We are seeking applications from outstanding candidates to fill a Postdoctoral Scholar position to work on Ultrafast Transmission Electron Microscopy experiments to characterize physical and chemical processes at extreme conditions of pressure and temperature. The successful candidates will join a multidisciplinary team including modelers and experimentalists working at UConn, Purdue, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Stanford University. The efforts will involve developing and applying new methods for femtosecond spectroscopy and electron microscopy measurements of chemistry occurring picoseconds behind the shock front in laser driven shock experiments. A postdoc joining this effort will have an exciting opportunity work in a highly collaborative environment at the forefront of a new field. Researchers will be part of the c-PRIMED center, and will have the opportunity to interact with a wide range of experimentalists and theoreticians in academia, industry and national labs.
Candidates should have earned a PhD in Physics, Chemistry, Materials or Mechanical engineering or a related field. A strong background in the-state-of-the-art Transmission Electron Microscopy is required and experience with ultrafast molecular laser spectroscopies, ultrafast electron microscopy, amplified ultrafast lasers, or shock physics is also desirable. A strong background in one or several of these fields is desirable: condensed matter or materials physics, physics of materials at extreme conditions or dynamical loading. Evaluation of candidates will begin immediately, and will continue until the position is filled.
We are also actively searching for Graduate Research Assistants for various funded projects to participate in materials research utilizing ultrahigh spatial and temporal resolution electron microscopy techniques to understand the physics behind the properties of materials and develop materials with superior properties.
Interested candidates should contact:
Prof. Volkan Ortalan
860-486-2570