Sr Staff Scientist Electron Microscopy, Imaging & Characterization Core Lab

Position Summary

The senior staff scientist is responsible for providing advanced TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy) application support to facilitate KAUST high impact research. He/she is expected to improve existing practice and develop new methods to improve the equipment’s performance and tackle challenging scientific problems with users. He/she is also expected to conduct advanced training to KAUST researchers and outside entities. This position has a major focus on physical/material science.

Major Responsibilities

• Carry out complex or novel assignments requiring the development of new or improved techniques and procedures. Work is expected to result in the development of new or refined equipment, materials, processes, products, and/or scientific methods and approaches.
• Collaborate with users on challenging scientific problems through novel application of advanced TEM techniques, which is expected to result in high impact publications
• Develop expertise of electron optics and optimize the equipment optic conditions.
• Develop expertise in high energy resolution and make it available to advanced users through SOP for high impact research projects.
• Build up knowledge in the areas of EM Lab’s key customers, including catalysis, membrane and
• semiconductors, to facility value-added support
• Conduct training to basic and advanced users.
• Stay on top of the current trend of transmission electron microscopy development.
• Advice Core Labs on new capability/expertise buildup.
• Work with equipment suppliers to solve outstanding equipment and application issues.
• Work with service engineer to ensure assigned equipment high uptime.
• Coaching/training junior scientists on advanced techniques.
• Ensure good laboratory practice and safety in the assigned work area at all times
• Perform routine laboratory duties and maintenance, including administrative, procurement, service on task forces and committees

Competencies

• Strong understanding of working principles and solid knowledge of TEM and crystallography.
• Good general knowledge of materials science and strong capability to learn new development in novel materials.
• Strong capability to use a wide application of complex principles, theories and concepts in the field of electron microscopy in combination of working knowledge of other related materials science disciplines to provide solutions to a wide range of difficult problems
• Solid understanding of electron optics of monochromated and spherical aberration corrected TEM/STEM
• A dedicated and results-oriented team player.
• Advance knowledge of EELS and its applications

Qualifications & Experience

• Ph.D degree in materials science, physics, and/or chemistry with strong focus on electron microscopy.
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in TEM as application scientist or staff scientist in a TEM dedicated laboratory with extended experience with aberration correctors