Research Associate
(m/f/d) /
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiterin
Instituteof
Chemical Reaction Engineering
RemunerationEG 13 TV-L
ID: 21925WV2
Start of employment October 1st 2025
Application deadline August 25th 2025
Scope full time, fixed term until September 2028
The Institute of Chemical Reaction Engineering at TUHH investigates the dynamic behavior of solid catalysts in catalytic reactors. Catalysts are dynamic systems and change their chemical and geometrical structure, electronic properties, active centers, adsorbates and consequently the reaction kinetics depending on the local chemical environment, temperature, pressure and flow conditions in the reactor. In a new research project OPERANDI funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) we are developing novel synchrotron-based operando techniques (XAFS and XRD) to study the electronic structure as well as the long- and short-range order of the catalyst inside reactors in a spatially resolved manner and correlate this information with the local reactivity to derive structure-function correlations (operando spectroscopy).
We are looking for a PhD student or Postdoc with an interest in heterogeneous catalysis, catalytic reactors and operando spectroscopy. A solid theoretical background and hands-on experience in X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy and/or X-Ray Diffraction is a plus but not a requirement.

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• Perform laboratory based operando XRD measurements including data analysis (e.g. quatitative phase analysis via Rietfeld Renfinement)
• Perform synchrotron-based XAS and XRD measurements including data analysis
• Conceptual development of a new operando cell for XRD and XAS
• Perform catalytic reactor measurements and develop GC analytical methods for product quantification
• Publication of research results in peer-reviewed journals and presentation at conferences