Postdoctoral Fellow - Physics and Astronomy : Christchurch, New Zealand

Department of Physics and Astronomy
Job ID: 3022

Full-time at 37.5 hours per week (1.0FTE)
3 year fixed term position
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a three year fixed term postdoctoral fellowship working on fundamental properties of nanoscale topological insulators in New Zealand. The successful applicant will undertake research into the growth of nanostructures of topologically insulating materials, and their topological properties. The atomic scale structure and electronic properties of the nanostructures will be studied primarily using a commercial Scanning Tunneling Microscope and this work is likely to be supplemented by electron spectroscopy experiments and calculations with international collaborators.

This work builds on ten years of experience in growing related nanostructures and is part of a project that has recently been funded by New Zealand’s most prestigious science funding agency, the Marsden Fund. The project also aligns closely with the objectives of the MacDiarmid Institute, a national Centre of Research Excellence, and the successful applicant will enjoy access to the facilities and programs of the Institute.

The successful candidate will have a PhD in physics or a related discipline and must have experimental experience in scanning probe microscopy, ultra-high vacuum techniques, and nanostructure or thin film growth, as well as experience with several of: synchrotron spectroscopy techniques (such as angle resolved photo-electron spectroscopy); band structure calculations; lithography or other device fabrication techniques; and computer simulations.

The closing date for this position is 10 January 2016.

Applications for this position should include a cover letter, resume and any additional attachments combined into one document and submitted online.

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