Postdoctoral Fellow Full-time

Postdoctoral Fellow

Develops new laboratory methods for the acquisition and interpretation of magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements of porous rocks, experience in experimental physics or similar field and experience with electronics, machine shop tools, designing and building experiments. Will provide assistance and guidance to several graduate and undergraduate students carrying out laboratory experiments.

Responsibilities

• To perform research in the area of nuclear magnetic resonance at the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.
• Perform research on nuclear magnetic resonance and novel NMR inversion algorithms.
• Perform research on NMR pulse sequencing and data acquisition software.
• Perform research on atomic, molecular, and optical physics.
• Perform research on NMR measurement interpretations found in spatially heterogeneous rocks.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Physics received within the last three years.
• Programming experience with Fortran, MATLAB and C++.

Preferred Qualifications

• One year of post-doctoral experience.
• PhD in experimental physics or similar field.
• Experience with electronics, machine shop tools, designing and building experiments.
• Experience in teaching and/or research.

Salary Range

$60,000+ depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• Personal protection equipment (furnished).
• May work around chemical fumes.
• May work around standard office conditions.
• May work around bio-hazards.
• May work around chemicals.

Work Shift

Flexible between 7am – 6pm

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

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