Postdoctoral Appointee - Research at extremes of pressure, temperature and strain at HPCAT

Research Focus

The overarching focus of the postdoc position and effort is on advancing the understanding of materials at high pressure-temperature conditions, and in particularly across the solid-melt transition and melt-liquid structure. With the recent APS-Upgrade project completed and new high coherence and brightness x-ray beam, HPCAT has concurrently made over $20M HPCAT investments in upgrading key infrastructure to advance x-ray platforms for studying matter under extreme conditions.

Responsibilities

• Utilize and advance capabilities with the laser heating system at beamline 16-ID-B, complemented by monochromatic and white-beam Laue multi-grain measurements at 16-BM-D.
• Leverage an array of laser and resistive heating capabilities to contribute to the advancement of these capabilities and integrate various high-pressure platforms, including the dynamic-DAC (d-DAC), rotational-DAC (roto-DAC), and multi-anvil DAC (MDAC).
• Characterize materials at high temperature, high pressure, and high strain rates, focusing on addressing outstanding scientific questions regarding material behavior near and across the solid-melt transition and into the melt region.
• Drive scientific efforts and expand the capability to other materials, such as high entropy alloys, advanced manufactured materials, superconductors, and other materials proposed by the candidate.
• Continue driving scientific advancements and contribute to the long-term vision of HPCAT.

Requirements

• Significant background in high pressure platforms and/or x-ray measurements.
• Demonstrated experience with high-pressure platforms including dynamic DAC, laser heating, and resistive heating, and synchrotron x-ray diffraction measurements.
• Able to implement various AI/ML applications.

Qualifications

• Recent or soon-to-be completed PhD (within the last 0-5 years) in Physics, Chemistry, Material Science, Geosciences or Engineering.

Benefits

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Application Information

Application review will commence on June 08 latest and resumes are accepted until the position is filled. Inquiries regarding scientific scope of the position can be directed to HPCAT Director Nenad Velisavljevic (HPCAT-Director@anl.gov) and HPCAT Group Leader Maddury Somayazulu (zulu@anl.gov).