CareerPlan

Postdoctoral Appointee: Separations

Lemont, IL USAFull-time$73k2026-09-24 → 2026-11-10
On-site · United States

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

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)