Imperial College London
Faculty of Natural Sciences
South Kensington Campus
Research Associate in Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Photosynthesis
Salary scale: £37,904 - £45,547 per annum
Application Closing date: 1th February 2019 (Midnight GMT)
Applications are invited for a Research Associate position in Ultrafast
Spectroscopy of Photosynthesis in the group of Jasper van Thor at
Imperial College London.
The successful applicant will join the Molecular Biophysics group at
Imperial College London to perform ultrafast laser spectroscopy
experiments of photosynthesis using multi-pulse approaches. The
ultrafast spectroscopy laboratory offers advanced capabilities for
femtosecond time resolved two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy,
transient absorption spectroscopy and femtosecond time resolved
mid-infrared spectroscopy. The focus of the work will be to configure
and execute multi-pulse experiments in the electronic and infrared
spectral regions. In addition, international collaboration with a
theoretical physics group will focus on the single-pigment level
analysis of exciton dynamics in photosynthetic reaction centers and
smaller models. You will be involved in all experimental aspects of the
project and will be responsible for configuring, executing and analysing
femtosecond laser spectroscopy experiments.
You have:
A PhD (or equivalent) in Physics, Chemistry or Materials Science.
Experience of ultrafast laser spectroscopy
Experience non-linear optics
Experience with detector systems and electronics
Experience of data acquisition and analysis
Experience with LabView, Matlab, python
The position is full time and is available for up to 36 months. The post
will be based at the South Kensington Campus, associated with the
ultrafast spectroscopy laboratory (www.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.vanthor).
*Candidates who have not yet been officially awarded their PhD will be
appointed as Research Assistant within the salary range £33,380- £35,061
per annum.
For enquiries about the position please contact J.J. van Thor, Professor
of Molecular Biophysics and head of the ultrafast laser spectroscopy
laboratory in the Department of Life Sciences, at [log in to unmask]
Should you have any queries regarding the application process please
contact Miss Laila Pastor at [log in to unmask], to request an
application form.
For technical queries during the application process, please contact
[log in to unmask]
Application links:
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/description/NAT00345/research-associate
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BPB647/research-associate-in-ultrafast-spectroscopy-of-photosynthesis
To join or leave the molecular-dynamics-news email list, go to:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/molecular-dynamics-news.html
