Assistant Scientist Position - Argonne National Laboratory Materials Science Division

Dr. John Mitchell at Argonne National Laboratory has a staff position opening in his research group in Argonne's Materials Science Division that he would like to fill in the next few months. The position is for an assistant physicist broadly construed, although I would be most interested in hiring a physicist/grower. His program has traditionally focused on transition metal oxides, and a program complementary to this would be most desirable. Potential areas of expertise could include transport, thermodynamics, or high pressure science. But these are not restrictive, and at this time he is open to most core condensed matter research compatible with the overall objectives of his program (http://www.msd.anl.gov/emerging-materials/home). His group is highly collaborative with many beamlines at the APS, and candidates interested in building science programs allied to x-ray scattering will also be seriously considered.

The ideal candidate will have a strong condensed matter physics background, with interest and experience in correlated electron phenomena and/or magnetism. Candidates interested in combining materials synthesis and crystal growth with measurement science will be considered favorably. It is expected that the candidate will over time to develop an independent program but will also collaborate with and add value to existing activities in my group and those of allied groups in MSD, particularly scattering groups. He/she will be expected to contribute to the evolution of current DOE-BES programmatic funding and with time expand the group's portfolio.

A full position description and application instructions can be found at the following address:

http://www.anl.gov/careers/apply-job/external-applicants

Job #321305

Interested parties should send John Mitchell a CV with publication list, PDFs of one or two 'top' papers he/she has published lately, the names of 3 references (including at least one not from the home institution), and a brief (~1-2 page) summary of research interests.