Marie Curie research fellow position with industrial expertise on polymerisation methods, acrylics/polyesters, crosslinking methods, powder coatings, statistical design of coatings, and coatings performance is available at the Small-Medium Enterprise Israel Barter Trading Co. Ltd in Binyamina, (Israel) as of May 1st, 2014 for a 12-month period.

One general rule applies to the appointment of researchers: At the time of recruitment by the host organisation, researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of their host organization for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the reference date. Short stays such as holidays and/or compulsory national service are not taken into account.
The successful applicant will be enrolled as a research fellow at the Research & Development Laboratory at IBT (Israel Barter Trading).

Description

The overall goal of this project is to develop novel, advanced polymer-based raw and composite materials as well as processing and production technologies, towards new families of powder coatings, i.e. one-shot matt powder coatings, responding at the same time to the industrial requirements for quality improvement at lower cost, production of environmentally friendly materials and shorter development cycles. The project will pursue the generation of multifunctional formulations, based on new bifunctional polymeric binders and new nanoadditives aiming to expand significantly, both in terms of type and final application, the current range of powder coating systems to economically attractive niche markets.

In this project, the acrylic resins development for one-shot matt powder coatings will be performed at Megara Resins while the development of nanoadditives with appropriate compatibility with powder coatings and some specific structural and spectroscopic characterizations will be performed at the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Greece and the industrial production line design adaptations at the City University of London, UK. IBT will be responsible for supporting the advanced material characterization, contributing to the validation of the final products (resins, polymer and nano-composite powders, final coating films) obtained at semi-industrial scale, overall performance assessment of the new products and carrying out technological feasibility and cost viability analysis of the new processes/products.

Candidates who have substantial industrial research experience in a field relevant to the mentioned project (chemistry, chemical engineering or materials science) may seek the fellowship. Preferred candidates will be experienced technologists with strong background in coatings science including industrial expertise on polymerisation methods, acrylics/polyesters, crosslinking methods, powder coatings, statistical design of coatings and coatings performance.

Nr of positions available : 1

Research Fields

Chemistry

Career Stage

Experienced researcher or 4-10 yrs (Post-Doc)

Research Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Benefits

Salary conditions, travel/mobility allowances and benefits will follow the attractive EU amounts for Experienced Researchers (ERs) in the programme FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IAPP.