Dear colleagues, Bruce Ravel has suggested me to contact you in order to post the following announcement on the IFEFFIT website. Thank you very much for considering this offer. The position will stay open until the end of the year 2007. With all my best regards, Michel Meyer Post-doctoral fellowship The Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université de Bourgogne (Dijon, France) is seeking a motivated candidate for a one-year funded postdoctoral position with a strong background in X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS). In collaboration with the Rossendorf Beamline scientists at ESRF, the successful candidate will be involved both in the acquisition and interpretation of XANES and EXAFS data in order to unravel the coordination scheme of U(VI), Pu(IV) and Eu(III) on surface-modified mesoporous hybrid materials obtained by covalent grafting of functionalized macrocyclic ligands onto silica gel. These materials have found applications as solid/liquid extracting agents of actinides in an ultrapufication process of radioactive wastewaters. The following points are considered mandatory: * The applicant should have a well-established experience in X-ray absorption spectroscopy. * The applicant should hold a Ph.D. for less than 5 years. ....* Only candidates that have never been employed in France are eligible. Additional Information can be found at http://www.icmub.fr/ Please send your application including a CV, list of publications and at least 3 references to: Dr Michel MEYER LIMRES Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université de Bourgogne UMR 5260 du CNRS 9, Avenue Alain Savary BP 47870 21078 DIJON Cedex - FRANCE Tel : (33) 03 80 39 37 16 Fax : (33) 03 80 39 61 17 e-mail : Michel.Meyer@u-bourgogne.fr ****************************************************************** Michel MEYER Chargé de Recherche LIMRES Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de l'Université de Bourgogne UMR 5260 du CNRS 9, Avenue Alain Savary BP 47870 21078 DIJON Cedex - FRANCE Tel : (33) 03 80 39 37 16 Fax : (33) 03 80 39 61 17 e-mail : Michel.Meyer@u-bourgogne.fr site web http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/LIMSAG/ ******************************************************************