Position at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Assistant Research Scientist, Environmental
Scientific Research
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world's finest museums,
seeks an Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of
Scientific Research.  This role provides scientific instrument and
library-based analytical support under the supervision of the
Preventive Conservation/Environmental Research Scientist.  Duties
will include developing, implementing, and conducting analytical
tests for the evaluation of materials.  Duties also include the
evaluation of environmental conditions, including but not limited to
temperature, humidity, light, dust, pollution, and vibration levels.
This is a permanent full-time position.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties:

    Assists in the evaluation of commercially available display,
    storage and construction materials for compatibility with
    artwork using established and novel advanced analytical
    techniques and protocols including but not limited to volatile
    organic chemical analysis and material degradation analysis

    Plans, conducts, and documents, environmental testing to promote
    the preservation of the collection.  Environmental testing
    includes the evaluation of temperature, humidity, light, dust,
    pollution and vibration levels

    Assists with micro-fading measurements on art and preservation
    materials

    Establishes and implements sensor calibration protocols for
    analytical and environmental test equipment

    Develops and utilizes database and web-enabled applications to
    automate the documentation and dissemination of test results

    Performs literature reviews on related topics using scientific
    and conservation literature, proposing improvements to existing
    protocols and procedures

    Writes progress and summary reports, standard operating
    procedures and annotated bibliographies on related topics and
    activities

    Other duties as assigned

Requirements and Qualifications:

Experience and Skills:

    Demonstrated expertise in advanced liquid or gas chromatographic
    analytical techniques such as GC/MS, HPLC, GPC, or LCMS
    (required)

    Development and implementation of testing methods and protocols
    for VOC analysis (required)

    Development and implementation of testing methods and protocols
    for the evaluation of degraded materials (preferred)

    Experience in photochemistry, spectroscopy, environmental
    chemistry, air quality monitoring, corrosion science, or
    preventive conservation (required)

    Experience testing and evaluating museum environment factors
    such as temperature, humidity, light, and dust, pollution, or
    vibration levels (preferred)

    Implementing advanced statistical analysis methods on scientific
    data (preferred)

    Development of process automation using modern database software
    and web-enabled tools (preferred)

Knowledge and Education:

    Ph.D. in chemistry, engineering, materials science, related
    disciplines or equivalent experience.

    1-3 years of experience in air quality testing, building
    environment monitoring, or chromatography-based testing and
    analysis.

    Experience working in museum environments, specifically, either
    with or in proximity of art objects.

    Strong command of both written and spoken English.

Please send cover letter, resume, and salary history to
careers<-at->metmuseum<.>org with "Assistant Research Scientist/Scientific
Research Department" in the subject line.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides equal opportunity to all
employees and applicants for employment without regard to race,
color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin,
ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, alienage or
citizenship status, marital status or domestic partner status,
genetic information, genetic predisposition or carrier status,
gender identity, HIV status, military status and any other category
protected by law in all employment decisions, including but not
limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and
apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading,
transfer, lay-off and termination, and all other terms and
conditions of employment.  AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and national
service alumni encouraged to apply.

Eric Breitung
Senior Research Scientist
Department of Scientific Research
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York NY 10028


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