Postdoctoral Research Opportunities in Applied and Laser Spectroscopy
(Our apologies if you receive multiple versions of this announcement.)
Several postdoctoral positions are available at Johns Hopkins University
and at the Army Research Laboratory in the areas of applied and laser
spectroscopy:
(1) Research opportunities on projects in the area of Laser Induced
Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS)
exist at both Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and the US Army Research
Laboratory (ARL). (see attached announcement) JHU has just initiated a
5-year multi-university research program on the detection of explosives.
A suite of techniques will be pursued, and there will be ample opportunity
for interaction with partners in the program. ARL is anticipating
significant funding in FY03 for R&D on LIBS applied to Homeland Defense.
ARL is the leading military R&D laboratory pursuing the development of
LIBS sensor technology for various field analytical applications. These
postdoctoral position are limited to US citizens. For further
information, please contact Prof. Paul J. Dagdigian (see contact
information below), Prof. James B. Spicer at JHU [410-516-8624;
[log in to unmask]], and/or Dr. Andrzej W. Miziolek at ARL, APG [410-306-0861;
[log in to unmask]].
(2) An additional postdoctoral position is also available in Professor
Dagdigian's laboratory. This project will involve the development of
laser diagnostics (principally CRDS and resonance-enhanced multiphoton
ionization) for the sensitive detection of transient small polyatomic
intermediates (e.g. H2CN) of importance in the decomposition of nitramine
propellants. The longer-range goal of this project is to use these
diagnostics to probe the reaction kinetics of these intermediates.
Opportunities are also available to participate in other experiments in
Dagdigian's laboratory on molecular reaction dynamics.
Paul J. Dagdigian
Arthur D. Chambers Professor and Chair
Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218
Tel: 1-410-516-7438; FAX: 1-410-516-8420
http://www.jhu.edu/~chem/dagdig
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