Fellow (Post Doc)

This Fellow (Post-Doc) position is expected to enhance the progress of a research project funded by DOE-BES that aims to understand solvent phase separation within nanopores and its impacts on solute diffusion for future development of innovative water purification membranes.

The Fellow (Post-Doc) can gain skills required to conduct cutting-edge research in physical, materials, and analytical chemistry. For information about our laboratory, please visit: http://www.k-state.edu/chem/people/grad-faculty/ito/lab/index.html. For more information about our research, please visit http://www.k-state.edu/chem/people/grad-faculty/ito/index.html.

This position is On-site.

All employees must reside in the United States when they begin working to comply with state law. K-State is unable to provide remote or hybrid work opportunities for residents of the state of Idaho.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ph.D in Chemistry and related fields.
• Experimental research in physical, materials, and analytical chemistry, specifically either small-angle X-ray scattering (measurements and model-based analysis) for nanomaterial characterization or laser-based fluorescence microscopy, preferentially single molecule/particle tracking (instrumentation, measurements, and data analysis) for molecular transport dynamics measurements.

The degree requirement is necessary to ensure candidates possess the specialized knowledge, skills and abilities that can only be attained through a formal educational program at this level.

Preferred Qualifications:

• In situ measurements using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy or spectroscopic ellipsometry.

Sponsorship eligibility:

This position is eligible for sponsorship.

Please submit the following documents:

1. Letter of interest which includes research achievements related to the minimum requirements
2. Current Curriculum Vitae
3. Names and contact information for three (3) references.

Applications close on: June 30, 2026

$50,000-$54,000/annually