PhD scholarship in Self-driving Labs for Ligand Design in Nanocrystal Synthesis and Catalysis - DTU Chemistry

Opportunity summary

Are you interested in using automation and machine learning to make the discovery of new materials and catalysts faster and more sustainable? Do you want to start your scientific career building self-driving laboratories at the interface between computational chemistry, nanomaterials synthesis, and reaction engineering? Join us at DTU Chemistry for this DTU Alliance project, run jointly with North Carolina State University (NCSU), to make the choice of ligand a continuous, model-driven design parameter inside closed-loop self-driving labs for nanocrystal synthesis and homogeneous catalysis. We’re seeking a highly motivated PhD student willing to learn and combine computation, synthesis, and automation to join a new research group led by Assistant Professor Jakob Dahl, with co-supervision by Professor Milad Abolhasani at NCSU and Associate Professor Jerrik Mielby at DTU. Responsibilities and qualifications This PhD project aims to make ligand identity — the molecules that bind to metals, surfaces, and reactive species and that steer selectivity, solubility, and nanocrystal phase — a continuous design variable inside self-driving labs, rather than a fixed choice set at the start of a campaign1 …

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