Beamline Scientist at NanoMAX

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Your team
NanoMAX is currently the only hard x-ray nanoprobe beamline at MAX IV.

It is primarily designed for imaging and scattering experiments that require a focused coherent beam to achieve ultimate resolution, such as ptychography and coherent diffraction imaging. Secondly, the nanofocused beam also provides prime spatial resolution to scanning diffraction and fluorescence mapping experiments.

Your role
We are now looking for a researcher with a strong background in diffraction-based x-ray techniques to join the NanoMAX team, and together ensure optimal operation of the beamline and its two end-stations ‘Diffraction’ and ‘Imaging’ for users and own experiments. You will take an active role in the further development of the beamline and its instruments, especially the Diffraction station, as well as driving your own projects within science and/or coherent diffraction method development.

Main work tasks

- You will actively help maintain and develop the beamline, the end-stations and data processing tools, as part of the NanoMAX team, with a primary focus on the Diffraction station
- You will support users during the planning, setup, and execution of experiments, and be available to participate in the development of eg. user sample environments or analysis code for nanoprobe experiments
- As a scientist, you are expected to take a leading role within a scientific research area or novel nanoprobe method(s) relevant to the Diffraction station, and promote this program within the (prospective) user community and at conferences

To be successful in this role you need to have the following qualifications

- PhD in natural sciences in a subject relevant to NanoMAX
- Demonstrated knowledge of diffraction-based techniques and experience with the use of scanning or coherent diffraction imaging approaches
- Good Python programming skills, working knowledge of collaborative software development tools, and considerable experience with the implementation of data acquisition or analysis algorithms
- You have a good track record of published articles in peer reviewed journals highlighting findings from your research and experimental activities
- Demonstrated ability to work independently
- Good command of English, good communication and team working skills

Qualifications below are seen as merits

- Experience in instrumentation development, particularly including timing, electrochemistry, nano-positioning and/or scanning
- Experience in x-ray fluorescence mapping and/or x-ray tomography

As a person you are interested in interdisciplinary and collaborative research and able to work effectively with research groups of very diverse backgrounds as well as engineers and technicians.

Read more about NanoMAX at: https://www.maxiv.lu.se/beamlines-accelerators/beamlines/nanomax/

What we offer
When you join our MAX IV family, you step into a world of front edge science. We make the invisible visible by supporting scientist from all over the world, generating scientific results for the benefit of society. We offer you a multicultural work environment with great opportunities for personal development with respect for a healthy work-life balance.

Would you like to work in a challenging and supporting environment? Then join us and take the opportunity to make a real difference!

For further information, please visit:

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-lund-university/work-lund-university
http://www.sweden.se
https://www.maxiv.lu.se/about-us/careers/compensation-benefits/

 

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MAX IV is a Swedish national large-scale research laboratory hosted by Lund University. It provides scientists from Sweden as well as internationally, with state-of-the-art instrumentation for research in areas such as engineering, physics, structural biology, chemistry and nanotechnology. Fully developed it will receive more than 2 000 scientists annually, conducting ground-breaking experiments in materials and life sciences using the brilliant X-ray light.

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