Staff Microscopist - Office of Research Innovation and Economic Development - UTK

This position reports to the Electron Microscopy Facility Manager of the Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing. This position assists the facility manager in the education, training, and supervision of the faculty, staff, students and external users of the electron microscopy instruments and ancillary equipment. The staff microscopist will be the point of contact for users accessing the transmission electron microscopes within the facility. This microscopist will provide expertise with aberration-corrected and monochromated transmission electron microscopy, as well as conventional and advanced electron microscopy techniques such as energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, electron energy-loss spectroscopy, selected area and convergent beam electron diffraction. To a lesser extent, the microscopist will also support scanning electron microscopy and focused ion-beam activities which contribute to materials science studies conducted within the Institute. Training and Safety Trains facility users one-on-one at two transmission electron microscopes (TEM). Certifies users for unsupervised access to instruments and ancillary equipment 300 kV corrected monochromated TEM-STEM (ThermoFisher Spectra 300) with EDS and post-column electron energy filtering 200 kV TEM-STEM (Zeiss Libra 200) with in-column energy filtering Trains facility users one-on-one at three scanning electron microscopes (SEM) and focused ion-beam (FIB) systems Zeiss EVO SEM (LaB6; EDS, variable pressure mode operation) Zeiss Auriga Crossbeam (FEG-SEM; Ga-sourced FIB) Thermofisher Helios Hydra (FEG-SEM; EDS, EBSD, plasma-source FIB) Supports and advocates the safety program and protocols adopted by the facility. Assists in the safety training of users and their compliance with safety programs. Customer support Mentors undergraduate students, graduate students and post-docs in underlying theory and best-practices required for proper acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of scientific data acquired using facility instruments, including the limitations of the techniques being used. Oversees user operations to ensure instruments are used safely, effectively, and that best-practice microscopy techniques are being followed Where appropriate, collaborates with users on data generation and interpretation, grant applications, and research publications Maintenance and outreach Perform regular and necessary maintenance, performance testing and calibrations of facility instruments; coordinate and oversee instrument maintenance and repair by vendor field service engineers Participate in in IAMM Microscopy Facility hosted events, including regional professional society meetings, tours of the Facility, and topical workshops Other duties as assigned.