CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in High Purity Materials Characterisation

• Do you have a PhD in materials science, physics, geoscience or chemistry?
• Want to conduct research in mineral resources characterisation?
• Join CSIRO – Australia’s leading scientific research organisation!

CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Postdoctoral Fellowships provide opportunities to scientists and engineers who have completed their doctorate and have less than three years of relevant postdoctoral work experience. These fellowships aim to develop the next generation of future leaders of the innovation system.

CSIRO Mineral Resources (CMR) is one of the largest minerals research and development groups globally, with a proud track record in delivering innovation and solutions across the mineral resources value chain. We thrive on innovation harnessed by the diversity of the minds and lived experiences of our team and apply our expert knowledge and specialised research to provide innovation that solves the complex problems faced by minerals companies, mining equipment, technology, and services (METS) companies, government, and other industry stakeholders.

As a CERC Fellow working in CMR, you will be focused on state-of-the-art analytical techniques for high purity (>99.99% pure) materials. Our ongoing research funded by the Critical Minerals Research and Development Hub is examining novel methods to produce high purity alumina to support Australian semiconductor and electronics production. The high purity of alumina required, and refractory nature of corundum means that many conventional analytical techniques are not suitable for analysing both bulk impurity content and where impurities occur in the alumina. You will research currently available techniques and new technologies to establish a high purity material analysis facility in CSIRO Mineral Resources.