Careers Job Description
General Description
The City University of New York's newest facility, the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) builds on the success of the University's rich past with the goal of becoming a leader in visionary scientific research in the future. Focusing on the fields of Structural Biology, Nanotechnology, Photonics, Neuroscience, and Environmental Sciences, the ASRC will operate as a nucleus of a University-wide science enterprise, fostering the development of an integrated research network that brings together faculty, students, and post-doctoral fellows from CUNY's colleges across the five boroughs. This state-of-the-art, world-class facility will house a staff of elite scientists and leaders who will seek to break down the walls between disparate but increasingly interrelated disciplines of applied science. To learn more about the ASRC visit www.asrc.cuny.edu.
We are looking for a highly motivated, creative, and independent nanoscience researcher who is interested in interdisciplinary nanoscience with emphasis on nanolithography and atomic force microscopy. The research position is in the group of Prof. Elisa Riedo, picoforcelab.org located in the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) in Manhattan, NYC. This position is focused on the use of the NanoFrazor, the first SwissLitho system in a US academic institution. A close partnership with the company SwissLitho is envisaged, offering opportunities for travel in Switzerland and engaging in an industrial setting.
Other Duties
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Performs Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) based research activities and nanofabrication independently under supervision of PI and assists with complex research activities.
- Accurately documents findings, progress and observations, and interprets results
- Assists in experimental design and method development
Qualifications
Core Competencies
- Creative, Independent, Motivated, and Solution oriented Researcher
- Hands-on Experience with AFM techniques and various clean-room lithography, deposition, etching and metrology techniques
- Strong communication skills and willing to interact and collaborate closely with internal and external researchers, engineers and technicians
Minimum qualifications
- PhD degree in Physics or Engineering from an accredited institution
Preferred Skills
Experience
- Experience in AFM/SPM and nanofabrication
- Expertise in an experimental area of nanomaterials and scanning probe microscopy.
- Demonstrated expertise at working across and within disciplines
- Experience of supervising students at UG and PG level
- Publication of results in high quality journals
- Evidence of active conference participation
Personal Attributes
- Excellent communication skills
- A proven team player, able to collaborate and motivate successfully
- Ability to plan workload effectively
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Confident and competent experimentalist
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Nanoscience
Full Time
Depends on Qualifications
Dec 07, 2016 (Or Until Filled)