(Regular, Full-time, exempt (monthly)

The Position: The position of a Postdoctoral Research Associate is open in the research group of Prof. Yingwen Cheng in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The researcher will work on developing advanced electrode materials and electrolytes for next generation battery technologies. All candidates must have successfully defended and submitted dissertation before their employment date. The search starts immediately and continues till the position is filled.

The research projects of Prof. Yingwen Cheng's Group focuses on developing new chemical principles to explain and control electrochemical processes for inter conversion of electrical and chemical energy. Outcomes of our work contribute to electricity-driven chemical manufacturing and storage of renewable electricity for transportation and smart power grid. We are especially interested in studying well-defined materials with systematically tunable variables to extract fundamental insights. Major topics for the near future include: 1) solid active motifs design for electrocatalytic conversion of small molecules; 2) new electrochemical interfaces for extreme batteries; 3) new ways to modulate electrochemical processes via external forces and 4) synthesis of novel nanostructures with predictable functions.