About this role
- Faculty of Science We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join our interdisciplinary research team, working on the development of a platform that enables autonomous experimentation, data acquisition, and optimization of chemical processes.
- Faculty of Science
- We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join our interdisciplinary research team, working on the development of a platform that enables autonomous experimentation, data acquisition, and optimization of chemical processes.
- Faculty of Science The project aims advance how chemical research is performed by integrating robotic experimentation, advanced analytical analysis, kinetic monitoring, machine learning, and intelligent experiment planning into a unified autonomous platform, capable of optimizing and predicting reaction outcomes. The successful candidate will play a central role in designing and implementing this research infrastructure while applying it to challenging problems in chemistry. Working at the UvA The project aims advance how chemical research is performed by integrating robotic experimentation, advanced analytical analysis, kinetic monitoring, machine learning, and intelligent experiment planning into a unified autonomous platform, capable of optimizing and predicting reaction outcomes.
- Design, build and update a modular self-driving laboratory platform for automated chemical experimentation.
- Integrate laboratory hardware including robotic liquid handling, pumps, reactors, analytical instruments, and environmental sensors.
- Implement optimization workflows combining automated experimentation with machine learning.
- Collaborate closely with chemists, computer scientists, and engineers to develop new autonomous workflows.