Careers

The Australian Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis regularly offers attractive career opportunities. For over 50 years, our staff and students have helped to cultivate a leading national and international reputation for excellence in microscopy and microanalysis and have developed a culture in which service and training are just as important as the outstanding research results that we are achieving.

Academic, Research and General Staff Positions

Postdoctoral Research Associate – Photovoltaics ARC Centre of Excellence – Design in Light Metals
Reference no. 1009/0511

We are seeking to recruit a postdoctoral research associate to advance understanding of the origins of photovoltaic properties including the role of defects and dopant elements and the clustering thereof. The research will require innovation in specimen preparation, atom probe technique and data analysis.

This is the perfect opportunity to conduct innovative research with a dynamic team in a leading centre. You will report directly to the Director of the ACMM, Professor Simon Ringer, and will be required to work closely with a variety of technical, academic, research and administrative staff and users of the ACMM.

Remuneration package: $90K p.a. (which includes a base salary Level A Step 6, leave loading and up to 17% employer’s contribution to superannuation). Some relocation support and visa sponsorship will be available if required.

Please respond to the selection criteria and apply online at Sydney University Careers. CLOSING DATE: 15 September 2011 (11:30pm Sydney time). Initial enquiries can be directed to Fabrice Noël on +61 2 8627 1218 or by email

Postgraduate Research Opportunities

Nanotube Nanothermometers – Synthesis, Characterisation and Application

Carbon nanotubes, discovered in the early '90s, are tiny, hollow cylindrical structures made of carbon molecules that are typically known for their strength and unique electrical properties. A carbon nanotube (CNT) filled with a low-melting-point metal such as gallium (Ga) creates a nanothermometer that allows temperature measurement at the nanometre scale. Though proven to work in simple systems, we need to fully develop this new nanotechnology and its method of implementation within a complex engineering environment to make nanothermometers a practical and important measurement tool. Funding from ARC has been approved recently for this ambitious program.

An exciting project on nanotube nanothermometers is available for an outstanding student considering a PhD in science. It will provide unique opportunities to develop skills in transmission electron microscopy with a focus on characterisation of the nanothermometers and the oxidation behaviour of Ga confined in nanotubes. The project offers the chance to work in a multidisciplinary research team and make use of the world-class research facilities of the Australian Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis at the University of Sydney.

We are interested in talking to students who have, or will have in the next 12 months, an Honours 1 or 2A in Physics, Materials Science/Engineering or Nanoscience/Nanotechnology, or who have a Master's degree in one of these areas. To discuss the project or for further information, please contact , ph. 02 9351 7535.

Microscopic Origin of Ferromagnetism in Spintronic Materials
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Contact: , ph. +61 2 9351 7542

PhD Scholarship Opportunities

See Available Research Projects section. Applicants also please refer to the University’s Scholarships Office website.