Postdoctoral Researcher: Charge Density Wave Quantum Dots

The Hollen group at University of New Hampshire ( UNH) has an immediate opening for a postdoc with expertise in scanning probe microscopy and/or 2D heterostructure fabrication. The project is funded by an award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to study how charge density waves behave when laterally confined by electrostatics, strain, or physical dimensions. These targets have significant overlap with open research in quantum phases in few-layer dichalcogenides and technological interest as potential coupled quantum dot arrays. The postdoc will be expected to work closely with graduate and undergraduate students at UNH to create samples for study using a new inert glovebox system and perform low temperature, ultra-high vacuum scanning probe microscopy ( SPM) experiments. The postdoc will also work with the group to extend our experimental capabilities to electrostatic force microscopy, scanning tunneling potentiometry, and time-resolved measurements of quantum dot charge and spin lifetimes using voltage pump-probe techniques.

Duties and responsibilities:

* Prepare samples for study and execute scanning probe experiments

* Analyze results in context of literature, prepare reports, presentations, and publications

* Present work in progress and results at collaborator meetings, conferences, and Moore Foundation events

* Train undergraduate and graduate students in project-relevant techniques

* Project management: make decisions about day-to-day tasks and advise students to drive Project forward

* Lab development: collaboratively learn and implement new techniques

Actual end date of position is 3 years from actual start date.

Ph.D in Physics

* Either: expertise in scanning probe techniques or 2D material heterostructure device fabrication and characterization

* Expertise in experimental physics, including instrumentation

* Experience with ultra-high vacuum and/or low-temperature systems

* Strong problem-solving skills

* Strong communication and organizational skills

* Demonstrated physical insight and creativity

Salary is complemented by a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, retirement, tuition, and paid time off.

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire's lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

The UNH Diversity Resource Guide with information and programming available in the seacoast area, New Hampshire, and the region can be found here: https://www.unh.edu/hr/diversity-resource-guide