<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>AIR QUALITY RESEARCH CENTER IS HIRING!</div><div>We are seeking two POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS to join our team!</div><div><br></div><div>The postdoctoral researchers will participate in projects supporting the IMPROVE and CSN particulate monitoring programs. The projects focus on</div><div>• instrument inter-comparisons of optical and elemental measurements by ICPMS and XRF measurements and</div><div>• developing reference materials for elemental analyses.</div><div><br></div><div>We are looking for candidates interested in improving the quality of routine measurements.</div><div><br></div><div>FOR MORE INFORMATION: Email Nicole P. Hyslop, Ph.D. at <a href="mailto:nmhyslop@ucdavis.edu">nmhyslop@ucdavis.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail-WordSection1">

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:4.5pt 4.35pt 0.0001pt 5.75pt">The Air Quality Research Center,
University of California, Davis is recruiting two talented postdoctoral
researchers<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>support<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">
</span>research<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>activities<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>measurement<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>elements<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>carbon<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>particulate<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>matter samples. In particular, we are
looking for two experts with strong scientific background, good communication
skills, solid data analysis and graphing skills, and experience in at least one
of the following areas:<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">Laboratory<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>and/or<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>field<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>studies<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>atmospheric<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">chemistry.</span><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:28.25pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">Aerosol<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>formation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>including<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>wet<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>chemistry<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>skills<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>necessary<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>research<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>compounds<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>generate
reference materials for particulate matter measurements.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:39.15pt"><span style="font-size:12pt">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">Operation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>data<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>interpretation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>aerosol<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>instrumentation,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>particularly<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>x-ray<span style="letter-spacing:-0.45pt"> </span>fluorescence, inductively coupled mass
spectrometry, and/or thermal optical OCEC analyzers.<span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     
</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt">Complex<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>data<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>analysis<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>large<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>datasets<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>spatiotemporal<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">trends.</span><span></span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:6pt 4.35pt 0.0001pt 5.75pt">Candidates<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>should<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>completed<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">
</span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>doctoral<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>degree<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Chemistry,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Engineering,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>related<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">
</span>field<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>the time of hire. Candidates with strong
multidisciplinary skills covering more than one of the areas listed above are
particularly encouraged to apply.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:6pt 4.35pt 0.0001pt 5.75pt">Extremely<span style="letter-spacing:-0.4pt"> </span>well-qualified<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>candidates<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>slightly<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>different<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">
</span>qualifications<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>and/or<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>research<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">
</span>focus<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>might<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>be also considered under special
circumstances.<span></span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:4.5pt 24.85pt 0.0001pt 5.75pt;text-align:justify">Other<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span><b><i>essential<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">
</span></i></b>qualifications<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>include<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>scientific<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>publications;<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>excellent<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>English-language<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>writing<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>skills;
ability<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>to meet deadlines, work well
with minimal direction and with a team, and produce high-quality research
outputs; good time management and recordkeeping.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt 5.75pt;text-align:justify"><b><i>Desirable<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span></i></b>qualifications<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>include<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">
</span>solid<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>presentation<span style="letter-spacing:0.05pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">skills.</span><span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:6pt 4.35pt 0.0001pt 5.75pt">The selected candidates will join
a growing team working on the National Park Service Interagency Monitoring of
Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE) and Environmental Protection Agency
Chemical<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Speciation<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Network<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">
</span>(CSN)<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>programs<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>at the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">
</span>University<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>California,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Davis.<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>They<span style="letter-spacing:-0.35pt"> </span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>work<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>with Krystyna Trzepla, Xiaolu Zhang, Jason
Giacomo, Warren White, and Nicole Hyslop along with other researchers in the
program. Other duties commensurate with the researcher’s qualifications will be
assigned. There is also expected to be some scope for the researchers to
conduct independent work, including advanced analyses of other data and
preparation of papers for publication in scholarly journals.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:6.05pt 4.35pt 0.0001pt 5.75pt">The UC Davis Air Quality Research
Center (AQRC) is a growing interdisciplinary Organized Research Unit<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>(ORU).<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">
</span>Its<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>mission<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>facilitate<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>research<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>scientific,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>engineering,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>health,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>social,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>economic
aspects of gaseous and particulate atmospheric pollutants. AQRC analyzes
particulate matter samples for the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>United<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>States<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">
</span>National<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>Park<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>Service (NPS) Interagency<span style="letter-spacing:-0.3pt"> </span>Monitoring<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>for Protected<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>Visual<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>Environments (IMPROVE) and the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Chemical Speciation Network (CSN).<span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:6.05pt 4.35pt 0.0001pt 5.75pt"><br></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:0in 4.35pt 0.0001pt 5.75pt">IMPROVE<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>established<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>1985<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>monitor<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>visibility<span style="letter-spacing:-0.5pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>National<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt">
</span>Parks<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Wilderness<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>Areas,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>and AQRC
operates over 150 air pollution sampling sites for IMPROVE, as well as analyzes
samples, processes the analysis data, and delivers data to the NPS and EPA. CSN
collects samples in an urban monitoring network with over 140 sites. For CSN,
AQRC analyzes samples, processes the analysis data, and delivers data to the
EPA.<span></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:6pt 6.75pt 0.0001pt 5.75pt">Screening of applications will
begin immediately, and recruitment will continue until the positions are
filled. Interviews<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>applicants<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt"> </span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>scheduled<span style="letter-spacing:-0.05pt">
</span>via<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>phone<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>videoconference.<span style="letter-spacing:2pt"> </span>We<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>offer<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>a competitive salary and generous
benefits, including health insurance, retirement plan, vacation and sick leave,
and support to a successful career in scientific research. The successful
candidates will be encouraged to submit<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>output<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>their<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>work<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>scientific<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>conferences<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>professional<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>meetings.<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>Pending<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>acceptance<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>of the work, and funding availability, they will receive support
for the attendance of these meetings.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 10.3pt 0.0001pt 5.75pt"><i><span style="font-size:12pt">The<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>University<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>California,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Davis<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Equal<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>Opportunity/Affirmative<span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt"> </span>Action<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">
</span>employer,<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>and applications
from women and under-represented minorities are encouraged.<span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 10.3pt 0.0001pt 5.75pt"><i><span style="font-size:12pt"><br></span></i></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoBodyText" style="margin:6pt 4.35pt 0.0001pt 5.75pt">Applicants should submit a cover
letter, curriculum vitae, copy of one selected publication and names/contact
information of three references in a single PDF file to: <a href="mailto:nmhyslop@ucdavis.edu"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none">nmhyslop@ucdavis.edu.</span></a> Please format<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>file<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>name<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>{lastname_initials}_AQRC_postdoc2021.pdf<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>include<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt"> </span>“Postdoc<span style="letter-spacing:-0.2pt">
</span>Search”<span style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-0.15pt"> </span>the subject line of the e-mail.<span></span></p>

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