Welch Foundation Undergraduate Chemist Summer

Position: Welch Foundation Undergraduate Chemist Summer 2026
Posting Details

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Job Title Welch Foundation Undergraduate Chemist Summer 2026 Location Alpine Department Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences Job No. SI9925 Posting Date 05/26/2026 End Date Until Filled Yes Appointment Date Salary $2500 scholarship in two payments by Welch Foundation Department Grant. Required

Required:

Students must be accepted on the Undergraduate Research Scholarship. They also must complete CHEM 1311 or CHEM 1312. General Chemistry courses are required to perform chemistry research projects.

Preferred

Preferred:
Undergraduate students majoring in natural or physical sciences who are maintaining a minimum 2.0 GPA and pursuing a career in chemistry research.

Staffing Reason Institutional Primary Responsibilities

Staffing Reason:
Undergraduate researchers are needed to perform a chemistry research project supported by the External Research Grants of SRSU. The students will synthesize and characterize new transition metal oxides or fluorides as new optical materials through several apparatus and spectroscopic instruments (Hydrothermal Autoclaves Method, Conventional Solid-State Method, Powder XRD, IR, UV-visible DRS, TGA & DSC, and EDX). The structures of newly synthesized oxides or fluorides will be determined by single crystal diffractometry and their structures are also refined and visualized.

Primary Responsibilities:

Keep the safety rules of the chemistry laboratory.

Participate in training on chemistry lab equipment operation.

For more information email: hong.young.chang

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