Chemistry Department Instrumentation Manager

Temple University•Philadelphia, PA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Chemistry Department at Temple University is seeking applications for the position of Department Instrumentation Manager. The successful applicant will take charge of an NMR laboratory with three Bruker spectrometers, two 500s and one 400 MHz. Equipped with sample changer robotics, these comprise an open-access NMR environment. The manager will train students in safety and operations, respond to problems arising with the spectrometers, and will conduct minor repairs to the equipment, with the goal of maintaining constant operability of the spectrometers. The manager will support the education of students who require advanced techniques; the manager will also suggest appropriate advanced NMR experiments and provide additional training and supervision as needed. The Manager will assume responsibility for cryogen (liquid He, N2) maintenance and replenishment for each of the magnets, in a timely manner. Prior experience in these techniques is required. In addition to the duties above, the manager will play a leading role alongside faculty in the development of support systems for other analytical instrumentation in the Department, including HPLCs, LC-Mass Spectrometers, FTIR equipment, among others. As described above, user training and minor repairs to these instruments will become part of the duties for this position.

Requirements

PhD in organic, inorganic or analytical chemistry.
Extensive experience in NMR spectroscopy.
Prior experience in cryogen (liquid He, N2) maintenance and replenishment.

Responsibilities

Take charge of an NMR laboratory with three Bruker spectrometers (two 500s and one 400 MHz) equipped with sample changer robotics.
Train students in NMR safety and operations.
Respond to problems arising with the spectrometers.
Conduct minor repairs to the NMR equipment to maintain constant operability.
Support the education of students requiring advanced NMR techniques.
Suggest appropriate advanced NMR experiments.
Provide additional training and supervision as needed for advanced NMR techniques.
Assume responsibility for cryogen (liquid He, N2) maintenance and replenishment for NMR magnets.
Play a leading role alongside faculty in the development of support systems for other analytical instrumentation (HPLCs, LC-Mass Spectrometers, FTIR equipment, etc.).
Provide user training for other analytical instruments.
Perform minor repairs to other analytical instruments.