Technician Support: Geochemistry Laboratories at the University of Pittsburgh, Phase I

0214212 CapoThis奖提供了三年的第一阶段研究实验室技术人员在地质和行星科学地球化学设施在匹兹堡大学的部门支持。 大学为该职位提供50%的工资和福利。这些设施包括样品制备、清洁化学和仪器实验室。主要仪器包括电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱仪（ICP-AES）和NSF资助的多接收器热电离质谱仪（TIMS）。研究技术人员负责实验室的日常运作，设备维护，合作者和学生的培训，以及方法开发的协助。 除了促进实践类和推广活动，这个位置将提供研究项目的重点是第四纪土壤发育和古气候学，在流域风化建模，酸性矿山排水，前寒武纪古环境的发展，和火成岩地球化学的重要支持。

0214212CapoThis award provides three years of Phase I research laboratory technician support in the Department of Geology and Planetary Science Geochemistry Facility at the University of Pittsburgh. The University is providing 50% of the salary and fringe benefits for this position. The facilities comprise sample preparation, clean chemistry, and instrumentation laboratories. Major instruments include an inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometer (ICP-AES) and an NSF-funded multicollector thermal ionization mass spectrometer (TIMS). The research technician is responsible for day-to-day operation of the labs, maintenance of equipment, training of collaborators and students, and assistance with method development. In addition to facilitating hands-on class and outreach activities, this position will provide vital support for research projects focused on Quaternary soil development and paleoclimatology, modeling of weathering in watersheds, development of acid mine drainage, Precambrian paleoenvironments, and igneous geochemistry.***