Postdoc position offer in Enantioselective Catalysis (12 months)

RESEARCHER PROFILE: Postdoc / R2: PhD holders 
RESEARCH FIELD(S)1: Physics, Chemistry

JOB /OFFER DESCRIPTION 
As part of the ANR CoMuCat project, the result of the collaboration between iSm2 and IM2NP of Aix Marseille University, we are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for a period of 12 months on the campus of St Jerome in Marseille.

The project aims to develop compartmentalized enantioselective catalytic systems for the preparation of highly enantioenriched molecules using membranes with selective permeability. A first system was developed making it possible to obtain each enantiomer of a molecule physically separated in a compartment starting from a racemic substrate.  This substrate can pass fairly freely from one compartment to another. Each enantiomer of this substrate is selectively transformed by a chiral catalyst within a compartment forming each enantiomer of a product in a distinct compartment. However, this product cannot cross the membrane, thus sequestering each enantiomer in a separate compartment. This compartmentalized parallel kinetic resolution process allows ideally complete conversion unlike kinetic resolution.

J. Hou, D. Hérault, C. Bressy, “Method for simultaneous preparation of separated enantiomeric products from racemic substrates” (2021), PCTEP2022085983 (14/12/2022)

J. Hou, S. Chevallier-Michaud, M. Jean, L. Favre, D. Hérault, C. Bressy, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 27236-27241.

Website: https://www.im2np.fr/fr/node/1207

TYPE OF CONTRACT: TEMPORARY / JOB STATUS: FULL TIME / HOURS PER WEEK: 35
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30/11/2024 & TIME 23:59
ENVISAGED STARTING DATE: 01/01/2025
ENVISAGED DURATION: 12 months
JOB NOT FUNDED THROUGH AN EU RESEARCH FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME

WORK LOCATION(S): Institut Matériaux Microélectronique Nanosciences de Provence (IM2NP Lab) &Institut des Sciences Moléculaires de Marseille (iSm2 Lab) 

Faculté des Sciences de Saint Jérôme, Avenue Escadrille Normandie Niemen, F-Marseille, France

WHAT WE OFFER:  
Gross salary: 2616 €/month

Additional information: The Euraxess Center of Aix-Marseille Université informs foreign visiting professors, researchers, postdoc and PhD candidates about the administrative steps to be undertaken prior to arrival at AMU and the various practical formalities to be completed once in France: visas and entry requirements, insurance, help finding accommodation, support in opening a bank account, etc. More information on AMU EURAXESS Portal 

QUALIFICATIONS, REQUIRED RESEARCH FIELDS, REQUIRED EDUCATION LEVEL, PROFESSIONAL SKILLS, OTHER RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS 
we are looking for a motivated person with a doctorate in organic chemistry with good experience in enantioselective catalysis. Good knowledge of organic chemistry is required with an open mind and an ability to be autonomous.

REQUESTED DOCUMENTS OF APPLICATION, ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, SELECTION PROCESS
Detailed CV is requested. It will be examined by the scientist involved in the CoMuCat ANR project. A job interview will be proposed by the selection committee.

HOW TO APPLY: cyril.bressy@univ-amu.fr