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Salary Range:
Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications
About SMU
SMU's more than 12,000 diverse, high-achieving students come from all 50 states and 90 countries to take advantage of the University's small classes, hands-on research opportunities, leadership development, community service, international study and innovative programs. The University offers a strong foundation in the humanities and sciences and undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs through eight schools.
Now in its second century of achievement, SMU is increasingly recognized for the ways it supports students, faculty and alumni as they become ethical leaders in their professions and communities. On the most beautiful college campus in the country, SMU Mustangs are energized by unbridled opportunities - from teaching, learning and research to creativity, performance and athletic endeavor.
About the Department:
The Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences is a vibrant, collegial, research-oriented department that employs innovative analytical and observational approaches to advance knowledge in fundamental and applied problems in Earth Science. The Department is composed of 25 faculty and research faculty and 17 technical and support staff and provides undergraduate and graduate programs through to Ph.D. Research foci span Geochemistry/Petrology, Geophysics, and Paleontology; each of these strengths is guided by an emphasis on quantitative, measurement-based approaches to research. Relevant to this advertisement, the Department maintains a world-class stable isotope facility, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, and multiple electron-microscope instruments. We work together to ensure that our research and teaching impact the world and create a workplace that is inviting, inclusive and where leadership decisions reflect the shared goals of the department community.
About the Position:
The Laboratory Manager will oversee the maintenance and daily operation of X-ray and electron beam instrumentation. This includes a JEOL IT500-HR field emission scanning electron microscope with EDS, WDS and Cathodoluminescence detectors, a Thermo Scientific ARL Perform'X Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence laboratory, and a Rigaku Ultima III X-ray diffraction laboratory. The position will include facilitating data collection and interpretation for researchers and students within the Earth Sciences department, among departments at SMU and for regional outside users and collaborators. The teaching component of the position includes training graduate and undergraduate students in data collection, processing and interpretation and participating in courses and course projects that utilize the laboratory equipment. The position will accommodate the development of independent research on the part of the laboratory manager.
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