POSTDOCTORAL POSITION, University of Nottingham, UK
A postdoctoral position is available from October 1st 1999 or soon
thereafter for up to three years in the group of Dr. Katharine Reid. The
project will involve measuring photoelectron angular distributions
following the excitation and then ionization of molecules with nanosecond,
picosecond or femtosecond laser pulses. In this way it is hoped to learn
about intramolecular vibrational-rotational energy redistribution
processes in a number of polyatomic molecules at various excitation
energies and initial temperatures. The work is a direct follow on from a
recent publication: K.L. Reid, T.A. Field, M. Towrie and P. Matousek, J.
Chem. Phys. 111, 1438 (1999) in which we demonstrated this technique. The
nanosecond work will take place at the University of Nottingham, the
picosecond and femtosecond work at the Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory
(RAL) in Oxfordshire, with all expenses paid for travel between Nottingham
and RAL and for accommodation at RAL. Travel money is also available to
foster collaborations with other groups pursuing similar techniques, and
particularly those employing imaging to map out photoelectron angular
distributions. Possibilities exist for theoretical work related to the
project, but the successful candidate will be primarily an
experimentalist.
Applicants should have experience with lasers, vacuum technology and
electronics, should have a PhD in Chemical Physics, Physical Chemistry
or Physics, and should send a cv and the names of three referees to the
address or email address below by September 10th, 1999.
Further details can be obtained from:
Dr. Katharine Reid
School of Chemistry
University of Nottingham
Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
tel: 44-115-951-3446, fax: 44-115-951-3562
email: [log in to unmask],
URL: http://www.nott.ac.uk/chemistry/new/staff/reid/reid.html
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