The Combustion Research Facility (CRF) at Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, has an immediate opening for a postdoctoral position in high-pressure chemical kinetics. This postdoctoral associate will work under the guidance of staff scientists in the Combustion Chemistry Department at the CRF, as well as in close collaboration with Argonne National Lab and other institutions. The main goal of the research is investigation of key combustion reactions at elevated pressures using photoionization mass spectrometry and laser-induced fluorescence. In addition to applying existing diagnostic tools, this position will focus on design of novel state-of-the-art optical and mass spectrometric detection techniques for high-pressure chemical kinetics. The postdoctoral associate will also interact closely with ongoing computational kinetics and modeling efforts in the department and with external collaborators.
This position falls under Job Opening 640565 -- All candidates must apply online at www.sandia.gov/careers
Required qualification:
(1) A recent PhD in Chemistry, Physics, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering, or a related field, with an emphasis on chemical kinetics or combustion science preferred. (2) Demonstrated record of accomplishments in experimental research. (3) Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment.
Desired qualifications:
Familiarity with laser-based optical techniques, mass spectrometry, high-pressure systems, design of experimental apparatus, chemical kinetics modeling, computational chemistry, or fluid mechanics.
U.S. citizenship is not required.
Department Description: The Combustion Chemistry program, under the principal sponsorship of the Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Sciences, seeks to reveal the key chemical processes that underlie the complex mechanisms of combustion. The program emphasizes determination of the rates and mechanisms of chemical reactions, characterization of molecular structure and energetics, and development of full descriptions of chemical composition and evolution of combustion systems. Researchers in the program employ laser-based pump/probe techniques to interrogate chemical reactivity and structure, ion-imaging to simultaneously measure velocity and internal-state distributions of reaction products, experimental techniques in the picosecond and femtosecond domains to directly probe energy transfer and conversion within and between molecules, and laser-based methods directed at detection of combustion-generated particles. In other work, molecular photolysis is coupled with absorption/fluorescence detection methods to determine the thermal rate coefficients and product distributions for reactions that constitute the individual steps in the combustion chain process. Current computational efforts include ab initio calculations of molecular structure and energetics and computer modeling of the complete kinetics of combustion processes in both laminar and turbulent environments.
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