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POSITION SPECIFICS

Isotope Research Chemist

The Laboratory for Isotopes and Metals in the Environment (LIME), part of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University (University Park campus) seeks an Isotope Research Chemist. LIME is a shared user facility that serves researchers from a range of disciplines at Penn State and other academic institutions, as well as in industry and governmental organizations. LIME maintains a Thermo Scientific Triton Plus TIMS and a Nu Instruments Sapphire MC-ICP-MS, as well as a metal-free clean laboratory.

This position is a non-tenure line research faculty position and is offered as a term appointment funded for one year from the date of hire with an excellent possibility of renewal contingent on satisfactory performance and available funding. Candidates will be considered for a research faculty rank commensurate with their education and experience in accordance with AC21. If hired, qualified candidates could have opportunities for promotion and advancement.

Responsibilities

The Research Chemist will train users and perform laboratory tasks related to operation of the TIMS and MC-ICP-MS. The Research Chemist will be part of a team of analysts and will bring professionalism, dependability, and safety consciousness to the job.

The successful candidate will:

• Operate LIME instrumentation (specifically the MC-ICP-MS and TIMS).

• Set and maintain standards for data quality and control for those instruments.

• Evaluate methodological development in LIME, including establishing and maintaining standard operating procedures (SOPs) and data quality standards for the TIMS and MC-ICP-MS.

• Maintain both instruments in working order, including hands-on maintenance of mass spectrometers and related peripherals and support equipment (e.g., chillers), and interface with manufacturer technicians to resolve problems and during service visits.

• Train, oversee trainin