Post-doctoral fellow in green continuous chemistry for synthesis H/F

Postdoctoral fellow will:
(i) carry out innovative, impactful research of strategic importance to Chimie ParisTech and the company PILI;
(ii) apply and extend existing chemical reactions to determine the best process parameters for the selected model reactions;
(iii) undertake regular reviews of relevant literature and patents.

In the context of the development of new alternative technologies for green and sustainable chemistry, a new concept combining continuous flow and bio-based chemicals permitting to develop multi-step reaction will be studied. Postdoctoral fellow will work on selected model reactions closely with the consortium of the project and a leading research scientist.

Host Institution: Chimie ParisTech, France (100%)
Place of work: Paris - France (100%)

The chemical industries generate a large variety of products including (i) basic chemicals i.e. polymers, petrochemicals and basic inorganics, (ii) specialty chemicals for pharmaceutical domain, crop protection, paints, inks, colorants, textiles, paper and engineering and (iii) consumer chemicals including detergents, soaps, scents and flavours etc… Globally, the need for basic compounds, fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals continues to grow day by day. Academic and industrial chemists are investigating innovative protocols for the preparation of target materials (e.g. monomers, fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, etc) by implementing the green chemistry principles into real-world cases intensified processes. One approach to new chemical reactions consists in the adoption of effective activation. Among them, continuous flow and continuous processing offer significant processing advantages compared to the traditional batch chemistry.