Student Worker: CHEM- Research Assistant

Job Title

Student Worker: CHEM- Research Assistant

Agency

East Texas A&M University

Department

Chemistry

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

Commerce, Texas

Job Type

Student Worker

Job Description

Student Research Lab Assistant

Student Worker will perform research in the Lab under the direction of the faculty supervisor/Principal Investigator for the lab, Dr. Laurence Angel, using NSF research grant funds.

Research will include developing ion mobility – mass spectrometry techniques and analysis, density functional theory modeling, and preparation of conference presentations and research articles.

Duties will include conducting instrumental and theoretical analyses in Dr. Angel’s research group.

Student worker will spend time in the lab using scientific instrumentation and computer software and will track research progress in lab notebook.  Results will be used for scientific journal article publications.

Only undergraduates with a strong interest in this area of Chemistry research and knowledge of stated specific lab techniques may apply.

Failure to spend adequate time in the lab on research or inability to operate the scientific instruments or software may result in termination.  This job will end when the grant expires.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.