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Research Fellow in Advanced X-ray Characterisation

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Global Academy Jobs
Location
United Kingdom
Salary
£33,199 to £39,609 p.a.
Closing date
Jul 24, 2019

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Are you an experienced and ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge?

Do you have a background in Advanced X-ray Characterisation of Materials and Processes with Synchrotron Radiation?

Do you want to further your career in one of the UK's leading research intensive Universities?

The team at University of Leeds is part of the EPSRC Future Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation Hub , a consortium of 7 UK Universities and more than 25 industrial companies. The aim of the Hub is to deliver new predictive tools and design approaches for products, processes and supply chains, to enable the potential of Quality-by-Design (QbD) and Industry 4.0 initiatives to be realised. These regulatory and industry-driven initiatives have set out ambitious visions, but the enabling tools do not yet exist. However, by bringing the latest advances in underpinning fundamental molecular science to bear on prediction tools and technologies we can realistically hope to facilitate a step-change in practice.

The role of the University of Leeds team is to provide leadership in advanced X-ray characterisation with synchrotron radiation techniques to the consortium. Latest advances in analytical X-ray technologies for in situ and operando studies of molecular materials and processes have established a virtually unexplored landscape for structure/performance studies, determining properties at all length scales from molecular to macroscopic dimensions complementing established X-ray crystallography, X-ray scattering and X-ray imaging techniques with advanced X-ray probing of local structure, notably through synchrotron techniques such as X-ray pair distribution function (XPDF) measurements, near-ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (NAP XPS) and near-edge X-ray absorption fine-structure (NEXAFS). Further opportunities for process studies arise from fast imaging and tomography with coherent synchrotron X-rays.

You will have a PhD (or close to completion) in a physical science or engineering subject, with a strong background in synchrotron radiation X-ray techniques and experience with synchrotron-based in situ X-ray characterisation beyond diffraction-based X-ray crystallography. Essential techniques: X-ray pair distribution (XPDF), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS).

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Professor Sven Schroeder , Bragg Centenary Chair in Engineering Applications of Synchrotron Radiation

Tel: +44 (0) 113 343 2401 or email: s.l.m.schroeder@leeds.ac.uk

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