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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

A full-time Microscopy Imaging Scientist / Core Manager position is available in the Advanced Light Microscopy Core (ALM) at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, PA. ALM supports researchers by providing consultations, training, and assisted sessions on advanced microscopes and image processing/analysis. Current microscopes include a DeltaVision Elite (widefield), a Leica SP8 STED 3X (confocal/STED), a Leica SP8 FALCON (confocal with FLIM/FCS), and a Miltenyi Biotec UltraMicroscope II (light-sheet for cleared samples). A Nikon CSU-W1 SoRa super-res spinning disk confocal microscope will be purchased soon. Commercial image visualization/analysis/processing software--Imaris and SVI Huygens--are on ALM workstations.

Responsibilities:
-    Manages ALM and leads other ALM staff to support and advance research
-    Trains and assists researchers with the execution of advanced imaging experiments (experimental design, how to acquire quantifiable data, image analysis)
-    Ensures microscopes/workstations are in excellent working order
-    Supports users with troubleshooting
-    Interacts with vendors for troubleshooting, service contracts, scheduling visits, etc.
-    Responds to researcher inquiries in a timely fashion during working hours
-    Organizes teaching and educational events
-    Uses the iLab System for administrative tasks such as scheduling and billing
-    Works with faculty members to secure funding for additional instrumentation
-    Other related functions as assigned

Minimum qualifications:
-    Understanding of optics, light microscopy, and digital images
-    Extensive hands-on experience with laser scanning confocal microscopy
-    Knowledge of fluorescence microscopy sample preparation methods
-    Experience with training others on microscopes and/or bioimage analysis
-    Knowledge of best practices for digital image processing
-    Proactive, well-organized, and able to work independently and in a team
-    Strong oral and written communication skills in English
-    Soft skills to work in a customer-facing role
-    2+ years of experience working in a core facility / shared resource environment

Minimum Education

Bachelor's Degree

Minimum Experience

6+ years of relevant experience

Equivalency

Or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Preferred qualifications:
-    PhD in a related field
-    Experience with different microscopy modalities (spinning disk, STED, light-sheet)
-    Experience with fluorescence lifetime imaging or fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
-    Experience with bioimage analysis/processing using ImageJ/Fiji and Python
-    Experience in developing and/or implement