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Job Title Postdoctoral Research Associate, BLI05
Job Reference DIA0856/TH
Post Type
Division Science
Salary information Circa £33k
Application deadline 08/09/2013


Job Description

Diamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron science facility. Located at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, we enable world-leading research across a wide range of scientific disciplines and industrial applications.

Beamline I05-ARPES is presently under construction and is scheduled to have its first user experiment in August 2013. It will provide a high-resolution VUV beam (1-2 meV ultimate energy resolution) in the range of 18 – 240 eV, variable polarization and high photon flux from a long undulator. Angle-resolved photoemission from solid samples is performed using a state-of-the-art spectrometer from samples held in ultrahigh vacuum on a six-axis variable temperature goniometer. A second branch of the beamline will allow nano-focussing of the VUV light to less than 100 nm spatial resolution with angle resolved photoelectron spectroscopy combined with scanning microscopy.

We are seeking a highly motivated scientist to perform experiments on the beamline or similar facilities and prepare software for the visualisation and analysis of the data for their own research as well as for use by the academic users of beamline I05-ARPES. The successful applicant is expected to have experience in developing software for data analysis as well as having experience in electron spectroscopy experiments.

Working with the ARPES beamline team in the following areas:

  • day-to-day responsibility for the in-house research programme on the HR-ARPES end station including the analysis and publication of the results;
  • preparation and development of software for ARPES data visualisation and support the development of such software for external academic users;
  • testing and commissioning of the HR-ARPES end station equipment;
  • presentation of the in-house research, beamline developments and scientific papers at meetings and conferences;
  • assist with the general commissioning of beamline hardware and the development of data acquisition, visualisation and analysis software;
  • assist the beamline staff in maintaining and running the beamline peripheral laboratories.

Qualification & Experience - Essential

  • Appropriate first degree;
  • PhD;
  • Experience of ultrahigh vacuum methods;
  • Experience or knowledge of relevant research;
  • Ability and initiative to get to the heart of the problem and take it effectively through to completion;
  • Good interpersonal, communication and presentational skills;
  • Good organisational and planning skills;
  • Ability to interact effectively with staff at all levels;
  • Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team;
  • Self motivation;
  • Must be available to travel occasionally within the UK and abroad, including overnight absences.

Qualification & Experience - Desirable

  • Experience or knowledge high resolution ARPES from crystalline solids;
  • Experience of synchrotrons / x-ray beamlines;
  • Experience with Windows/Linux/Unix;
  • Experience of programming.

Further Information

Applying for employment

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Appointments will be made depending on the skills and experience of the candidate. Electronic Diamond application forms in MS-Word are preferred. These should be emailed to recruitment@diamond.ac.uk



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