Assistant Research Scientist / Engineer
Qualifications:
Education Required
A PhD in Chemistry or related field is required. This classification requires the awarded degree, and cannot accept equivalent experience.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year experience after Ph.D. completion in research/facility work involving X-ray crystallography.
- Expert in collecting and analyzing both single-crystal and powder X-ray diffraction data.
- Publication record that demonstrates the required crystallographic research experience.
- Extensive experience maintaining, repairing, servicing, and aligning X-ray diffraction instrumentation.
- Expert in crystallization and crystal selection procedures.
- Extensive experience with software for structure modelling and structure determination.
- Demonstrate the ability to meet or exceed customer service needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner.
- Demonstrate the ability to proactively work with researchers to both identify and attract new users and to develop new methods for existing users based on an understanding of their research goals and needs.
Highly Desirable Qualifications
- Experience with other common X-ray analysis instrumentation such as X-ray fluorescence and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
- Experience working in a shared instrumentation/user facility environment.
- Experience with other microscopy and/or analytical instrumentation.
Desirable Qualifications
- Experience in programming for scientific applications.
Position and Application Details and Instructions:
Upload the following required documents and mark them as a “Relevant File” to the submission:
- Cover Letter
- Resume
Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended. Successful candidates will be subject to a criminal background check and verification of academic credentials. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.
Contact: Sarah Tillman (sarah-tillman@uiowa.edu)
Equal opportunity/affirmative action employer
The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preferences.
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