PhD: Multiscale Porous-Electrochemical Transport

VITO Research; Mol; On-site; EUR 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

VITO, in collaboration with the Université de Mons (UMONS), invites a motivated PhD candidate to develop a hierarchical, physics-informed modelling workflow to understand transport in porous electrochemical materials. The project will connect experimentally characterized porosity with molecular- and pore-scale simulations to quantify morphology-transport relationships and identify limiting mechanisms. The PhD will be supervised by Prof.

Dr. David Beljonne (UMONS) and co-promoted by Dr.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Chemical Engineering, Electrochemical Engineering, Materials Science/Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Computational Science or related field.
• Strong motivation for computational modelling of physical systems, electrochemistry, porous materials and multiscale transport phenomena.
• Strong foundation in transport phenomena, including diffusion and/or fluid flow.
• Experience with or willingness to learn scientific programming.
• Good programming skills, preferably in Python.
• Ability to analyze scientific data critically and quantitatively.
• Creative, critical and hands-on mentality.
• Good written and oral communication skills in English.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Python

Modelling

Transport phenomena

Data analysis

Independent work

English skills

Teamwork

Hands-on

Education

Master's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Python

LAMMPS

GROMACS

CFD

Job description

VITO, in collaboration with the Université de Mons (UMONS), invites a motivated PhD candidate to develop a hierarchical, physics-informed modelling workflow to understand transport in porous electrochemical materials. The project will connect experimentally characterized porosity with molecular- and pore-scale simulations to quantify morphology-transport relationships and identify limiting mechanisms. The PhD will be supervised by Prof.

Dr. David Beljonne (UMONS) and co-promoted by Dr.