The Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois
Employment Opportunities for Grads - Outside UIUC
The Graduate Student Services office of the Department of Chemistry provides information on current employers who may be seeking applicants from the University of Illinois in the field of Chemistry. Below is a listing of those opportunities of which employers have currently made us aware:
Conservation Scientist (Interdisciplinary), Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute
Job Announcement Number: 08A-LG-294375-DEU-MCI
The Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) is seeking a Conservation Scientist with a specialization in applied spectroscopy or modern materials science to conduct research in the general area of organic analysis of museum collections, objects, and artifacts. The research scientist will participate in interdisciplinary and collaborative studies at MCI that may involve collections from some or all of the 19 Smithsonian museums, with an emphasis on detection and/or degradation of modern materials and polymers. An instrument specialization in one or more of the following techniques is essential: stable isotope ratio mass spectroscopy (IRMS), gas chromatography mass spectroscopy (GC-MS, Py-GC-MS), dispersive or FT Raman spectroscopy (Raman), and/or infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The successful applicant’s research focus should have relevance to the care, preservation, and characterization of art, historical, archaeological, natural history, and/or other museum objects.
The position is Full Time Career/Career-Conditional with a salary range of US$69,764 – 90,698 per year. It is interdisciplinary and may be filled under any of the following disciplines and qualification requirements: Research Biochemist, GS-0401; Research Plant Physiologist, GS-0435; Materials Research Engineer (Plastics), GS-0806; Research Materials Scientist, GS-1301; or Research Chemist, GS-1320. Application is open to citizens or nationals of the United States.
Open Period: Monday, August 4, 2008 to Tuesday, September 2, 2008
This position is located at the Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) of the Smithsonian Institution (SI), in Suitland, Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC. MCI is a research institute of SI; its mission is to increase and disseminate scientific knowledge that improves the preservation and conservation of museum collections and related material, and contributes to the enhancement of their contextual interpretation. For a more detailed description of the Center's programs access www.si.edu/mci.
Tutoring Opportunities
The Department of Chemistry currently has not received notice of any tutoring opportunities. If you would like to submit a tutoring opportunity, please send email to the Graduate Student Services Office at gradstudentservices@scs.uiuc.edu.
