Thursday, September 10, 2009

New Job

As of this morning, I work as a geochemist for Australian Scientific Instruments, a small engineering firm that builds scientific instrumentation, including the SHRIMP. It is a part-time position, so I still get to spend two days a week with LLLL, while still getting paid to push the frontiers of science. So far it has been great- I spent the day learning how to set up sulfur isotopes on the multicollector, for the purpose of teasing 33S anomalies out of really old mud. Tomorrow will be swimming lessons, a playgrounds, and possibly the zoo.

Although selling the instruments isn’t actually part of my job description, if there’s anyone out there wishing to turn several million dollars of stimulus money into a world-class analytical facility, leave me a note in the comments.

5 comments:

  1. A SHRIMP isn't on my shopping list, but I'm glad to hear you've got a new job.

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  2. Congratulations on the new job, Chuck. Do they give an employee discount on SHRIMPs?

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  3. Congratulations on the new job! Sounds right up your alley.

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