We are opening a search for a new director of the
University Instrumentation Center. We hope to fill
this position soon as the current director is
retiring as of July 1.
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
DIRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY INSTRUMENTATION CENTER
BACKGROUND: Founded in 1866, the University of New Hampshire is
a public University serving 10,500 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate
students. Recognized among public universities for the quality of the
academic experience it provides to its students, UNH is also a
strong research universities. A comprehensive land-, sea-,
and space-grant university, UNH pursues a three-part mission of
teaching, research, and service. External funding of research has
grown continuously and dramatically over the last two decades,
reaching $78 million in awards in fiscal year 2000. Ideally located
in the rural town of Durham, UNH is within 20 minutes of the Maine
and New Hampshire seacoasts, and one hour of Boston, Portland,
and the White Mountains.
The UNH University Instrumentation Center (UIC) was established
in 1973 in recognition of the challenges in acquiring and
maintaining costly scientific equipment, as well as the need
for optimizing equipment use by the university community.
The center provides direct and easy access for all campus
researchers to a wide variety of instrumentation. It also
provides a unique and readily identifiable location for other
New Hampshire institutions and agencies (e.g. colleges, schools,
and industries) to have access to state-of-the-art instrumentation
for analytical and educational purposes. The UIC staff of six
provides expertise in instrumental analysis techniques, maintains
and repairs the instrumentation, operates the instruments for
clients and/or trains them to operate the instruments themselves,
and assists in data analysis. More information is
available at
http://unhinfo.unh.edu/instrumentation-center/index.html.
Analytical services at the UIC include: Elemental Analysis;
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS); High-Field Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance (90, 360, 400, and 500 MHz); Ultra-Violet,
Visible, and Near-Infrared Spectrophotometry (UV-Vis-NIR);
Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR); Optical Rotation; X-Ray Photoelectron
Spectroscopy; Electron Microscopy including Scanning Electron
Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) with
Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS).
RESPONSIBILITIES: Reporting to the Vice President for Research
and Public Service, the University Instrumentation Center Director will
be responsible for leading an emerging research and teaching oriented
service center toward excellence; duties to include:
· Working directly with faculty, administrators, and clients from
diverse backgrounds and perspectives to maximize use of all facilities
within the UIC; forging partnerships with researchers, teaching oriented
faculty members, other departments, programs, and research centers and
institutes for purposes of proactively supporting research and
instruction;
· Managing the financial, administrative, and supervisory aspects of the UIC;
· Supporting education and training of staff, university researchers/clients,
and students;
· Securing funding through external and internal sources in order to obtain
new instruments and upgrade existing equipment;
· Promoting UNH outreach mission by developing knowledge and awareness of
other laboratories in the state and region, for purposes of forming
partnerships, referral relationships, information networks, etc.
Serving as a resource for state government and business and industry.
QUALIFICATIONS:
· Advanced degree in physical sciences or engineering with Ph.D preferred.
· Minimum of three years managerial experience.
· Demonstrated experience with operation of analytical instruments and
application to research problems.
· Demonstrated success in obtaining external funding for scientific instruments.
· Excellent oral and written communication skills.
· Demonstrated ability to work with a variety of constituents.
STARTING DATE: July 1, 2001
SALARY: Competitive and commensurate with experience.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Open until filled.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Applicants should send a letter of intent, resume,
and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of three references to:
Chair, University Instrumentation Center Director Search Committee
C/O Office of the Vice President for Research and Public Service
Room 107, Thompson Hall
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824
UNH seeks excellence through diversity in its faculty and staff,
and strongly urges women and minority scholars to apply.
Received on Wed Mar 14 2001 - 11:14:32 MST