Research Technician
UNC Charlotte
Full-Time
Closes on Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Job Description
collecting, summarizing, and reporting data; maintaining laboratory safety; and providing proper management of the laboratory.
Additionally, responsible for the following, but not limited to:
Knowledge-Technical responsibilities:
- Synthesize, characterize, and test new organic, inorganic, and hybrid organic-inorganic compounds for organic electronics, catalysis, and other applications.
- Utilize air-free handling techniques to work with moisture-sensitive and oxygen-sensitive compounds.
- Independently develop and verify synthetic methods for new target compounds.
- Test new compounds for new properties including optical and electronic properties and catalytic activity.
Laboratory Care responsibilities:
- Maintain laboratory glassware and equipment.
- Assist PI in maintaining a well-stocked lab and ordering laboratory supplies in a timely fashion.
- Maintain vacuum pumps – perform routine oil changes as necessary.
- Identify and report infrastructure issues (e.g. broken hood, leaky faucet) to appropriate administrators.
- Ensure all safety guidelines are followed strictly at all times by all lab users and maintain a clean and orderly environment.
- Work with EHS and PI to develop and disseminate new Safety Procedures for the lab when needed.
Operations-Research Support responsibilities:
- Train and supervise new researchers in the lab.
- Supervise waste management for the laboratory.
- Communicate effectively with laboratory leadership and other staff members.
- Provide support to other researchers in the laboratory as needed.
Data Collection responsibilities:
- Recording all data and results in specified forms (paper and electronic) with accuracy and responsibility and maintain laboratory documentation.
- Identify and report variations or discrepancies in the data; organize and prepare data for analyses. Provide PI with preliminary summary of experiments, procedures and tests.
- Operate NMR, UV-vis, fluorescence spectroscopy, MALDI, and other analytical techniques.
- Operate x-ray diffractometer and solve crystal structures independently. (Employee will be trained – prior experience is not needed.)
- Serve as liaison for external analytical services.