The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway Company, leverages its unmatched science to unlock immense possibilities at the molecular level, driving sustainable and measurable results to help the world Move Cleaner, Create Smarter and Live Better. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales and technical offices around the world and has approximately 8,800 employees. For more information, view our latest Corporate Report.

Focusing more on the physical side of chemistry, you will take a leading role primarily in the fundamental understanding of lubricant and fuel additive performance, largely in the context of electrification in the transportation sector, driving towards both emissions reduction and efficiency. This forms a vital part of the global effort to reduce CO2 emissions. The emphasis will be on how our chemistry performs, and why this is the case. Disciplines such as colloid, surface and rheological sciences will be applied, with operation of high-resolution instruments (scattering techniques, rheometers, thermal analysis, surface adsorption techniques, kinetics) and opportunities to design experiments and define project directions to answer fundamental questions.
In addition to lab work, students will be given the opportunity to attend meetings and give presentations to communicate data and feed their research into business areas, both in Lubrizol Hazelwood (UK) and Wickliffe Ohio (U.S.) via MS Teams. Formal reports will also be important and relevant training will be given to help the student excel in such scientific communication. As part of the placement, the student will become an expert in their field of research, and working closely with their independent supervisor, will become the ‘go to’ person for both the instruments in the lab and the subject area of study. As such, you will also be expected to interact with our commercial, analytical and synthesis departments in both in the UK and across the globe.