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Postdoctoral positions on the laboratory study of complex organics of relevance to Titan Postdoctoral openings are announced in the laboratory of Prof. Mark A. Smith and Dr. Hiroshi Imanaka in the Chemistry and Planetary Sciences Departments at the University of Arizona beginning in early 2009. The work involves the laboratory study of complex organic molecule production under conditions analogous to the environment of Saturn’s moon, Titan. Mass spectrometric methods will be used to investigate complex organic aerosols and condensates relevant to Titan’s atmosphere. Of particular interest are the mechanisms of nitrogen fixation, gross functional structure/chemical potential, condensate photochemical aging and hydrolytic evolution for the generation of CHNO prebiological compounds and structural resolution of complex aerosol mixtures. This work is part of a new National Astrobiology Institute multidisciplinary effort http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/teams/can5/jpl-titan ). Suitable candidates must have a strong background in analytical/physical chemistry or planetary science with preferential experience in gas phase organic reaction mechanisms and photochemistry, high resolution mass spectrometry, complex mixture chromatography, nuclear magnetic resonance techniques and/or organic aerosol science. We seek independent thinkers who wish to work in a highly diverse group. Candidates should send a letter of application with CV to Dr. Mark A. Smith, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and arrange to have three letters of recommendation independently sent. To join or leave the molecular-dynamics-news email list, go to: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/molecular-dynamics-news.html