Assistant Professor (non-tenure track) for development of advanced DNP instrumentation and methods with optical excitation Full-time

Assistant Professor (Non-Tenure Track) For Development Of Advanced DNP Instrumentation And Methods With Optical Excitation

The position is funded by a recently awarded grant from the Novo Nordic Foundation entitled “Triplet-State DNP and EPR for Room-Temperature Quantum Sensing”. The project will involve building and integrating a laser-system into our home-build X-band pulsed DNP/EPR system to enable optical excitation of unpaired electron states to support high-sensitivity room-temperature quantum sensing. Besides the establishment of the experimental setup, this involves the design of pulsed DNP and EPR methods using advanced theoretical and numerical methods based on optimal control to optimize sensor selectivity and sensitivity. Using this setup, different sensor targets will be explored experimentally, and the data should be statistically analyzed using the calculation of electron-nuclear spin interactions based on quantum chemistry methods and advanced NMR/EPR calculations. The position also involves teaching in related topics at Department of Chemistry as well as mentoring of students in collaboration with the NMR and research groups at Department of Chemistry.

The place of work is Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C and the area of employment is Aarhus University with related departments. Contact information For further information, please contact Professor Niels Chr. Nielsen Phone: +45 2899 2541 E-mail: ncn@chem.au.dk