Co-Op, Materials Science, Heterogeneous Catalysis

Your Impact at LILA As a Co-Op in Materials Science, Heterogeneous Catalysis, you will join Lila's Materials Science team at our Alewife site to help build and run high-throughput workflows for catalyst synthesis, characterization, and performance testing. You will work hands-on in the lab: preparing catalyst samples, running reactor tests, and analyzing the resulting data for trends in structure, composition, and catalytic performance. You will work alongside scientists, automation engineers, and data scientists, and you will see how experimental work connects to AI-guided materials discovery.

This is a practical, lab-based co-op suited to a graduate student who wants real ownership of experiments and exposure to automated, data-rich science. What You'll Be Building Synthesize heterogeneous catalysts and prepare samples for performance testing Run batch and flow reactor tests, measuring activity, selectivity, and stability Characterize materials using techniques such as XRD, BET, TGA, or chemisorption Analyze experimental data to identify structure and composition trends Support automated and high-throughput synthesis workflows with the engineering team Document protocols and results, and present findings to the team What You'll Need to Succeed Currently enrolled in a Masters or PhD program in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field Hands-on laboratory experience with materials synthesis or catalyst testing Working knowledge of common character