Scientist (Postdoc) for Scanning Microprobe Endstation at Beamline P25, PETRA III

Scientist (Postdoc) for Scanning Microprobe Endstation at Beamline P25

Location: Hamburg | Limited: 3 years | Starting date: earliest possible | ID: FSMA056/2024 | Deadline: 24.01.2025 | Full-time/Part-time

DESY, with more than 2900 employees at its two locations in Hamburg and Zeuthen, is one of the world’s leading research centres. Its research focuses on decoding the structure and function of matter, from the smallest particles of the universe to the building blocks of life. In this way, DESY contributes to solving the major questions and urgent challenges facing science, society, and industry.

For high-end synchrotron radiation applications, the 3rd generation source PETRA III has been available since 2009 as one of the most brilliant hard X-ray sources worldwide, currently operating 23 undulator beamlines for experiments utilizing the extreme source brilliance. The new beamline P25 is being built for innovative industrially relevant applications across several endstations and will also serve as a testbed for new technical developments towards PETRA IV. Commissioning and User experiments are planned from 2025-26.

About your role:

1. Support the design, installation, and commissioning of instrumentation at the beamline, particularly the scanning microprobe.
2. Support user groups at P25.
3. Perform advanced experiments making use of the specific beamline capabilities.
4. Involvement in the development of software for data evaluation and experiment control.
5. Develop own independent research and participate in collaborative projects with external groups.

Good reasons to join:

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. Respectful cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees are particularly important to us. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work-life balance, we offer flexible working hours and participation in mobile work (up to 50%).

You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management, and occupational pension provision. As a publicly funded employer, we offer you a secure workplace and facilitate your individual career with our comprehensive training and development opportunities.

Remuneration:

According to the regulations of the TV-AVH. DESY offers its employees a financial supplement for a German job ticket (Deutschland-Ticket) at both locations.

About you:

1. PhD in physics, chemistry, materials science, or related disciplines.
2. Experience with scanning X-ray techniques using synchrotron radiation, particularly X-ray fluorescence.
3. Further experience in a field of biological research and/or additional techniques such as full-field imaging or X-ray absorption spectroscopy is beneficial.
4. Experience with biological research is an advantage.
5. Practical knowledge of programming and scripting languages.
6. Experimental skills and interest in instrumentation development.
7. Very good written and oral communication skills in English.
8. Teamwork abilities.

For further information please contact Dr. Kathryn Spiers at +49 40 8998-5710 ( ). Please submit your complete application documents (letter of motivation, CV, and relevant certificates). We look forward to receiving your application via our application portal: Apply now.

DESY promotes equal opportunities and diversity. The professional development of women is very important to us, and therefore we strongly encourage women to apply for the vacant position. Applications from severely disabled persons will be given preference if they are equally qualified (sbv.desy.de). You can find further information here:

Deadline for applications: 25.01.2025

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