Open Positions at IPS

• Senior Scientist (f/m/d) X-ray microscopy and coherent imaging techniques for the life sciences and materials research
• M.Sc. physics, chemistry or material science (f/m/d) part time 75%

Senior Scientist (f/m/d)
X-ray microscopy and coherent imaging techniques for the life sciences and materials research

Category

Job description

• You contribute to ensuring efficient operation and to the continuous further development of the instrumental and methodological capabilities of HIKA.

• You develop and optimize state-of-the-art concepts for hierarchical imaging and serial tomography using synchrotron radiation.

• You are responsible for the budget for investments in beamline components.

• You support collaboration and user groups in carrying out experiments and in data analysis.

• You contribute to long-term research projects and to scientific publications.

• You work in interdisciplinary teams at KIT and DESY.

Personal qualification

• Doctorate (PhD) in physics, chemistry, materials science, or a related discipline.

• Several years of experience in experimental work at beamlines of synchrotron facilities.

• Comprehensive understanding of beamline instrumentation and X-ray imaging techniques.

• Experience in at least one of the following areas: X-ray microscopy, phase-contrast imaging, or tomography.

• Experience in project management.

• Excellent command of English, both written and spoken.

• High motivation to contribute to collaborative research and to drive innovation in imaging techniques and applications.

M.Sc. physics, chemistry or material science (f/m/d)
part time 75%

Category

Job description

• Developing a detector platform to integrate MMCs at existing cutting-edge synchrotron beamlines (e.g., X-SPEC at the KIT Light Source)
• Developing and characterizing infrared blocking filters with high transmission in the soft and hard x-ray range
• Presenting your results at international conferences and publishing them in peer-review journals
• Performing soft and hard electron and x-ray spectroscopy experiments on applied material systems, e.g., for catalysis, using various beamlines of the KIT Light Source

Personal qualification

• Master’s degree in physics, chemistry, material science, or related field
• Hands-on experience with ultra-high vacuum (UHV) systems
• Ideally familiar with soft and hard x-ray and electron spectroscopies
• Enthusiasm for team-based and interdisciplinary science, with a focus on detector development and applied materials systems
• Good English skills (written and spoken)