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A 3-year post-doctoral position is offered in the EMNS laboratory for a highly motivated chemist to develop sensors for phosphate anions
This fellowship is offered in the context of a project funded by a Walloon Excellence in Technology Advanced grant (WEL-T). The “ionophores revisited” WEL-T project aims to develop neutral organic receptors for phosphate and other tetrahedral oxoanions and embed these in polymeric membranes for potentiometric sensing.
Selected publications:
- Transmembrane Transport of Phosphate by a Strapped Calix[4]pyrrole. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 16310–16314. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c04631
- Synthetic transporters for oxoanions. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol.2024, 83, 102542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2024.102542 (short review)
- Carrier-Based Ion-Selective Electrodes and Bulk Optodes. Chem. Rev.1997, 97, 3083–3132. https://doi.org/10.1021/cr940394a and Chem. Rev.1998, 98, 1593–1688. https://doi.org/10.1021/cr970113
The successful applicant will explore the applications of the most promising ionophores for potentiometric sensing. This involves embedding the ionophores in polymeric membranes and the subsequent electrochemical characterisation of the resulting material as membrane in ion-selective electrodes.
Supervisor: Dr Hennie Valkenier
Application deadline: 01/07/2026
Please visit the Euraxess website for more details and how to apply:
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Tell us about your project and how it fits in with the expertise available in the EMNS lab. We will not respond to non-targeted applications.