Postdoc Fellow - Metastable Materials via Pressure Quench

Carnegie Science; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Carnegie Science’s Earth and Planets Laboratory invites applications for a postdoctoral position focused on discovering and controlling metastable materials through novel pressure–temperature processing pathways.

The research emphasizes developing experimental strategies to access, quench, and stabilize metastable phases, with the goal of tuning structure–property relationships and functional properties, including superconductivity.

Qualifications

• A Ph.D. in physics, chemistry, materials science, or a related field is required.
• Experience with high-pressure experimental techniques, membranes-driven diamond anvil cells, and low-temperature instrumentation.
• Ability to work independently and in interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Explore metastable materials via novel pressure–temperature processing pathways.
• Develop strategies to access, quench, and stabilize metastable phases.
• Collaborate with experimentalists and computational scientists to study structure–property relationships.

Skills

High-pressure techniques

Diamond anvil cells

Cryogenic instrumentation

Electrical transport

Education

PhD in physics/chemistry/materials science

Tools

Diamond anvil cells

Cryogenic equipment

Job description

Carnegie Science’s Earth and Planets Laboratory invites applications for a postdoctoral position focused on discovering and controlling metastable materials through novel pressure–temperature processing pathways.

The research emphasizes developing experimental strategies to access, quench, and stabilize metastable phases, with the goal of tuning structure–property relationships and functional properties, including superconductivity.