RED LIGHT – A TOOL FOR ORGANIC AND BIOORTHOGONAL
CHEMISTRY
Description of tasks:
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Terms of employment: full time, temporary, 7 months with the possibility of future collaboration, gross salary (including employer’s costs)
10,000 PLN per month (~ 8 300 PLN gross);
Benefits: private medical care package, co-financing of sports cards
Career development opportunities:
Project manager: Dorota Gryko
Phone: +48 22 343 20 51
e-mail: dorota.gryko@icho.edu.pl
PhD degree in chemistry (specialization: organic chemistry), awarded no earlier than 7 years before employment in the project (with exceptions in accordance with NCN regulations), or expected date of obtaining the PhD degree prior to starting the position.
Required competencies
Desired competencies
Along with the required documents, please send a scan of a signed consent to the processing of personal data available below.
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18.08.2025 r.
Envisaged job starting date: 01.09.2025 r.
Secretariat
Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Kasprzaka 44/52 Street
01-224 Warsaw
Phone: +48 22 631 8788
Please apply by e-mail: rekrutacja@icho.edu.pl
ATTENTION! In the title of the e-mail, please enter “Recruitment – Dorota Gryko”
MSC Doctoral Network: “Photo-switchable ultra-thin membranes for molecular separation” – PhotoBrane
The work will be carried out within the framework of the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Training Network PhotoBrane – “Photo-switchable ultra-thin membranes for molecular separation“. PhotoBrane is at the forefront of innovation, developing next-generation photo-tunable and photo-regenerable membranes. These groundbreaking membranes potentially transform industries such as energy conversion, biomedical applications, water purification, and environmental protection by enhancing selectivity, permeability, and operational longevity.
In the project “Photo-switches for 2D Layers by Design,” we aim to design a series of molecular photo-switches with amphiphilic properties that can form ordered two-dimensional layers of varying packing densities at the water-air interface. These switches should also be capable of cross-linking under mild conditions at the water-air interface. This project requires a strong foundation in organic and dye chemistry, alongside expertise in computational chemistry for efficient property prediction.
Successful Candidates will manage quantum chemical workflows via command-line interfaces on Linux-based supercomputers. You will work with a range of programs such as OpenBabel, VMD, QuantumEspresso, LAMMPS, GPAW, GAMESS, and openCOSMO-RS to design and optimize these target structures. In addition to advanced knowledge in synthetic chemistry, proficiency in programming Python scripts is essential. Secondments to European partner institutions are mandatory. Dr Martin Presselt from Leibniz Institute of Photonics Technology will be co-supervisor of the PhD-Thesis. The research conducted in this position is expected to form the basis of a doctoral dissertation, leading to the award of a PhD degree.
Your field of activity includes:
R1
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Terms of employment: full-time contract for 36 months, salary: ~12 600 PLN/month including employer costs (~7500 PLN net)
Benefits: private medical care package, co-financing Multisport card
Career development opportunities: work in a young, dynamically developing team, access to research infrastructure, possibility of cooperation with foreign centers, possibility of further professional development at IChO PAS
Project manager: Prof. Daniel T. Gryko
Phone: 22 343 20 00
e-mail: daniel.gryko@icho.edu.pl
Eligibility: Candidates can be of any nationality, but they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Poland for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date. They must also be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree.
required competencies
desirable competencies
Along with the required documents, please send a scan of a signed consent to the processing of personal data available below.
10-07-2025, 20:00
31-07-2025
Envisaged job starting date: 01-10-2025
Secretariat
Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Kasprzaka 44/52 Street
01-224 Warsaw
Phone: +48 22 631 8788
Please apply by e-mail: rekrutacja@icho.edu.pl
ATTENTION! In the title of the e-mail, please enter “Recruitment – Daniel Gryko – PHOTOBRANE-2“
MSC Doctoral Network: “Photo-switchable ultra-thin membranes for molecular separation” – PhotoBrane
The work will be carried out within the framework of the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Training Network PhotoBrane – “Photo-switchable ultra-thin membranes for molecular separation“. PhotoBrane is at the forefront of innovation, developing next-generation photo-tunable and photo-regenerable membranes. These groundbreaking membranes potentially transform industries such as energy conversion, biomedical applications, water purification, and environmental protection by enhancing selectivity, permeability, and operational longevity.
The proposed doctoral research project “Synthesis and fabrication of cross-linked photo-responsive Langmuir layers” will be concerned with the synthesis of two-dimensional light-responsive polymers at the air-water interface. A variety of amphiphilic dyes, especially photo-switches, will be linked via covalent bonds. The latter should enable the preparation of molecularly thin, but chemically and mechanically stable and free-standing membranes that enable light-controlled molecular sieving as innovative separation process. Secondments to European partner institutions are mandatory. The research conducted in this position is expected to form the basis of a doctoral dissertation, leading to the award of a PhD degree.
R1
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Terms of employment: full-time contract for 36 months, salary: ~12 600 PLN/month including employer costs (~7500 PLN net)
Benefits: private medical care package, co-financing Multisport card
Career development opportunities: work in a young, dynamically developing team, access to research infrastructure, possibility of cooperation with foreign centers, possibility of further professional development at IChO PAS
Project manager: Prof. Daniel T. Gryko
Phone: 22 343 20 00
e-mail: daniel.gryko@icho.edu.pl
Eligibility: Candidates can be of any nationality, but they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Poland for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date. They must also be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree.
required competencies
desirable competences
Along with the required documents, please send a scan of a signed consent to the processing of personal data available below.
10-07-2025, 20:00
31-07-2025
Envisaged job starting date: 01-10-2025
Secretariat
Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Kasprzaka 44/52 Street
01-224 Warsaw
Phone: +48 22 631 8788
Please apply by e-mail: rekrutacja@icho.edu.pl
ATTENTION! In the title of the e-mail, please enter “Recruitment – Daniel Gryko – PHOTOBRANE“
Recruitment results are sent to all candidates by e-mail to the address indicated in the application immediately after the selection process is completed. The ranking list is available from the contact person indicated in the announcement and from the Human Resources Department of the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the PAS.