Guest Faculty Research Participant: Hierarchical Assembly and Post-Self-Assembly Processing of Colloidal Nanomaterials

This Guest Faculty collaboration will focus on hierarchical assembly, interfacial organization, and post-self-assembly processing of colloidal nanomaterials at the Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM), in close collaboration with Dr. Elena Shevchenko.

About the Role

The scope is directly aligned with CNM capabilities in nanoparticle assembly, microscopy, and nanoscale structural analysis, and will support both completion of ongoing collaborative manuscripts and development of new joint research directions.

• In the near term, the work will concentrate on two active projects:
  • A manuscript on self-assembly and oriented attachment behavior in halide perovskite nanoplatelets, where the collaboration will help finalize mechanistic interpretation, figure development, and structure–assembly analysis.
  • A manuscript involving MXene-based nanomaterial systems, where the collaboration will support data analysis and interpretation of interfacial organization, morphology, and collective structural behavior.
• More broadly, the collaboration will establish a CNM-centered framework for studying how colloidal nanocrystals and hybrid nanomaterials evolve from isolated building blocks into ordered or partially ordered mesoscale assemblies.
• This effort will leverage Elena Shevchenko’s expertise in 2-D and 3-D nanoparticle assembly and post-self-assembly processing, together with relevant CNM characterization capabilities in electron microscopy and nanoscale structural analysis, to connect nanoscale organization with emergent functional behavior.

Expected outcomes include completion of ongoing perovskite and MXene manuscripts, generation of preliminary results for future joint projects, and development of a longer-term collaboration in hierarchical nanomaterial assembly and interface-resolved characterization at CNM.

Requirements

• Current faculty member at an accredited U.S. college or university
• Copy of your updated CV
• Documentation of employment and/or sabbatical status
• Documentation of funding for the appointment (can be combined with documentation of employment)
• Two (2) letters of reference; one from your current dean or department head and the other from a professional reference

Job Family: Visiting Faculty Appointment
Job Profile: Guest Faculty Research Participant
Worker Type: Faculty
Time Type: Part time