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Postdoctoral position as posted on PostdocJobs.com:

http://www.PostdocJobs.com
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Applications are being accepted for postdoctoral associates starting
in mid 2002 to early 2003. People with degrees in Chemistry, Physics,
Engineering and related fields all may be able to contribute to our
projects. Prior experience in ultrafast or nonlinear spectroscopy or
the physical properties of DNA are highly desirable.

Projects in need of new researchers include:

1) Ultrafast Dynamics of DNA
We are developing new methods that vastly increase our ability to
measure dynamics in DNA at times less than 1 ns. Long term
applications include ones in biology related to DNA-protein
recognition, and in nanoscience related to charge-transport in organic
molecular 'wires.' A new fluorescence up-conversion instrument with
~100 fs time resolution is now available to complement a
time-correlated single-photon-counting fluorimeter with a time range
extending to ~50 ns. Collaboration with Profs. Catherine Murphy
(bioinorganic), Robert Coleman (organic) and Michael Wyatt (pharmacy)
gives us access to sophisticated modified DNA's and a full array of
biochemical characterization techniques.

2) Molecular Dynamics in Liquids, Glasses and Polymers
Questions involve the emergence of collective macroscopic properties
at long times from single molecule motion at short times, the
transition from 'normal' low-viscosity liquids to supercooled
high-viscosity liquids, and the role of kinetic heterogeneity in
complex fluids. Measurements of both molecular solvation and rotation
are used to probe these processes. A new effort is being started to
develop multi-dimensional techniques to measure higher order
correlation functions of these processes. An amplified, 50 kHz
Ti:sapphire is the primary instrument for this project.

3) Vibrational Analogs of 2-D NMR
Recent advances in laser technology now make it possible to apply the
power of 2-D methods to vibrational spectroscopy. This laboratory was
the first to demonstrate the feasibility of 2-D vibrational
spectroscopy. A newed effort is being made to explore the utility of
IR, Raman and mixed approaches to 2-D vibrational spectroscopy. A new
state-of-the art solid-state laser system is being developed to
support this effort.

The University of South Carolina, the flagship university of South
Carolina, has 23,000 students on its main campus. It is located in the
state capital, Columbia, which has a population of just under 500,000.
Although it has all the amenities of a metropolitan area, the
congestion of large cities is absent. The climate is mild, and both
the coast and mountains can be reached in a couple of hours.


For more information, please visit the Postdoc Jobs website:

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