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Postdoctoral Appointee: Separations

Lemont, IL USA💼 Full-time💰 $72,879–$72,879🗓 2026-09-24 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and conduct experiments to develop advanced processes for critical materials recovery from unconventional sources using selective heating and continuous hydrometallurgical processing.

Role type

Postdoctoral researcher (separations science & hydrometallurgy)

Builds

Bench-scale systems for critical materials recovery

Domain

Materials science / Chemical engineering / Energy innovation

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

hydrometallurgical chemistry, separations science, heating technologies, slurry-based processing, X-ray diffraction, SEM/TEM, FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, transport and reaction behavior analysis

Preferred skills

independent research, collaborative research, report writing, publication, proposal development

Technologies

X-ray diffraction, SEM, TEM, FTIR, Raman spectroscopy

Responsibilities

Design and conduct experiments, develop slurry-based processing methodologies, support construction and operation of bench-scale systems, analyze transport and reaction behavior, contribute to reports, publications, and future proposals

Seniority

Postdoctoral (recent PhD, 0-5 years post-PhD)

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