Research Associate, Research Assistant​/Associate, Research Scientist

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The UC Irvine Department of Chemistry is one of four departments in the School of Physical Sciences. Our Department provides world-class education and training for our student population while pushing the frontiers of knowledge through cutting edge research. The Special Project Coordinator is a key part of a collaborative management team in the Department of Chemistry that works together to find innovative solutions and practices to achieve goals and improve administrative practices.

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Under the direct supervision of the Facility Director, the Staff Research Associate I (SRA I) is an entry-level research support position in the Department of Chemistry’s Mass Spectrometry Facility (MSF) responsible for assisting faculty, Principal Investigators (PIs), Project Scientists, and senior laboratory personnel with analytical research activities in academic, clinical, or field research settings. The MSF in the Department of Chemistry is a component of UCI’s MS Shared Matrix Facility supported by UCI’s Cancer Research Center.

The MSF supports a large userbase of >250 users and operates 20 instruments from multiple vendors including:
Waters Corporation, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bruker Corporation, Agilent Technologies and Shimadzu Scientific Instruments. Modalities include LC-MS, GC-MS, MALDI-MS and MALDI Imaging MS. Major software applications include:
Waters Mass Lynx, Thermo Scientific Chromeleon, Agilent Mass Hunter, Bruker flex control and SCiLS Lab Pro and Shimadzu Image Reveal. The incumbent will perform standardized laboratory and mass spectrometry research procedures, collect and organize experimental data, maintain research materials and MS equipment, and support ongoing research projects under close supervision.

Key Responsibilities:

Research and Experimental Support:

• Assist with laboratory experiments, method development, and research studies under the direction of faculty and senior research personnel.
• Perform routine technical procedures according to established protocols, including procedures involving liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS).
• Prepare reagents, samples, cultures, and other research materials for laboratory experiments and analyses.
• Collect, record, organize, and maintain experimental and observational data.
• Maintain accurate and complete laboratory notebooks, research records, and associated databases.
• Perform routine review and validation of research data, including small-molecule molecular formula…