PhD position in Organometallic Chemistry

Employment type: FULLTIME. Requisition: 3115668. PhD position in Organometallic Chemistry PhD Project in Transition-Metal Catalysis and Organometallic Chemistry Department of Chemistry Faculty of SCIENCE University of Copenhagen The Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen invites applicants for a PhD position in Organic Chemistry.

The project is part of the research project “Sustainable, earth-abundant transition-metal-catalysed reactions for the synthesis of fine-chemicals”, which is financed by the Sapere Aude:

• DFF-Research Leader grant, and the research will take place in the group led by Asst.
• Professor Craig S. Day.
• Start dates are expected to be January 1, 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.
• The project The project will study the development of novel homogeneous transition metal-catalysed reactions utilizing earth-abundant metal catalysts (e.g., Mo, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu).
• These reactions will aim to transform abundant feedstock chemicals such as CO2 and biomass into high-value products using thermal, electrochemical, and photochemical means.
• To realize this goal, a mechanistically guided approach to reaction development will be taken that combines kinetics, organometallic synthesis, and method development1 …