[Finland] PhD Position in Organic Chemistry at Helsinki University

Finland – PhD Position in Organic Chemistry at Helsinki University

Helsinki University declares the following position to be open for application: PhD position in organic chemistry at the laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Department of chemistry.

Starting date: March-April 2010.

The project is aimed at the design, synthesis, and characterization of chlorophyll derived sensing molecules that will be integrated on optical fibers to sense ions and organic substrates. The successful applicant will be working with synthetic organic chemistry (ca. 90%), photochemistry, and a variety of spectroscopic methods for structural characterization of organic compounds and their photophysical properties. Photophysical and instrumentation part of the project will be done in collaboration with photophysics laboratory at Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Tampere University of Technology (Prof. N. Tkachenko group).

The applicant must have a Bachelors degree (or equivalent) in chemistry, and an additional full year of studies at an advanced level, including a masters thesis (or equivalent).

In addition, the applicant should provide proof of theoretical and practical knowledge in:

* Synthetic organic chemistry, including practical experience with routine laboratory procedures
* Analytical methods in organic chemistry: Separation and purification (flash chromatography, macroscale and microscale synthesis, mass spectrometry, IR, UV/vis and fluorescence spectroscopy)
* Use of modern NMR techniques for structural characterization of organic compounds (interpretation of routine 1D and 2D spectra, practical experience with state of the art NMR equipment, documentation of spectral data)
* Basic knowledge in supramolecular chemistry, computational chemistry and physical organic chemistry will be regarded as a merit.
General interest for modern organic chemistry and method development is a perquisite for successful performance in the project and research group.

The PhD position is for four years and is free from department duties (teaching). All needed studies (courses, books) can be studied and examined in English. Monthly salary: 1900-2400€ depending of stage of the study, skills and performance.

Contact person: Juho Helaja, Ph. D., Docent
Academy of Finland research fellow
Email: juho.helaja[ at ]helsinki.fi

Postal address:
A.I.Virtasen aukio 1
P.O. Box 55
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki
Finland