Assistant Beamline Scientist - PtychoProbe

Responsibilities

• Contribute to commissioning, operation, and continued development of the PtychoProbe beamline.
• Support users in planning and carrying out scientific experiments, including data analysis and interpretation.
• Collaborate with beamline staff and partner groups to develop advanced microscopy methods, instrumentation, and workflows for the upgraded APS.
• Contribute to scientific applications enabled by the beamline in areas such as materials, energy, chemical, life, or quantum sciences.
• Present research results through publications, conferences, and scientific meetings.
• May be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

• PhD in physics, materials science, chemistry, engineering, or a closely related field.
• Experience in experimental x-ray science, synchrotron methods, beamline instrumentation, microscopy, or a closely related area.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to scientific instrumentation, experimental methods, or data analysis.
• Experience analyzing scientific data using modern computational tools and scientific programming environments.
• Able to work effectively both independently and in a collaborative, team-based research environment.
• Able to model Argonne’s core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity, and teamwork.
• Interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills, and ability to interact with people at all levels both within and outside the laboratory.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, And Experience

• Familiarity with one or more advanced x-ray microscopy methods, such as ptychography, x-ray fluorescence microscopy, tomography, or multimodal imaging.
• Experience with synchrotron beamline instrumentation such as optics, detectors, motion systems, interferometry, controls, or data acquisition workflows.
• Experience supporting user experiments or collaborating with external scientific users.
• Experience in one or more application areas such as materials science, energy science, chemical science, life science, or quantum materials.
• Familiarity with scientific software development, controls software, high-throughput data analysis, or AI/ML-enabled workflows.

Benefits

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About the Role

The Microscopy Group of the X-ray Science Division (XSD) operates advanced microprobe and nanoprobe beamlines, develops novel instrumentation and methods, and pursues collaborative research in materials, energy, life, and quantum sciences. PtychoProbe (33-ID) is a state-of-the-art hard x-ray nanoprobe designed for high-resolution structural imaging with complementary chemical sensitivity, enabling two- and three-dimensional studies of complex and thick specimens and helping bridge capabilities between x-ray and electron microscopy.