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In partnership with University of Washington, Khondaker leads PREM Center for quantum materials innovation and education excellence (CQMIEE) at UCF (https://prem2.cecs.ucf.edu/). Khondaker group’s current interest is in the discovery of exotic electronic and vibrational properties of 2D and quantum materials through Raman, TERS, electron transport, and SPM measurements.\nThe ideal candidate must have a Ph.D. in physics, electrical engineering or related field with demonstrated skills in one or more of the following areas:\n(i) Fabrication of 2D materials based nanodevices using exfoliation, transfer, optical and electrical beam lithography (EBL) along with low noise electrical transport measurements (room temperature and low temperature). Strong command of EBL is required\n(ii) Investigation of novel physics using Raman spectroscopy, tip-enhance Raman spectroscopy (TERS), Conducting AFM, and other related scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques.\nIn addition, candidates should have\nStrong publication record in high-quality journals with several first author papers, demonstrating an ability to effectively and efficiently report scientific results.\nExcellent written and oral communication skills.\nCreative, hardworking, and self-motivated with the ability and interest to pursue challenging problems independently as well as collaboratively with other groups.\nMajor Duties/Responsibilities:\nLead and contribute to independent and collaborative research projects involving synthesis (exfoliation and transfer), device fabrication, and investigation of electronic, vibrational and other exotic properties of 2D/quantum materials.\nLead the writing of research articles resulting from the work and publish those is scientific journals.\nPresent research results at scientific conferences.\nWork with graduate and undergraduate students and provide peer mentoring. Co-lead project with students.\nCollaborate with researchers at UCF and CQMIEE\nHelp maintain lab space and equipment’s\nWork safely and independently within a supportive group setting.\nEnsure compliance with environment, safety, health program requirements.\nThe position is for up to two (2) years with a salary of $57,000/yr along with other benefits.\nTo be considered for this position please send:\n(a) curriculum vitae with publication list.\n(b) summary of research accomplishments (2 page limit).\n(c) a brief statement of research interests (2 page limit).\nAll application materials must be sent as one collated PDF document by email to Prof. Saiful Khondaker ().\nDepartment\nOffice of Research - Nanoscience Technology Center (NTC) - Operations CGWork Schedule\nMonday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. Schedule may vary as requiredType of Appointment\nFixed Term (Fixed Term)Expected Salary\n$57,000.00The University of Central Florida is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on any characteristic protected by law. The University maintains programs for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities in accordance with all applicable federal and state laws.\nAs a Florida public university, the University of Central Florida makes all application materials and selection procedures available to the public upon request.\nUCF is proud to be a smoke-free campus and an E-Verify employer.\nFor general application or posting questions, please email .\nIf an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please email .","description_format":"text","description_chars":3664,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"phd","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Education","Higher Education"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-16T03:36:15Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":21,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.276,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":12,"expected_fill_days":14,"reasons":["conf:0","stale_co","evergreen","velocity","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-10-27T05:46:45Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ucf-post-doctoral-scholar-5","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ucf-post-doctoral-scholar-5.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-28T02:30:52Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3313,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-29T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":34416},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=34416"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fucf-post-doctoral-scholar-5"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fucf-post-doctoral-scholar-5"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fucf-post-doctoral-scholar-5"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/ucf-post-doctoral-scholar-5\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fucf-post-doctoral-scholar-5"}]}