Scientist with full-field tomographic imaging expertise, ForMAX

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 47 000 students and more than 8 800 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.


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Your team
The ForMAX beamline is designed for multiscale structural characterization of materials from macroscopic to molecular length scales, by combining small- and wide-angle x-ray scattering (SWAXS), scanning SWAXS imaging, and full-field tomographic imaging.

A particular focus is the development of new materials and specialty chemicals from forest raw material, contributing towards our transition to a sustainable, bio-based economy.

Would you like to work at one of the brightest lightsources in the world?

MAX IV is looking for a scientist to strengthen the ForMAX team through expertise in full-field tomographic imaging.  

Your main work tasks will be to

- Play a major role in the operation, maintenance, and further development of the beamline, together with the rest of the ForMAX team and technical support teams.
- Provide support for external users.
- Supervise junior team members.
- Lead research projects, with the objective to develop new full-field tomographic imaging capability for our user community.
- Actively participate in cross-beamline or facility-wide development projects.
- Develop your skills in beamline instrumentation, control systems, data acquisition pipelines, and/or data reduction and analysis tools.
- Actively participate in research collaborations with academic and industrial partners.

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

- PhD degree in physics, chemistry, materials science, or another relevant subject.
- Documented expertise in full-field tomographic imaging, including data analysis.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver tasks on time, in scope, and within budget, as an individual and within a team.
- Good command of written and spoken English

Below are seen as merits

- Demonstrated evidence of method development of full-field tomographic imaging.
- Expertise in the development of data analysis or image reconstruction tools.
- Experience in development/commissioning of sample environments.
- Skills in programming.
- Previous work experience at a large scale research facility.
- Published research on materials, or demonstrated experience of working with materials, relevant for ForMAX.

As a person you are able to work independently and to take initiative. You should have strong social and communication skills. The ability to work within a team successfully is key in this role.

What we offer
When you join our MAX IV team, 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/

Probationary period applies.
Work out of hours and travel may be required in this position.

On call services may apply.



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. It will receive up to 2 000 scientists annually, conducting ground-breaking experiments in materials and life sciences using the brilliant X-ray light.

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