Beamline Scientist for the Time-Resolved Ultrasmall-Angle Scattering Beamline ID02

Instruct-ERIC; Grenoble; Presencial; EUR 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France is seeking a Beamline Scientist for the Time-Resolved Ultrasmall-Angle Scattering Beamline ID02. You will operate and maintain the beamline, support external users as local contact, and develop an inhouse research programme in soft matter or biophysical sciences.

Your duties include inhouse research, collaboration with staff on beamline development, and applying high-resolution SAXS/WAXS/USAXS methods to understand structure and dynamics of soft

Formación

• PhD in Physics, Chemistry, Biology or closely related field.
• Several years of postdoctoral experience with X-ray scattering techniques.
• Strong aptitude for synchrotron beamline instrumentation, including programming and AI.
• Solid knowledge of scattering data analysis and modelling.

Responsabilidades

• Maintain and operate the beamline and support external users as local contact.
• Develop your own inhouse research programme at the forefront of soft matter or biophysical sciences.
• Collaborate with beamline staff to maintain and develop the beamline, new sample environments and data analysis methods.
• Apply high-resolution time-resolved scattering methods to study structure and dynamics of soft matter or biological systems.

Conocimientos

Postdoc experience

Programming

AI skills

English proficiency

Educación

PhD in Physics/Chemistry/Biology

Descripción del empleo

Jobs in Structural Biology and Related Fields

Beamline Scientist for the Time-Resolved Ultrasmall-Angle Scattering Beamline ID02

The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France

The Role:
You will actively involve in the operation and maintenance of the beamline, providing support to external users as local contact, and develop your own inhouse research programme which should remain in the forefront of soft matter or biophysical sciences.

Your primary missions as a Beamline Scientist will be to provide support to external users by acting as local contact and perform inhouse research.

Together with other beamline staff, you will be required to contribute to the maintenance and development of the beamline, new sample environments and data analysis methods. ID02 is a high-resolution time-resolved SAXS/WAXS/USAXS instrument featuring a 34 m long detector tube combined with state-of-the- art detectors. In addition, XPCS can be performed in the SAXS/USAXS configuration. The beamline is primarily dedicated to research on soft materials and biological specimens.

Current inhouse research topics include dynamics of driven colloids, spontaneous self-assembly processes in amphiphilic systems, and relationship between microstructure and rheology in complex fluids. Your research programme should be focused on exploiting high resolution and time-resolved scattering methods for the investigation of structure and dynamics of

soft matter or biological systems that further diversify current activities.

• You should have a Ph.D. in Physics or Chemistry or Biology or a closely related subject.
• In addition, you should have several years of postdoctoral experience, especially in applying X-ray scattering techniques to study soft matter or related systems.
• You are expected to have a strong aptitude for synchrotron beamline instrumentation including programming and AI skills.
• Furthermore sound knowledge of scattering data analysis and modelling will be essential for the inhouse reasearch and user support.
• You are proficient in English, the working language at the ESRF.

This is a 5 years temporary contract. The salary will be calculated on the basis of relevant qualifications and professional experience.