Employment opportunities

Current employment opportunities

From time to time, the School of Chemistry has staff vacancies which are advertised here.

Please check this area again soon as it is updated on a regular basis.

Casual Employment

If you are interested in a casual research position you may wish to contact our individual research groups directly as such positions are not usually advertised through this medium.

Specific information about how to apply and other job vacancies at the University is also available here.

The University's Department of Human Resources can also provide further assistance and advice in respect to employment.

Scholarships

The School of Chemistry is constantly on the look out for top quality higher degree students and scholarships are available for the right people. If you are a high achieving, committed student we want to hear from you. Please contact our Research Training Programs Officer, Miss Vicki Burley. International students need to apply through the future students website.

Summer Research Studentships - closing date 31st October

The School of Chemistry is now calling for applications for our Summer Research Studentships.

Various members of the School of Chemistry will offer summer research studentships to second and third year students expected to major in chemistry in 2008 or 2009.

Details of the staff offering summer research studentships are listed below. Applicants may nominate up to 3 prospective projects/supervisors.

These projects will be for a minimum of 6 weeks but may be extended depending on the individual research groups offering the projects.

The value of the studentships will be $300 per week.

Studentships must be undertaken between November 2008 and early February 2009 however exact dates should be agreed on by the student and the supervisor.

Applications are open to current University of Melbourne undergraduate students as well as Australian resident undergraduate students completing a chemistry major in 2008 or 2009.

Students wishing to apply should use the application form below. Please ensure that students who are not University of Melbourne students enclose a copy of their academic transcript.

• Summer Research Studentship 2008/09 Application Form

Once completed applications should be forwarded to Vicki Burley, Research Training Programs and Communications Officer, Room 253, School of Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010.

Please note that the closing date for lodging applications is Friday 31st October 2008. Students will be advised of the outcome of their application in the form of a letter or email by Friday 7th November.

Any enquiries should be directed to Vicki Burley, telephone 03-83446495 or email vickib@unimelb.edu.au

Projects:

Assoc.Prof. Muthupandian Ashokkumar and Professor Franz Grieser
masho@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/people/ashok.php
franz@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/people/grieser.php

Projects:

• The ultrasonic synthesis of protein microspheres
• The sonochemical synthesis of metal nanoparticles

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Assoc. Prof. Evan Bieske
evanjb@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/people/bieske.php

Projects:

• Spectroscopic studies of complexes between metal cations and aromatic molecules
• Probing Trapped Nanoparticles
• Is H3a stable molecule?

Dr Colette Boskovic
c.boskovic@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/people/boskovic.php

Project:

• Lanthanoid-Containing Polytungstoarsenates for Molecular Magnetism

Dr Rachel A. Caruso
rcaruso@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/people/caruso.php

Project:

• Materials Chemistry

Dr Alison Funston
afunston@unimelb.edu.au

Projects:

• Fluorescent Polymer:Nanocrystal Hybrids for Solar Photovoltaics
• CdSe Nanocrystal:Molecular Dye Systems For Use in Solar Photovoltaics
• Optical Properties of Patterned Metal Nanocrystals
• Fabricating Building Blocks for Plasmonic Circuits Using Nanocrystals

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Prof Ken Ghiggino and Dr Toby Bell
ghiggino@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/people/ghiggino.php
tbell@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/people/tbell.php

Project:

• Photovoltaic materials

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Assoc. Prof Spas Kolev
s.kolev@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/people/kolev.php

Project:

• Development of a gas-diffusion flow injection method for on-line speciation of arsenic in aqueous samples

Professor Paul Mulvaney
http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/people/mulvaney.php
mulvaney@unimelb.edu.au

Projects:

• Synthesis of doped metal oxides nanocrystals
• Synthesis of quantum dots – metal oxide core-shell structures
• Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Devices
• Observation of Chemical Reactions on Single Gold Nanoparticles
• Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy of CdSe Spheres

Professor Richard O'Hair and Dr George Khairallah
http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/people/ohair.php
rohair@unimelb.edu.au
gkhai@unimelb.edu.au

Project:

• "Gas Phase Reactiivity of Metal Oxide Anions"

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A/Prof G Scollary, Prof Ken Ghiggino and A/Prof Trevor Smith
scollary@unimelb.edu.au
ghiggino@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/people/ghiggino.php
trevoras@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/people/smith.php

Project:

• Wine photodegradation

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Assoc. Prof. Trevor Smith
trevoras@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/people/smith.php

Projects:

• "Super-resolution" microscopy
• Ultrafast spectroscopy of biologically relevant molecules
• Photodegradation of Wine
• Time-resolved fluorescence imaging of photoluminescent polymer-coated fibres and solar cell devices
• Polymer film properties acridine EWIFS spectroscopy

Information for Potential Research and Postdoctoral Fellows

Potential Research Fellows can visit this page for further information.