EMMA and TIGRESS Postdoctoral Researcher

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BASIC FUNCTION:
Assist in supporting, operating, maintaining, and improving the recoil mass spectrometer EMMA and the gamma-ray spectrometer TIGRESS, and participate in experiments in nuclear structure and nuclear astrophysics that utilize both spectrometers together.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Simulate, configure, maintain, integrate, and commission components of EMMA, TIGRESS, and auxiliary detectors.
• Couple, decouple, and reconfigure the spectrometers as needed.
• Participate in EMMA-TIGRESS experiments.
• Prepare presentations, reports, and documentation for review panels.
• Analyze experimental data and present results through peer-reviewed scientific journals and at national and international conferences and workshops.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Provide technical advice and guidance to undergraduate and graduate student researchers.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Knowledge of nuclear physics, nuclear astrophysics, and radiation measurement.
• Experience in operating radiation detectors.
• General computing skills.
• Experience with scientific computing and data acquisition systems.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Ph.D. in nuclear physics or nuclear chemistry (earned within the past 5 years).