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Canadian Light Source Inc. (CLSI) is Canada's national synchrotron research facility located on the University of Saskatchewan campus in Saskatoon. The CLSI is seeing a leader for the team that operates the user program and provides ongoing scientific and technical developments for the Soft X-ray Spectromicroscopy Beamline. User experiments cover areas of materials, environmental, and biological sciences.
Responsibilities: As a member of the CLSI Science Division, the Staff Scientist is accountable for:
* Leadership and management of the beamline and beamline staff
* Developing and maintaining the beamline as a reliable, state-of-the-art facility
* Providing user support and scheduling beamline operation
* Producing documentation and protocols for beamline operation
* Providing scientific leadership for the beamline by working with the beamline team leader and others in the scientific community
* Leading and/or collaborating on research projects that utilize synchrotron soft x-ray spectromicroscopy
Qualifications: PhD degree in a relevant discipline (Physics, Chemistry, Engineering) plus considerable experience in one or more of the application areas of X-ray spectromicroscopy such as surface science, materials, catalysis, chemistry, life sciences or environmental sciences. Knowledge of general experimental practices and instrumental expertise for synchrotron X-ray spectroscopy and with STXM and X-PEEM microscopes is important. Expertise with instrumentation and controls is essential. Skills in working with diverse research groups, to understand abstract concepts and aid in interpreting results is an asset.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Significant use of memory
Additional Skills
- Supervise technicians, technologists and other engineers
Specific Skills
- Conduct research and develop programs and equipment to expand knowledge in the applied sciences and engineering
Work Setting
- Research institute
Work Experience
- Research and development
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