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Rock Deformation Lab Junior Specialist
Position overview
Position title: Rock Deformation Lab Junior SpecialistApplication Window
Open date: October 30, 2024
Next review date: Monday, Dec 2, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Thursday, Oct 30, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position description
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for the position Rock Deformation Junior Specialist. Under the direction of Professor Heather Savage, the junior specialist will contribute to a research program focused on earthquakes and faults that uses laboratory experiments and field studies to improve the understanding of when and where larger earthquakes occur.
Responsibilities will include running and maintaining rapid heat apparatus, using ball mill and sieves to prepare size fractions of rock samples, assembling the rapid heater apparatus reactor with appropriate samples, and plot data from heating experiments in MATLAB. Duties will also include using UCSC Environmental & Health lab safety techniques and ASTM standards to avoid contamination, ensure proper use of chemicals to clean and prep rapid heat reactor assembly for organics testing, and assist lab mates with solvent extractions of organic material from rapid heating rock samples.
Applicants with research experience with high pressure plumbing systems, rapid heating apparatus and hydrous pyrolysis, and Labview software are highly encouraged to apply.
The hiring unit will not sponsor employment-eligible immigration statuses for this position.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent foreign degree) in earth science or related field.
- Demonstrated experience with MATLAB.
- Demonstrated experience in a rock mechanics lab.
Your application must demonstrate that you meet all of the basic qualifications when you submit your application. There are no exceptions to this requirement.
Application Requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V., including three professional references along with their contact information. The search committee will contact the references of those applicants who are under serious consideration.
Cover Letter - Letter of application that briefly summarizes your qualifications and interest in the position.
Help contact: hsavage@ucsc.edu
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