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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#000081">ORNL Publications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#818100">External Publication<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C78F17">Job Posting Title<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Postdoctoral Research Associate in Neutron Scattering and Data Analysis / NB50603622<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C78F17">Posted Date<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">11/16/2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C78F17">End Posting Date<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">12/12/2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C78F17">Purpose<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The Neutron Sciences Directorate (NScD) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) operates the High Flux Isotope Reactor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">(HFIR), the United States' highest flux reactor based neutron source, and the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS), the world's<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">most intense pulsed accelerator based neutron source. Together these facilities operate 30 instruments for neutron scattering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">research, each year carrying out in excess of 1,000 experiments in the physical, chemical, materials, biological and medical<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">sciences. The Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate (CCSD) in ORNL is home to some of the world’s most<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">advanced supercomputing. To learn more about Neutron Sciences at ORNL go to:
<a href="http://neutrons.ornl.gov">http://neutrons.ornl.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The Quantum Condensed Matter Division (QCMD)
<a href="https://neutrons.ornl.gov/qcmd">https://neutrons.ornl.gov/qcmd</a> in the Neutron Sciences Division (NScD)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">at ORNL operates 13 instruments for elastic and inelastic neutron scattering studies of materials including the Magnetism<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Reflectometer. Instruments are located at both HFIR and SNS. QCMD conducts research on materials with emergent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">properties that are manifestly quantum in origin. Some examples of current interest include superconductivity, toplogical<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">insulators, low dimensional magnetism, nanocomposite and mesoscale magnetic materials.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Quantum Condensed Matter Division (QCMD) has an immediate opening for an outstanding candidate for a postdoctoral<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">position with a strong background in Physics and with skills in computer/computational science to be involved in development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">of highly optimized software tools for the analysis and modeling of Grazing Incidence Neutron Scattering at the Spallation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Neutron Source of the interface driven properties of complex heterostructures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">This position will be located in in the Thin Films and Nanostructures Group of the Quantum Condensed Matter Division (TFN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">QCMD) and benefits from strong interactions with the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) and Computing and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Computational Sciences Directorate (CCSD) at ORNL and will comprise a diverse spectrum of nanoscience activities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Neutron Reflectometry at the SNS is used to investigate thin film heterostructures which exhibit unusual physical properties<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">that are important for science and technology and represent recent key innovations. The availability of high performance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">polarized and unpolarized neutron reflectometry is vital for understanding properties in the systems that include: (i) innovative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">new generation of heterostructures based on integrating topological insulators with conventional materials to induce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">ferromagnetic interactions with symmetry breaking at the interface ; (ii) multifunctional oxide heterostructures with unusual<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">physical properties important from both the fundamental and device application viewpoints; (iii) spintronic devices using<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">magnetic tunnel junction with a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, (iv) tunnel barriers in hybrid organic/metallic spin-valve<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">structures; and (v) structural characteristics of active layers in organic photovoltaic devices.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The successful candidate will conduct scientific research using exceptional experimental capability and will be engaged in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">development of highly optimized software tools for the analysis and modeling of Grazing Incidence Neutron Scattering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">(GINS) at the Spallation Neutron Source of the interface driven properties of complex heterostructures. Full training will be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">given in all aspects of neutron reflectometry including beamline operation, data acquisition, processing and modeling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C78F17">Major Duties/Responsibilities<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">* Conduct research on a mutually agreed topic in magnetic thin films and nano-structures using the Magnetism<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Reflectometer and other instruments as appropriate and to publish scientific papers resulting from this research and present<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">results at appropriate national and international meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">* The successful candidate will be part of the Thin Films and Nanostructures group in the Quantum Condensed Matter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Division at ORNL and will be expected to take part in all group activities, which include seminars and monthly meetings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">* Ensure compliance with environment, safety, health and quality program requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">* Maintain strong commitment to the implementation and perpetuation of values and ethics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">* Physical requirements for this job include the use of hand and eye protection gear, kneeling, sitting for extended periods of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">time, extensive work at chemical laboratories, and possible exposure to ionizing radiation normally associated with operation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">of neutron scattering instruments for scientific research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C78F17">Qualifications Required<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in physics, chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science or a related discipline from an<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">accredited institution. Candidates must be self-motivated and have good interpersonal, communication and presentational<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">skills. The date of application must be within 5 years of the most recent degree, and all degree requirements must be<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">complete before starting the appointment. Certain exceptions may be considered. This position is a temporary, full-time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">assignment of 24 months months with a possibility of an extension of up to 12 months depending on the funding situation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C78F17">Qualifications Desired</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Previous experience with neutron or x-ray reflectometry is desirable as well as experience in programming languages such<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">as C/C++/Fortran, Python.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Reports to Valeria Lauter. Will interface with the MR instrument team, Software scientists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Questions about the position may be directed to Valeria Lauter (<a href="mailto:lauterv@ornl.gov">lauterv@ornl.gov</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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