Postdoctoral Appointee - Characterizing high pressure melts using coherence and nano-beams at HPCAT

Argonne National Laboratory
📍 Lemont, Illinois, United States 💼 Full time 🕒 Posted June 29, 2026

Job Description

The overarching focus of the postdoc position and effort is on advancing the understanding of materials at high pressure-temperature conditions, and in particularly across the solid-melt transition and melt-liquid structure.

With the recent APS-Upgrade project completed and new high coherence and brightness x-ray beam, HPCAT has concurrently made over $20M HPCAT investments in upgrading key infrastructure to advance x-ray platforms for studying matter under extreme conditions. The selected postdoc will have ample opportunities for career growth and cutting-edge scientific research with new platforms at HPCAT and across various featured beamlines of APS, as well as playing a critical role in growth of HPCAT long term.

The selected postdoc will be responsible for continuing to push the boundaries of high pressure-temperature measurements with advanced x-ray platforms.This includes working in optimizing applicaton of APS-Upgraded high brightness and high coherence beam acr...

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Job Details

  • Location Lemont, Illinois
  • Job Type Full time
  • Category Physical Scientists
  • Posted Date June 29, 2026
  • Application Deadline August 08, 2026