The Hahn-Meitner-Institut invites applications for the position of an instrument scientist in the area of neutron scattering. The candidate will be the responsible scientist for the innovative time-of-flight instrument station EXED, which will be dedicated to neutron scattering research at unprecedented high magnetic fields.

The Hahn-Meitner-Institut is a German National Laboratory and a member of the Hermann von Helmholtz Association of National Research Centres and has about 650 employees. It hosts the Berlin Neutron Scattering Centre (BENSC) (http://www.hmi.de/bensc/, a user facility open to scientists from all over the world. To probe the structure and dynamics of condensed matter, BENSC provides the national and international research community with state-of-the-art neutron scattering research opportunities. The successful candidate will assume scientific and technical responsibility for carrying out the user program, develop neutron scattering instrumentation and techniques, will support BENSC users in studies of condensed matter, and will pursue his/her own research program in the field of complex matter by using neutron scattering techniques. The position is open to confirmed scientists who hold a PhD in experimental Physics, Chemistry or Material Science
The position is available as of 1 December 2007 with the possibility of an unlimited term contract in case of qualification.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the commissioning, operation, continuous enhancement and modernisation of the beyond state-of-the-art extreme sample environment diffractometer EXED at the research reactor BER-II at HMI. The instrument will start user operation as an innovative, variable and ultrahigh resolution time-of-flight diffractometer in 2007. Subsequently, it will be developed in collaboration with the high field magnet team of HMI into a dedicated station to open up new opportunities for neutron scattering research at unprecedented high magnetic fields, including new options to be built up for inelastic scattering, small angle scattering and reflectometry

A broad knowledge in condensed matter physics, neutron scattering and/or X-ray methods will be required, as well as experience in neutron scattering instrument development and operation, and technical project management.

For further details about the post please contact Dr. Catherine Pappas
(+49(30)8062-2046). Applicants should send a letter of application, CV
and a list of publications to Abteilung Personal und Soziales,
Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Glienicker Str. 100, D-14109 Berlin) before 11
October 2007 quoting reference No. SF2007/23
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Karen Diederichsen
Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin GmbH
Abt. SF1
Glienicker Str. 100
D-14109 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0) 30 -- 8062 2031
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Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin GmbH
Mitglied der Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Deutscher Forschungszentren e.V.
Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: Dr. Beatrix Vierkorn-Rudolph
Stellvertreter: Senatsdirigent Wolfgang Eckey
Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Michael Steiner, Dr. Ulrich Breuer,
Sitz Berlin, AG Charlottenburg, 89 HRB 5583