Institution: University

of Lodz

Town: Lodz

Position: postdoc - Faculty of Chemistry

Department

of Organic Chemistry

Tenure track position / duration 12

months with possible extension

Dyscypline: chemistry

Announcement: 30.01.2025

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Application deadline: 3.03.2025

Link: www.uni.lodz.pl

Additional info: for additional

information and konrad.kowalski@chemia.uni.lodz.pl

Key words: recruitment to a

postdoc position

Renumeration: ca. 8 500,00 PLN gross/month

The estimated starting date: March-April

(negotiable)

Candidate’s profile.

We are looking for a Ph.D. who

will work in the NCN OPUS 27 project “ The two are better than one –

biferrocenyl ROS generators as intelligent anticancer agents”

1. The candidate must hold a doctoral degree in

chemical sciences (in organic chemistry). The doctoral degree must have been

received within the last 7 years (counting from 1.01.2025).

This 7-year long time period may be extended by the

time spent on long-term (more than 90 days) documented sickness benefits or

rehabilitation benefits due to his/her inability to work. In addition, the

7-year long may be extended by the number of months spent on leave for the care

and upbringing of children granted in accordance with the rules of the Labor

Code, and in the case of women intending to enter the competition - by 18

months for each child born or adopted, if this way of indicating gaps in a scientific

career is more favorable. The time period indicated above may not be shortened

or further extended by the competition organizer. Obligatorily, the

doctorate must be defended in an Academic Institution other than the University

of Łódź.

2. The candidate must show documented by publications

(publication list should be attached to documentation), knowledge in organic

synthesis in laboratory scale. He should have experience in spectroscopic

identification of organic compounds with spectroscopic methods (NMR, IR, MS, and UV/Vis). Experience in HPLC will

be regarded as an additional advantage. Knowledge in specialized software (e.g.

TopSpin, ChemDraw ect.) is required. Written and spoken English skills should

be confirmed by relevant certificate or statement. He should possess documented

experience in presentation of scientific results (lectures, oral presentations).

Scope of tasks in the project:

Planning and conducting organic synthesis. Obtaining of anticancer active ferrocenyl

and organic compounds relevant to the project. Spectroscopic characterization

of obtained compounds. Data recording and archival. Writing reports and

presenting the results.

For more

information contact: prof. dr hab. Konrad Kowalski e-mail: konrad.kowalski@chemia.uni.lodz.pl

Applicants to the job competition should submit an application for

employment addressed to the JM Rector of the University of Łódź, together with

the attachments listed below:

- a statement that the University of Łódź will be his/her primary place of

work within the meaning of the aforementioned Act of July 20, 2018. Law on

Higher Education and Science (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 1571, as amended),

- CV with complete list of publications and research projects in which

candidate was involved,

- motivation letter,

- copy of MSc and Ph.D. diploma (in some cases nostrification of Ph.D. diploma is required),

- English certificate(s) or personal statement confirming English language

skills,

- a 2 recommendation letters from academia including former Ph.D. supervisor ,

- GDPR clause available on the

University of Łódź website. www.uni.lodz.pl/kariera

The

documentation must include the sentence: “I consent to the University

of Łódź processing of my personal data contained in my recruitment application

for future recruitment purposes.”

We

reserve the right to conduct interviews with selected candidates.

Anticipated

date of awarding the competition: 7.03.2025

 

chemical sciences

recruitment to a postdoc position