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Job Summary:
The University of Texas at Austin is a leading institution in engineering education and research. The Postdoctoral Fellow will lead research in AI-driven transmission electron microscopy, focusing on developing intelligent microscopy systems and collaborating on advanced materials characterization and autonomous discovery initiatives.
Responsibilities:
• Develop and implement self-driving TEM workflows that integrate machine learning, computer vision, and automated microscope control for autonomous imaging, focusing, and data acquisition.
• Advance AI-assisted image interpretation, including atomic structure recognition, defect classification, and dynamic process tracking using deep-learning and physics-informed models.
• Integrate TEM operations with robotic sample handling, including the design, testing, and deployment of a robot-arm–based TEM grid-loading and exchange system for continuous, unattended operation.
• Collaborate with postdoctoral fellows in liquid-phase synthesis and microdroplet printing to establish seamless sample transfer pipelines from synthesis to TEM analysis, enabling high-throughput, correlative characterization.
• Develop and optimize sample preparation methods compatible with microdroplet-printed thin films, nanoparticle arrays, and electrochemical catalyst systems, ensuring reproducible and contamination-free data.
• Link real-time TEM data streams to digital twin and AI platforms, using cloud-based computation for adaptive experiment control, hypothesis generation, and structure–property modeling.
• Publish high-impact research, present findings at international conferences, and contribute to proposal development for new AI-in-microscopy and autonomous discovery initiatives.
• Mentor graduate students and research staff, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration between materials science, data science, and robotics.
• Collaborate with the Texas Materials Institute’s instrumentation and AI engineering teams to help define the architecture for next-generation autonomous TEM facilities at UT Austin.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Ph.D. in Materials Science, Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, or a closely related field, conferred within three (3) years before the start date of the appointment
• Demonstrated experience conducting independent research in a relevant area of materials science or engineering
• Strong publication record in peer-reviewed journals
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary research environment
• Commitment to mentoring and contributing to the academic development of graduate and undergraduate students
Company:
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest public universities in the United States. Founded in 1883, the company is headquartered in Austin, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.