Postdoctoral Openings Available in the Sibener Group
The James Franck Institute and the Department of Chemistry
The University of Chicago

The Sibener Group seeks outstanding student and postdoctoral applicants with strong backgrounds in modern surface, materials, and gas-phase science. Successful applicants in the past have come with degrees in a variety of fields including: Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Nanoscience, Polymers, Biochemistry/Biophysics.

Illustrative Research Areas:
Surface Reaction Dynamics
Interfacial Phonon Structure
Gas-Surface Collisional Energy Exchange
Surface Metallurgy and Metallic Oxidation
Self-Organization of Polymer Thin Films and Chiral Molecular Systems
Surface Dynamics of Polymers
Ice, Water Sustainability, and Environmental Interfaces
Hierarchically Assembled Functional Nanomaterials and Directed Self-Assembly
Supersonic Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Biological Microscopy
Electrochemistry and Corrosion

Training and Background in One or More of the Following Areas:
Surface Chemistry and Physics, Materials Science, Nanoscience
Chemical Dynamics
Molecular Beams, Laser Photochemistry, Photoemission
UHV Surface Science
UHV STM, AFM
Ambient and Electrochemical STM/AFM
Non-linear Surface Spectroscopies (SHG, SFG, ultrafast)
Single-molecule dynamics
Self-Assembly
Helium, X-ray, Neutron, and Electron Scattering
Polymeric and Functional Nanomaterials

Contact:
Please contact Professor Sibener for further information.
Email: s-sibener@uchicago.edu
Voice: 1-773-702-7193

To Apply:
Applications, as they go forward, require a minimum of three letters of recommendation and a CV including publications to receive full consideration.