PhD Position in Synthetic Organic Chemistry/Homogeneous Catalysis

The Tortosa group at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid is seeking for a PhD candidate to work in the field of homogenous catalysis. The PhD student will focus on the development of novel asymmetric transition metal catalyzed transformations using organoboron compounds and CO2 to prepare enantioenriched building blocks in a sustainable way. The project will be conducted under the supervision of Prof. Mariola Tortosa and Dr. Jaime Martín.

Requirements: completed or close to completed MSc in Chemistry, background in the field of Organic and/or Organometallic chemistry, experience in the analysis of organic compounds (especially NMR methods), experience in synthetic molecular chemistry under inert gas and good knowledge of English.

The application should contain: letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, transcripts of records from University/University College and copy of your degree and contact details of two referees. Please, submit your application electronically, as a single pdf file, to: tortosagroup@hotmail.com until September 30th 2026. The position will be filled as soon as a perfect candidate has been found. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.