Job Title: Research Associate - Riedo Group
PVN ID: RC-1610-001432
Category: Research
Location: CUNY-ADVANCED SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER

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 Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Nanoscience
Status
Full Time
Salary
Depends on Qualifications
Closing Date
Dec 07, 2016 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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