A postdoctoral position with Musahid Ahmed at the Chemical Dynamics Beamline, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is available to develop experimental techniques to explore electronic structure of radicals, molecules and clusters in a variety of environments with relevance to physics and chemistry. The position will involve coupling a molecular beams apparatus to tunable vacuum ultraviolet light from a synchrotron. The position require strong independent research skills coupled with the ability to work with multidisciplinary groups both within Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (www.lbl.gov) and external collaborators (Ralf Kaiser (Hawaii), Ellison (Boulder), Krylov (USC)) and users who utilize the chemical dynamics beamline. Initially the scope of work will be using reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry. In the future, photoion and photoelectron imaging methods will be developed for novel 2 color laser+synchrotron experiments. New directions also include incorporating mini shock tubes (Tranter (Argonne) and flow reactors (Zhang (UC Riverside)).
Recent work involves the study of proton transfer from pi-stacked systems (Nature Chem. (2012), 4, 323), exciton mediated charge transfer in water clusters (JPC Lett (2012), 3, 458), combustion relevant photoionization studies of unimolecular decomposition and bimolecular reactions (JCP (2011) 135, 014306; JPC Lett (2011) 2, 1031), and electronic structure and fragmentation of biomolecules (JPC Lett (2012) 3, 97).
Qualified candidates will hold a recent (or in the process of obtaining) PhD in Chemistry, Physics, or a related field and will have a strong experimental and instrumental background. Experience with lasers, mass spectrometry, ion-electron imaging is required as is the ability to interpret and analyze complicated data. Knowledge of electronic structure methods, Labview, and CAD design software would be very valuable. The position is available immediately, with funding renewable annually, depending on performance, for up to three years.
Interested candidates should submit their cv, names of potential referees, and a statement about their research background and interests to
Musahid Ahmed (mahmed at lbl.gov)
https://sites.google.com/site/musaswebcorner
510-486-6355
Chemical Dynamics Beamline, Advanced Light Source
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA-94720, USA.
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