APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

• CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.

• CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.

• If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants.

Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants.

JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to conduct fundamental research in the areas of Metal-oxide based sensing technology.

This position requires extensive experience in the areas of functional and oxide materials synthesis and device fabrication/testing. These experiences will be evaluated based upon prior research experience and peer-reviewed high impact factor journal publications. Prior research experience in materials characterization, sensors evaluation, testbed development, etc. will be beneficial.

Further, the candidate should have experience with microstructure analysis via high-resolution microscopies. The candidate will be actively collaborating with multiple academic and industry team members and thus good communication skills are desired. The candidate is expected to participate in the development of project reports and proposals and thus good technical writing skills are highly desired.

The research is conducted at Steidle Building at the Penn State University Park Campus under the supervision of Dr. Bed Poudel. Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate in Engineering, Material Science, Physics or related fields. Before the effective date of hire, applicants need to provide evidence of completion of the Ph.D. degree.

Application review will begin immediately, and the position will remain open until the position is filled. Interested applicants should send the following pdf documents (i) Cover letter, (ii) CV and (iii) Publication into a single pdf to Sadie Spicer (sco3@psu.edu). For additional information about this position, please contact Dr. Bed Poudel (bup346@psu.edu).

The Pennsylvania State University is committed to and accountable for advancing di