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The Pines Magnetic Resonance Center – Core Facility (PMRC Core) at the University of California, Berkeley is seeking a Facility Scientist. The appointment will take place in the College of Chemistry’s rich and diverse research environment with a unique opportunity to collaborate in cutting-edge science with UC-Berkeley researchers. The PMRC Core is a research facility that provides state-of-the-art NMR capabilities and currently houses ten NMR instruments ranging from 400 – 900 MHz that are fully equipped with cryoprobes, various solid-state, diffusion and micro-imaging probes. The PMRC Core has a large group of users with a broad scope of research interests from departments such as Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Bioengineering, Environmental Science, and Material Science, as well as from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which is located adjacent to the university campus. Campus and LBNL researchers require consultation and technical assistance from the PMRC Core staff and collaborate on solid- and solution-state NMR spectroscopy applications on, including but not limited to metal organic frameworks and polymers in material science, small molecule chemistry and total synthesis, inorganic and organo-metallic compounds in catalysis chemistry. The PMRC Core will expand in 2026 to include biomolecular solid- and solution-state NMR for structural biology and biophysics of proteins and biological assemblies. The Facility Scientist will report directly to the Facility Director, with oversight from the PMRC Faculty Director.

The Facility Scientist will be responsible for:

1. Providing NMR application support to campus and off-campus entities as requested. This will involve consultation on advanced solid-state NMR applications, including assistance with sample preparation, data acquisition and analysis, and, as necessary, coding pulse sequences and implementing new experiments.
2. General facility maintenance, including minor repairs to the NMR instruments, and helping to troubleshoot common instrument problems.
3. Assisting with cryogen fills (helium and nitrogen). The candidate will ensure that the magnets’ liquid nitrogen and liquid helium fills are performed in a timely and safe manner.
4. Providing NMR training to new students, postdoctoral and other scholars, taking into consideration their varying needs and diverse research efforts, and evaluating users’ capability to use the instruments in the PMRC Core.
5. Assisting with proposals for instrumentation grant programs.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in our public mission of research, teaching, and service, consistent with UC Regents Policy 4400 and University of California Academic Personnel policy (APM 210 1-d). These values are embedded in our Principles of Community, which reflect our passion for critical inquiry, debate, discovery and innovation, and our deep commitment to contributing to a better world. Every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a safe, caring and humane environment in which these values can thrive.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.

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As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

Unless stated otherwise, unambiguously, in the position description, this position does not include sponsorship of a new consular H-1B visa petition that would require payment of the $100,000 supplemental fee.

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