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<a href="http://employment.uow.edu.au/cgi-bin/job_details.cgi?id=24351">http://employment.uow.edu.au/cgi-bin/job_details.cgi?id=24351</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Associate Research Fellow<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Full Time, 2 year fixed term appointment
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">The Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials is a world-class collaborative
 team conducting research in superconducting and electronic materials science and technology. ISEM works closely with The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) to perform research of the highest quality that is beneficial to the Australian
 research and broader community. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">We are seeking an Associate Research Fellow in the area of structure-function relationships
 in battery materials. This project builds on existing collaborative research between The Bragg Institute's Energy Materials Project and the UOW, exploring the link between battery component structure (including cathode and anode materials) and electrochemical
 performance of the component within batteries. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">This project will aim to correlate the electrochemical properties of the battery
 component to the crystal structure of electrode and electrolyte materials. Powder diffraction, including laboratory X-ray, synchrotron X-ray, and neutron based, will be the primary method of structural characterisation. Your key attribute will be the ability
 to prepare and run experiments, including in situ neutron powder diffraction measurement of batteries during charge/discharge cycling. The objective of such experiments being to gain insights into lithium location and the mechanism of electrochemically active
 phase transformation to assist in the elucidation of lithium transfer mechanisms and improve electrochemical performance.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">You will work collaboratively with a broad network of researchers, to help prepare
 samples for powder diffraction experiments, to run the experiments, to process and analyse powder diffraction data, and to prepare results for publication in high-impact journals.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">You will be located at the Bragg Institute, but be expected to spend periods (up
 to three months per year) at the University of Wollongong. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">You must address the criteria specified in the Position Description, which is available
 from our website. For further information about this role please contact Professor Zaiping Guo on +61 2 4221 5225
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 ANSTO. No appointment can be made to candidates who do not obtain ANSTO security clearance.
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">23 September 2012
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">24351
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