POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE POSITION AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
A Postdoctoral Research Associate appointment is available in the laboratory
of Professor Sara M. Vaiana in the Department of Physics at Arizona State
University in Tempe AZ. Candidates must have earned a Ph.D. in physics,
biophysics, opto-electrical engineering, chemical physics, biochemistry, or
related fields and must be interested in setting up a new laboratory,
working within a highly collaborative, strongly interdisciplinary team.
Required areas of expertise are one or more of the following:
· Design and construction of novel instrumentation, including but not
limited to fast laser pump-probe techniques, time resolved spectroscopy or
light scattering; strong computer programming skills, with prior experience
in LabView and Matlab programming desired.
· Quantitative spectroscopy applied to protein folding, conformational
dynamics or aggregation; handling of biological samples; peptide synthesis
and purification.
· Light scattering techniques applied to polymer physics, colloids,
phase transition theory and self-assembly.
The successful candidate will participate in setting up a new
state-of-the-art laboratory within the Physics Department
(http://physics.asu.edu/faculty.php?name=svaiana&sort=group) and the Center
for Biological Physics (http://biophysics.asu.edu/CBP) of Arizona State
University. The laboratory is dedicated to the study of protein solutions on
two spatio-temporal scales (intra- and inter-molecular). The successful
candidate will design and conduct experiments, contribute to their
theoretical interpretation, working in close contact with other
biochemistry, experimental and theoretical physics groups of the CBP. He/She
will be expected to participate in group meetings, present results at
scientific conferences and take an active role in writing scientific
publications. Excellent drafting and communication skills in English are
highly desired.
The position can begin as early as Jan 2009. Although the initial
appointment will be for one year, an extension to a second or third year may
be made by mutual agreement and based on availability of funds.
Complete applications will include a cover letter, curriculum vitae,
statement of research experience, and contact details of three references
(postal and email address and phone number). Materials should be submitted
electronically at http://physics.asu.edu/employment.php.
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