Vacancy ID : 037784 Closing Date : 18-Aug-2025 12:00 037784 - Postdoctoral Researcher - Synthetic Chemist (Specified Purpose - 2 Years) The Faculty of Engineering at SETU Carlow seeks to recruit a Post-Doctoral Synthetic Chemist to join its research team. The appointed candidate will be a creative and innovative synthetic and/or computational chemist, who will work in the field of functional organic/inorganic materials. The role will apply novel materials synthesis techniques with computational chemistry for the development of reactions/processes to synthesise hybridised organic/inorganic molecules for a new range of smart materials. These smart materials will be used to revolutionise, and enhance the sustainability of, cold-chain management technologies. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to collaborate across scientific areas such as digital and chemical syntheses, analytical chemistry, high-throughput screening, chemical engineering, Large Language Models (LLMs), Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, and computational chemistry. This role will enable the researcher to conduct computational process chemistry research relevant to solving problems that can be published externally. Hours of Work: The appointee will be required to work 35 hours per week together with such additional hours as may be required from time to time for the proper discharge of their duties. Salary: Postdoctoral Researcher 1 Salary Scale = €45,847 - €52,339 Annual Leave: Annual Leave will be in accordance with arrangements authorised by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science from time to time. #SETUCW