Director of Ion Beam Laboratory and Empire Inno...

University at Albany - Albany, NY

Full-time - Senior

Albany, NY

Educational Services

About the position

The IBL Director will provide leadership to maintain and advance the IBL and its capabilities, facilitate collaborations, and promote research and scholarly activities involving ion beams. IBL users traditionally come from academia, industry, private, and national laboratories. They have conducted research in diverse areas, including semiconductors, optical components, solar cells, and batteries, cancer therapy, solar winds, radiation hardening of materials for use in space and aviation, search for dark matter, and surface characterization. The IBL offers training for students and junior and established researchers involving ion beams. The director will also promote the IBL as an international facility serving researchers from diverse fields with an emphasis on metrology and modifications of material properties of interest to the semiconductor industry and chip manufacturers. As a faculty member in CNSE, the individual will commit to teaching, research, and service. S/he will carry a reduced teaching workload while serving as IBL director and teach at least one graduate and undergraduate course per year, establishing a vibrant research program advising graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. The individual will also secure extramural funding to support the individual's research program and the advancement of the IBL. The IBL director will supervise the daily operations of the IBL. The related activities include: * Provide leadership in managing a core user facility such as IBL. * Keep the IBL operating at an optimum level. * Expand IBL's capabilities to include new techniques/methodologies, e.g., x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and constructing a low-energy accelerator to simulate solar winds. * Work with UAlbany researchers in developing projects that use IBL. * Work with industry and academic users/partners to determine and provide training in the IBL and ion beam methodologies in their research and development work. * Facilitate the collaborative usage of IBL by Federal laboratory researchers. * Providing expertise in nuclear physics and materials science and engineering, essential to performing modifications of current equipment or developing new methodologies to meet users' needs. * Ability to work with researchers from different disciplines and IBL employees at different levels. * Aware of federal, state, and university safety regulations/compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in managing a core user facility such as IBL.
• Keep the IBL operating at an optimum level.
• Expand IBL's capabilities to include new techniques/methodologies, e.g., x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and constructing a low-energy accelerator to simulate solar winds.
• Work with UAlbany researchers in developing projects that use IBL.
• Work with industry and academic users/partners to determine and provide training in the IBL and ion beam methodologies in their research and development work.
• Facilitate the collaborative usage of IBL by Federal laboratory researchers.
• Provide expertise in nuclear physics and materials science and engineering, essential to performing modifications of current equipment or developing new methodologies to meet users' needs.
• Ability to work with researchers from different disciplines and IBL employees at different levels.
• Aware of federal, state, and university safety regulations/compliance.

Requirements

• A Ph.D. in physics, engineering physics or related disciplines from a college or university accredited by a U.S. Department of Education or internationally recognized accrediting organization.
• Expertise in accelerator physics and engineering and nuclear reactions.
• Established record of scholarly publication demonstrating knowledge, performance, and use of accelerator technology in one or more research areas.
• Record of securing substantial extramural federal funding for research.
• Candidate must demonstrate record of innovation, consulting, and advising on innovation applications of ion beams.
• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to develop inclusive and equitable relationships within our diverse campus community.
• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to support diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and belonging relative to their role.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in leading a vibrant research laboratory and promoting a shared facility to grow its use by researchers, ensuring their timely IBL accessibility and high-quality and stable ion beams.
• Significant experience in the operations of accelerators and associated equipment and their use in research activities in various disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to recruit users from different regions of the country and internationally.
• Record of advising students/postdocs.
• Experience in working with industry researchers.
• Demonstrated experience in effective teaching in scientific and engineering disciplines.