Postdoctoral Fellow; Physics and Optical Sciences

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

Updated: 3 months ago
Location: Charlotte, NORTH CAROLINA
Job Type: PartTime
Deadline: 26 Jan 2024

Position Information
General Information


Position Number POST40
Working Title Postdoctoral Fellow; Physics and Optical Sciences
Division Academic Affairs
Department Col Liberal Arts & Science (Col)
Work Unit Physics and Optical Science
Work Location Grigg Building
Vacancy Open To All Candidates
Position Designation Post Doc
Employment Type Temporary - Part-time
Hours per week 40
Work Schedule
Varies
Pay Rate Pay Rate varies
Minimum Experience/Education
The Postdoctoral appointee must have recently (within the last eight years) been awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate (e.g., Sc.D., M.D.)
Required Qualifications/Experience
  • Ph.D. in Optics or related field with interest in applied optics.
  • Experience working with optical and mechanical properties of liquid crystal materials.
  • Programming skills, including MATLAB, and Python.
  • Excellent skills for designing and conducting highly specialized and advanced optical experiments.
  • Experience programming, controlling, and automatizing optical experiments that use Spatial Light Modulators.
  • Experience in structured light beams and applications.


Required Skills & Knowledge
  • Applied research experience in own area or specialism
  • Excellent interpersonal, networking and communication skills
  • Proven problem-solving skills

Required Personal Qualities
  • A clear commitment to contributing to the research environment and producing high quality research outputs
  • Proactive independent attitude
  • Flexible and adaptive with a positive approach to managing substantial projects and associated resources
  • A committed team-player
Departmental Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education:
Ph.D. in Optics and Photonics or related majors, specializing on liquid crystals.
Preferred Qualifications/Experience
  • Experience of working in a research team environment
  • Experience of writing research reports, publications or other relevant outputs


Preferred Skills & Knowledge
  • A good understanding of the research environment in a university
  • Experience of writing to publication standard or independently producing other research outputs
Duties and Responsibilities
Job Purpose: To undertake research under the guidance of the Principal Investigator and support the supervision of any students who may be assisting with the research.
The Postdoctoral Researcher will design, organize and conduct highly specialized and advanced optical experiments in the Active Optics Lab at the Department of Physics and Optical Sciences.
BASIC FUNCTION
Performing experiments in the laboratory to support research projects in the Active Optics Lab, which includes but is not limited to setting up and characterizing experimental optical systems, managing the laboratory supplies and equipment, collecting/analyzing data, supervision of undergraduate and graduate students.
A Postdoctoral Fellow (""postdoc"") is a professional apprenticeship designed to provide recent Ph.D. recipients with an opportunity to develop further the research skills acquired in their doctoral programs or to learn new research techniques, in preparation for an academic or research career. In the process of further developing their own research skills, it is expected that Postdoctoral Fellows will also play a significant role in the performance of research at the University and augment the role of graduate faculty in providing research instruction to graduate students. A Postdoctoral Fellow works under the supervision of a regular faculty member, who serves as a mentor to the Fellow, and it is expected that the faculty mentor will impart the realities, and variety, of scientific careers, and will encourage experiences outside the laboratory to broaden postdocs’ aspirations. Within the confines of the particular research focus assigned by that faculty member, the Postdoctoral Fellow functions with a considerable degree of independence and has the freedom (and is expected) to publish the results of his or her research or scholarship during the period of appointment. Thus, the role of Postdoctoral Fellows is clearly differentiated from full-time technical employees.
Postdoc appointments are characterized by all of the following conditions:
* the appointee was recently (within the last eight years) awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate (e.g., Sc.D., M.D.);
* the appointment is temporary;
* the appointment involves substantially full-time research or scholarship;
* the appointment is viewed as preparatory for a full-time academic and/or research career;
* the appointee works under the supervision of a faculty member; and
* the appointee has the freedom and is expected to publish the results of his or her research or scholarship during the period of appointment.
As an EOE/AA employer and an ADVANCE Institution that strives to create an academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte encourages applications from all underrepresented groups. Applicants subject to criminal background check.
Other Work/Responsibilities
Necessary Licenses or Certifications
Proposed Hire Date 08/15/2023
Expected Length of Assignment 12 months
Posting Open Date 07/24/2023
Posting Close Date 01/26/2024
Special Notes to Applicants
The candidate chosen for this position will be required to provide an official transcript of their highest earned degree.
The candidate chosen for this position will be subject to a criminal background check.

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