/?p157374

Nature Comm. 11​, 2827 (2020)    

  1. Am. Chem. Soc.  144​, 14012 (2022)

For further information, feel free to get in touch with Jan Verlet (j.r.r.verlet@durham.ac.uk) or Jemma Gibbard (jemma.gibbard@durham.ac.uk).