Please draw this post to the attention of suitable candidates. Please also
accept my apologies if you receive this advert more than once. Thank you. - Ian
Sims.
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The University of Birmingham -- School of Chemical Sciences
Project Title: Collisional Processes at Extremely Low Temperatures --
Astrophysical Chemistry
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Salary £17,278 - £19,293 per annum
Applications are invited for an EPSRC-funded postdoctoral position in the group
of Dr I.R. Sims in the School of Chemical Sciences of The University of
Birmingham to conduct research into reaction kinetics and energy transfer at
extremely low temperatures, with particular application to the new and growing
field of astrochemistry. The experiments will be carried out in collaboration
with Professor Ian WM Smith FRS, using the Birmingham CRESU facility, one of
only two such instruments worldwide, capable of generating temperatures in the
gas phase of 10 K and even below. In a new development, a combination of a
high-powered pulsed excimer laser and a multi-pass tunable infrared diode laser
spectrometer will permit, for the first time, the determination of product
branching ratios at temperatures down to 10 K for reactions of astrochemical and
atmospheric interest. Further applications of the new technique will include the
investigation of collisional energy transfer processes of astrophysical
importance and the kinetics of cluster formation, the early steps in homogeneous
condensation and the production of aerosols. Further details of the CRESU
technique may be accessed via the following web page:
http://www.che.bham.ac.uk/sims
All the necessary equipment has now been procured or built, and this opening
provides the ideal opportunity for a keen young scientist to make a significant
impact in an exciting new area of research. Applicants should possess experience
in experimental physical chemistry or chemical physics, and familiarity with the
use of lasers and/or high resolution infrared spectroscopy would be especially
advantageous. The post is available immediately for 22 months. Informal
enquiries should be addressed to: Dr Ian Sims, tel +44 121 414 3782 fax +44 121
414 4426 email: [log in to unmask]
Application forms (returnable by 13 September 2001) and details are available
from Personnel Services, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham,
B15 2TT, tel 0121 414 6486, web:(http://www.bham.ac.uk/personnel/). Please
quote reference number S35725/01.
Working towards equal opportunities
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Ian Sims
School of Chemical Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
United Kingdom
Tel.: +44 (0)121 414 3782
Fax: +44 (0)121 414 4426
email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
web: <http://www.che.bham.ac.uk/sims>
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