A postdoctoral position is immediately available in the group of Research Professor
Stepan Sklenak at the J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech
Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.

The postdoctoral fellow will use mainly periodic DFT to model the structure,
reactivity, catalytic activity and properties of zeolite based materials. The
scientific work will be done in a close collaboration with experimentalists. The
position requires a strong scientific background in either computational (applied
quantum) chemistry (experience with QM/MM and periodic DFT approaches is a plus) or
solid state physics (experience with periodic DFT approaches for studying crystalline
solids is a plus).

Interested individuals should read the publications as follows:

1) Stepan Sklenak, Thomas Groizard, Hana Jirglova, Petr Sazama, and Jiri Dedecek:
"Proximity Effect on the Reactivity of Dioxygen Activated over Distant Binuclear Fe
Sites in Zeolite Matrices", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2022, 126, 4854-4861.

2) Edyta Tabor, Mariia Lemishka, Joanna E. Olszowka, Kinga Mlekodaj, Jiri Dedecek,
Prokopis C. Andrikopoulos, and Stepan Sklenak: "Splitting Dioxygen over Distant
Binuclear Fe Sites in Zeolites. Effect of the Local Arrangement and Framework
Topology", ACS Catal., 2021, 11, 2340-2355.

3) Edyta Tabor, Jiri Dedecek, Kinga Mlekodaj, Zdenek Sobalik, Prokopis C.
Andrikopoulos, Stepan Sklenak: "Dioxygen dissociation over man-made system at room
temperature to form the active Alpha-oxygen for methane oxidation", Sci. Adv., 2020,
6: eaaz9776.

4) Edyta Tabor, Mariia Lemishka, Zdenek Sobalik, Kinga Mlekodaj, Prokopis C.
Andrikopoulos, Jiri Dedecek, Stepan Sklenak: "Low-temperature selective oxidation of
methane over distant binuclear cationic centers in zeolites", Commun. Chem., 2019,
2: 71.

5) Kinga Mlekodaj, Jiri Dedecek, Veronika Pashkova, Edyta Tabor, Petr Klein, Martina
Urbanova, Robert Karcz, Petr Sazama, Sarah R. Whittleton, Haunani M. Thomas, Anna V.
Fishchuk, and Stepan Sklenak: "Al Organization in the SSZ-13 Zeolite. Al Distribution
and Extra-Framework Sites of Divalent Cations", J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 7968
7987.

6) Robert Karcz, Jiri Dedecek, Barbara Supronowicz, Haunani M. Thomas, Petr Klein,
Edyta Tabor, Petr Sazama, Veronika Pashkova, and Stepan Sklenak: "TNU-9 Zeolite:
Aluminum Distribution and Extra-Framework Sites of Divalent Cations", Chem. Eur. J.,
2017, 23, 8857- 8870.

7) Stepan Sklenak, Prokopis C. Andrikopoulos, Bundet Boekfa, Bavornpon Jansang, Jana
Novakova, Lubomir Benco, Tomas Bucko, Juergen Hafner, Jiri Dedecek, and Zdenek
Sobalik: "N2O decomposition over Fe-zeolites: Structure of the active sites and the
origin of the distinct reactivity of Fe-ferrierite, Fe-ZSM-5, and Fe-beta. A combined
periodic DFT and multispectral study", J. Catal., 2010, 272, 262.

The applicant must hold a PhD. degree in chemistry or physics. Interested
individuals should contact Dr. Sklenak via email and send their CV, brief summary
of previous research, list of publications and names plus e-mail addresses
of 1 - 2 references.

The position is initially for 1 year with a possibility of an extension depending on
the availability of the funding and if mutually agreeable.

The J. Heyrovsky Institute is located in the beautiful and safe city of Prague (the
capital of the Czech Republic). Prague offers outstanding opportunities for culture
and entertainment.

Stepan Sklenak, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Department of Theoretical Chemistry
J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry
of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i.
Dolejskova 3, CZ-18223 Prague 8
Czech Republic
e-mail: stepan.sklenak~!~jh-inst.cas.cz
web page: http://www.jh-inst.cas.cz/~sklenak