<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b class="">Job Description</b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><div class="" style="margin: 0in; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(74, 74, 74);">The Energy and Environmental Sustainability Laboratories (EESL) at The Penn State University invites applications for an immediate opening for a Research Technologist to support analytical activities in the Organics Laboratory facility. The Organics Laboratory is a shared core facility that is open to support all Penn State faculty, students, and external clients. The laboratory provides organics analysis of various matrices including gas, water, soil/sediment, biologic, synthetic and geologic materials and supports multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research across hydrology, biogeochemistry, biology, archeology, food and plant science, materials science, oil and gas.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: inherit; margin: 0in; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; min-height: 16.08px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">
<span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(74, 74, 74);">The Organics Facility includes: (1) an instrumentation laboratory equipped with new state-of-the-art high-resolution mass spectrometers including a UHPLC/Q-Exactive Orbitrap MS equipped with ESI, APCI and DART ionization source, a Triple Quadrupole GC-MS/MS equipped with a Pyroprobe, and a single Quadrupole GC/MS, and (2) a sample preparation laboratory equipped with multiple equipment to process various sample matrices.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(74, 74, 74);"> </span></div><div class="" style="text-align: inherit; margin: 0in; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; min-height: 16.08px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(74, 74, 74);">The successful candidate will work with the Organics laboratory manager to assist and support preparation and analysis of samples, data acquisition, interpretation, and reporting.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="text-align: inherit; margin: 0in; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; min-height: 16.08px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">
<span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(74, 74, 74);">The successful candidate must have a minimum of an undergraduate degree in a relevant field, preferably in Chemistry, and a minimum of one year of hands-on experience in an academic and/or commercial laboratory working with LC/MS and/or GC/MS <span class="wfs2">
<span class="" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">instrumentation. </span></span></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">
<span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(74, 74, 74);">The successful candidate must be detail oriented, and possess excellent analytical, communication, and writing skills.</span></div><div class="" style="text-align: inherit; margin: 0in; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; min-height: 16.08px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">
<span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(74, 74, 74);">This is a fixed-term appointment funded for one year from date of hire with an excellent possibility of re-funding. To apply, please submit a brief cover letter, resume, and three
references. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.</span></div><p class="" style="margin: 0in; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><div class="" style="margin: 0in; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;">Apply online at <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com%2FPSU_Staff%2Fjob%2FUniversity-Park-Campus%2FOrganics-Laboratory-Research-Technologist-1_REQ_0000007503-1&data=04%7C01%7Csal278%40psu.edu%7Cd386bca898e6427d956f08d8bc032d4b%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C637466069111781155%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=OS5x2oLYXJuCBULK3RqrXWxY12fz%2FmC4LKqKGU7pFRY%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Staff/job/University-Park-Campus/Organics-Laboratory-Research-Technologist-1_REQ_0000007503-1" shash="KZar6gnJHEH07At+P1/2JlnKpdaN+3cZLb4HLguNGnQMFs5VtV0+n/DRCUQJSFvSqAy+l1vVfcH5/pQlZX/Rap5Cn2l9X0eTrdzHSP+BItOc9Jfrbs4towyaaFgWHJYnj7kE55lbmC3W/i+WW8RJUxAaqxPid/HBY+iVSVYQCQo=" class="" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Staff/job/University-Park-Campus/Organics-Laboratory-Research-Technologist-1_REQ_0000007503-1</a></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="text-align: inherit; margin: 0in; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; min-height: 16.08px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">
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