About Fordham:

Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its nine colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.

The University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program ( EAP ); tuition remission; and generous time off.

Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.

Department: Chemistry

Campus: Multiple Campuses

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Bepler Chair Professor of Chemistry, the Postdoctoral Research Scientist will perform computational research and software development to support research and development of new f-element separation methods supported by the Department of Energy.

Essential Functions:

Performs computational research, software development, and data processing to support research and development of new lanthanide and actinide separation methods.

Required Qualifications:

Ph.D. or equivalent degree/experience in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with Python

Experience with f-element chemistry and/or separation science.

Experience with machine learning methods for chemistry.

Experience with SQL and flask for web database development.

Experience with computational modeling,

Minimum Salary: $65,000

Maximum Salary: $67,000