Photo/Electroactive Functional Materials for Navy Applications
Develop new photo/electroactive materials for Navy applications like energy and water treatment, using advanced spectroscopies to study energy transfer and reactions.
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Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: May 1, 2025 (Next deadline)
Funding Amounts: $99,200 stipend plus $3,000 travel allowance; relocation assistance available for eligible awardees.
Summary: Postdoctoral fellowship to develop photo/electroactive functional materials for Navy applications using advanced spectroscopic and electrochemical methods.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents; requires Ph.D. earned within last 5 years; research conducted on-site at Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC.
Description
This fellowship opportunity at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) supports postdoctoral researchers in developing new photo/electroactive functional materials for Navy-relevant applications. Research focuses on understanding mechanisms of energy transfer, redox processes, and chemical transformations (bond-breaking and bond-forming) occurring on nanosecond to millisecond timescales. Areas of application include clean energy production (fuel cells, energy storage devices, electrolyzers), water treatment technologies, photo- and electrocatalysis, and plasmonics.
Candidates will leverage steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopies (UV-vis, fluorescence, IR, Raman), photothermal methods, electrochemistry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, NMR, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, porosimetry, and thermal gravimetry analysis. Successful applicants should have experience in photochemistry/photophysics and additional expertise in organic/inorganic synthesis, materials chemistry, or electrochemistry.
The program provides access to state-of-the-art facilities and mentorship at NRL, enabling research that advances both fundamental understanding and practical solutions for Navy challenges.
