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Job Summary

This part-time staff scientist position is centered around experimental efforts to develop a methodology of transferring cryogenically-produced samples of organic materials from the glovebox to a vacuum chamber in a nanomechanical instrument. These samples will then be subjected to nanomechanical experiments, with relevant data being collected and analyzed.

Job Duties

• Design and construction of a small airtight chamber to transfer cryogenically solidified samples of organic materials from the glovebox to a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) chamber
• Imaging samples in SEM and mechanically deforming them
• The staff scientist will work closely with two graduate students in a research group who will train him/her to carry out the necessary experiments and to handle the materials related to this project.
• Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications

• B.S. in physics or equivalent experience
• Prior experience in a research group

Required Documents

• Resume