Vacancies

Do you have expertise in both electrochemistry and computational chemistry? Within the Computational Chemistry theme of Van ‘t Hoff institute for Molecular Science (HIMS) at the University of Amsterdam there is a vacancy for an Assistant Professor in the field of computational nanoelectrochemistry.

Understanding and predicting properties of electrochemistry on the nanoscale is crucial for the development of the next generation devices needed in society’s electrification transition. One of the open intriguing scientific questions is how activity at one site of a nanoelectrode in confinement, a.k.a. a hot spot, can influence nearby site-activity, through either positive or negative feedback, e.g. via local electrochemical potential or concentration fluctuations. This PhD project aims to elucidate this process using advanced transition path sampling simulations, in which many short reactive trajectories are generated via molecular dynamics, based on classical force fields, density functional theory and neural network potentials.

How do charge and mass transport affect the effectiveness of advanced materials for the energy transition? Using microfabrication technology, you will fabricate model systems to study fundamental aspects of electrochemical processes under nanoscale confinement and explore novel concept to enhance them. Join our multidisciplinary team spanning two departments at the University of Twente for a cutting-edge research project!