{"id":12868,"date":"2015-06-03T07:53:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T12:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=12868"},"modified":"2015-06-03T07:53:23","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T12:53:23","slug":"job-posting-physical-scientist-conservation-smithsonians-museum-conservation-institute-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2015\/06\/03\/job-posting-physical-scientist-conservation-smithsonians-museum-conservation-institute-washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Posting: Physical Scientist (Conservation) &#8211; Smithsonian\u2019s Museum Conservation Institute (Washington, DC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Physical Scientist (Conservation), Smithsonian\u2019s Museum Conservation Institute.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Smithsonian\u2019s Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) is seeking Physical Scientists (Conservation) to conduct research on works of art, antiquities, and other objects of cultural value through scientific examination, identification, and analysis of their materials. They may also perform technical examinations of these objects for authentication, condition assessment, or conservation treatment. Applicants must be able to perform analysis in the general areas of organic or inorganic materials using some of the following analytical methods: scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (SEM-EDS), X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), inductively-coupled mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and gas chromatography \u2013 mass spectrometry (GC-MS).<br \/>\nMCI is a scientific research center of the Smithsonian Institution with the mission to\u00a0increase and disseminate scientific knowledge that improves preservation and conservation of museum collections and related material, with an emphasis on the collections of the Smithsonian Institution\u2019s museums. For a more detailed description of the MCI\u2019s programs please see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.edu\/mci\">www.si.edu\/mci<\/a>.<br \/>\nFor a complete application package and instructions please access USAJOBS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usajobs.gov\/\">https:\/\/www.usajobs.gov\/<\/a> or the Smithsonian website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.edu\/OHR\/jobs_public\">http:\/\/www.si.edu\/OHR\/jobs_public<\/a> and retrieve announcement numbers 15A-SR-300454-MPA-MCI and 15A-SR-300473-DEU-MCI. The Smithsonian Institution is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Vacancies close Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. National.<br \/>\nFor more information contact:<br \/>\nJanet G. Douglas<br \/>\nHead of Technical Studies<br \/>\nMuseum Conservation Institute<br \/>\nSmithsonian Institution<br \/>\n(301) 238-1238<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:douglja@si.edu\">douglja@si.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physical Scientist (Conservation), Smithsonian\u2019s Museum Conservation Institute. The Smithsonian\u2019s Museum Conservation Institute (MCI) is seeking Physical Scientists (Conservation) to conduct research on works of art, antiquities, and other objects of cultural value through scientific examination, identification, and analysis of their materials. They may also perform technical examinations of these objects for authentication, condition assessment, or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2015\/06\/03\/job-posting-physical-scientist-conservation-smithsonians-museum-conservation-institute-washington-dc\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Job Posting: Physical Scientist (Conservation) &#8211; Smithsonian\u2019s Museum Conservation Institute (Washington, DC)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":12606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}