Principal Beamline Scientist - Hard X-ray Nanoprobe

at  Diamond Light Source

ABOUT US

Diamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron science facility. By accelerating electrons to near light-speed, Diamond generates brilliant beams of light from infra-red to X-rays which are used for academic and industry research and development across a range of scientific disciplines including structural biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, earth and environmental sciences.

We now have an opportunity for a Principal Beamline Scientist (PBS) to lead the hard X-ray Nanoprobe beamline (I14) at Diamond. Beamline I14 is a world class facility delivering nanoscale X-rays for multimodal characterisation, scanning X-ray fluorescence, X-ray spectroscopy (XANES) mapping, diffraction mapping and imaging, including ptychography. The beamline has a diverse user community across biological and physical sciences, and has placed a strong emphasis on developing in situ capabilities, and providing user friendly data acquisition and analysis tools. The nanoprobe beamline is part of the Imaging and Microscopy group at Diamond, 8 beamlines and facilities offering exciting opportunities for multimodal analysis across multiple length-scales.
The PBS will be responsible for providing leadership in the management of the operation, maintenance and development of the I14 beamline. They will be expected to pursue an internationally recognised research and/or methods development programme using scanning probe X-ray techniques (e.g. microfocus/nanofocus XRF, XRD, ptychography) exploiting the capabilities of I14, and those of the wider Imaging and Microscopy group.

Further responsibilities will include:

• Lead the continual programme of upgrades and state of the art developments to the beamline.
• Direct the operation of the beamline with full responsibility for the schedule, maintenance, user support, advice and involvement in beamtime and measurement methodology, data reduction/analysis and advice on publications.
• Contribute to scientific direction of long term strategic planning for Diamond in area of expertise.
• Maximise the impact of the beamline by engagement with the best user groups from across the world.
• The management and professional development of the beamline team of staff.