Soft Matter Characterization Facilities Coordinator

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Posted: 14-Jan-24

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Salary: Open

Internal Number: 264740

Vacancy ID: NF0007309

Position Summary/Description:

This position is located in the Chemistry Department within the College of Arts and Sciences. The Laboratory Manager in the Soft Matter Characterization Laboratory within the Chapel Hill Analytical and Nanofabrication Laboratory (CHANL) at UNC plays a key role in operating and supporting Core laboratory objectives by providing DSC, TGA, DMA, and Rheometry expertise and analytical service for utilization and collaboration to internal and external clients. As the Lab Manager, this position will carry out independent analytical experiments and provide training and assistance to faculty, undergraduate, graduate, and post-docs who have polymer characterization needs. The primary role (50%) is to coordinate project development and instrument optimization for polymer research, course, and core projects involving polymer characterization instrumentation and technologies. This entails conducting literature searches, modifying existing instrument protocols, designing and implementing experiments, generating reports to communicate findings to Core users, clients, and other members, and keeping thorough records of all observations and investigations. This work requires strong knowledge of polymer chemistry and instrumentation and data collection and processing tools. The second role (30%) is orchestrating the training of new undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral lab users in laboratory instruments/methods and computational tasks, while assisting with the interpretation of complex data. The third role (20%) is dedicated to lab management. Ensuring that the lab runs smoothly, tracking inventory and purchasing supplies, and a culture of lab safety and compliance with chemical and biological regulations is paramount.

Education and Experience:

Experience with polymer characterization is a plus. Experience in laboratory management, training, or equivalent skills is a plus.
Experience with personnel supervision.
Experience installing new instrumentation.Experience with analytical methods development and instrument troubleshooting.
Experience with budget management and procurement.
Experience working with students and post-docs in an academic environment.

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