Welch Foundation Undergraduate Chemist Summer

Job Details

Job Title: Welch Foundation Undergraduate Chemist Summer 2026

Location: Alpine

Department: Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Job No.: SI9925

Posting Date: 05/26/2026

Until Filled: Yes

Salary: $2500 scholarship in two payments by Welch Foundation Department Grant.

• 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.

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

• Synthesize and characterize new transition metal oxides or fluorides as new optical materials using hydrothermal autoclaves, conventional solid-state methods, and various spectroscopic instruments (Powder XRD, IR, UV-visible DRS, TGA & DSC, EDX).
• Determine structures of newly synthesized oxides or fluorides by single crystal diffractometry and refine and visualize the structures.
• Maintain 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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