Summer worker for information systems at CoSAXS

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The University has 40 000 students and 7 600 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.


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.



The CoSAXS beamline will be a state-of-the-art multipurpose Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) instrument with opportunities to use the inherent high coherence properties of the MAX IV machine through X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (XPCS) experiments.

It will offer high brilliance, monochromatic and tuneable X-rays, with outstanding performance in low beam divergence and high X-ray flux. This high-performance X-ray beam will be complemented by an exceptional pool of sample environments and detector systems. Several techniques will be available through modular operation: USAXS/SAXS/WAXS, protein solution SAXS, time resolved SAXS and XPCS amongst others. It will meet the demands of a large and broad community of users.

Work tasks
CoSAXS is shortly to start full operation. You will work closely with us, for up to 6 – 8 weeks, to develop the beamline operation routines for external beamline users. You will write documentation and manuals for the beamline as well as develop the beamline webpages. You will need to collate information from various sources and present it in a clear manner both for external users and beamline staff.

Qualifications
We are looking for a summer worker with a basic understanding of physics, chemistry, materials science and demonstrated experience in scientific computing and programming skills (in Python or Matlab). Knowledge of x-ray scattering (in particular SAXS) is considered a merit. You should have good visual and written presentation skills and have examples of webpages, documentation, reports or manuals you have written. You should be comfortable in communicating in English, both orally and written.  As a person you should be able to take initiative, be performance oriented, structured and creative.

Time period:  8 June - 17 July

On call services may apply in the future.

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