Dear All:
Paraphrasing Rich's posting: I have been asked to post this position
announcement on AMMRL. Please do not send applications to me. Please
follow the instructions below.
Vera Mainz
>>>>>>>>>> Position Announcement Follows >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Manager
Solution-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy at Caltech
The Manager of the Solution State NMR Facility is responsible for
developing and maintaining state of the art solution-phase NMR capabilities
within the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division at the California
Institute of Technology. Currently the Facility includes one Varian 600,
two Varian 500 (one with autosampler) and five Varian 300 spectrometers
(three with H, F, C, P autoswitchable probes, two with ATB probes, one with
autosampler); Sun OS 9, VNMR 6.1C soon upgrading to VNMRJ operating
systems. The manager provides strategic direction, advocacy, day-to-day
management of the Division's NMR research needs, oversight of Divisional
solution-phase NMR instruments, consultation with users on advanced
applications of NMR for research problems, and education of the user group
on relevant research and advances relating to NMR and its applications
through individual instruction and informal course offerings.
Principal Duties include:
Provide strategic leadership, advocacy and advice on NMR to
researchers and faculty in the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (CCE)
Division.
Supervise the Spectroscopist and several Graduate Student Laboratory
Assistants (GLAs) in the Facility.
Maintain instrumentation in working order, in collaboration with the
spectroscopist, GLAs and electronic and computing technicians.
Provide assistance and consulting to users undertaking non-routine NMR
experiments with the instruments in the Facility.
Provide training and education on emerging new NMR methods and new
instrumentation to the spectroscopist, GLAs, and users.
Manage computer network security, installation of upgrades of NMR
software (particularly with Linux support) and new applications, and
maintain the webpage for the Facility.
Manage charging and the operational budget for the NMR Facility and
prepare annual reports to the CCE Divisional Instrumentation Committee that
address Facility planning and operations.
In coordination with the CCE Divisional Instrumentation Committee
identify funding opportunities and take a leadership role in grant proposal
writing for instrument acquisition and hardware/software upgrades.
Maintain strong interactions with other NMR facilities on Campus.
Assist the faculty in teaching an advanced level course in modern NMR
spectroscopy
Send resume and salary history by June 1, 2006 to Dr. Paul Carroad,
Chemistry Mail Code 164-30, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,
CA 91125-3000.
Received on Thu Mar 02 2006 - 08:51:55 MST