Eight (8) Postdoctoral Positions in solar energy consortium ‘Solardam’, University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands (2015-2016)

1. Excitation/electron management in quantum dots and quantum dot solar cells. The aim is to manipulate quantum dot/nanoparticle constructs to use a broader part of the solar spectrum for effective current generation and/or photochemistry.
Supervisors: Tom Gregorkiewicz and Albert Polman. Employment by University of Amsterdam.

2. Artificial photosynthesis.
The aim is to use molecular nanomaterials such as metalic-organic frameworks (MOFs), protein maquettes and/or molecular photo-catalytic structures to perform light-driven catalysis, specifically H2O oxidation and CO2 reduction, using abundant materials.
Supervisors: Joost Reek and Rienk van Grondelle. Employment by University of Amsterdam.

3. Optimizing natural photosynthesis.
Redesigning pigment-proteins, using quantum chemistry methods and molecular biology to improve the efficiency of light-harvesting and charge separation in photosynthetic systems.
Supervisors: Luuk Visscher and Roberta Croce. Employment by VU University.

4. Implementation of quantum-coherent effect in artificial photosynthetic systems. |The aim is to construct an artificial photosynthetic system that employs the principle of vibration-induced quantum coherence to increase the efficiency of solar-energy conservation.
Supervisors: Joost Reek and Rienk van Grondelle. Employment by University of Amsterdam.

5. Redesigning light harvesting by photosynthetic organisms.
The aim is to redesign the light-harvesting antenna of photosynthetic bacteria and plants to have a better coverage of the solar spectrum including plants in a canopy and/or photosynthetic bacteria in a dense culture.
Supervisors: Roberta Croce and Tom Gregorkiewicz. Employment by VU University.

6. Building quantitative models for in vivo photoconversion performance.
The aim is to build quantitative models for light-energy conversion to a product that includes all the possible loss-processes and is applicable to all light-energy converting systems.
Supervisors: Roberta Croce and Luuk Visscher. Employment by VU University.

7. Building hybrid bio-inspired solar energy converting devices.
The aim is to construct a bio-hybrid solar energy converting device based on the ordered arrangement of photosynthetic complexes on designed substrates.
Supervisors: Rienk van Grondelle and Wim Sinke. Employment by VU University.

8. Designing, modeling, making, testing and marketing a solar energy converting device based on the knowledge obtained in the preceding projects. The aim is to produce one or more devices based on the knowledge obtained in the preceding projects.
Supervisors: Wim Sinke and Joost Reek. Employment by University of Amsterdam.

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