PHD POSITION IN ULTRAFAST X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY A PhD position is available in the group of Professor M. Chergui to carry out steady-state and time resolved (ps/fs) X-ray absorption spectroscopy studies on metalloproteins in physiological solutions. The experiments involve the use of ultrashort pulse lasers to excite the sample, while the probing is done by the pulsed X-rays from a synchrotron. Involvement with experiments at the X-ray Free Electron Laser at LCLS-Stanford is also envisioned. The research is carried out in collaboration with the Swiss Light Source (Paul-Scherrer Institut, Villigen) and the candidate will be based there. For more information about the methodology and results, see: Picosecond and femtosecond X-ray absorption spectroscopy of molecular systems M. Chergui, Acta Crystallografica A66 (2010) 229-239 Light-induced spin crossover in Fe(II)-based complexes: the full photocycle unravelled by ultrafast optical and X-ray spectroscopies A. Cannizzo et al, Coordination Chemistry Reviews 254 (2010) 2677-2686 experiments on chemical and biological systems in solution F. A. Lima, et al, Review of Scientific Instruments 82 (2011) 063111 Probing the transition from hydrophilic to hydrophobic solvation with atomic scale resolution V.-T. Pham, et al, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011, 133, 12740-12748 For information and applications (letter of motivation, recommendations, CV and list of publications, if any), please contact: Dr. Chris Milne Chergui Group Swiss Light Source, PSI CH-5232 Villigen PSI Tel: +41 (0)56 310 5477 Fax: +41 (0)56 310 4413 Email: chris.milne@psi.chmailto:chris.milne@psi.ch Or Professor Majed CHERGUI Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Ultrarapide ISIC, Faculté des Sciences de Base Station 6 CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland tel: xx 41 21 6930447 / 0457 fax: xx 41 21 6930365 email: Majed.Chergui@epfl.chmailto:Majed.Chergui@epfl.ch http://lsu.epfl.ch/ Phttp://lsu.epfl.ch/P Please consider the environment before printing this email - Considérez svp l'environnement avant d'imprimer ce courriel