ZymaX Forensics is an environmental forensics consulting and testing lab in San Luis Obispo, California.

ZymaX is part of the Environmental Forensics Division of DPRA (http://www.dpra.com/ ), an employee-owned firm with offices throughout North America. DPRA expertly delivers creative, yet practical solutions to problems in environmental management, information technology, and national defense.

 

We need a Director/Manager for our Stable Isotope Laboratory who has the experience necessary to supervise the department and operate our GV IsoPrime IRMS Mass Spec and Vacuum Line Preparations. An MS or PhD in geology, analytical chemistry or related fields is required. The Position refers to The Director of Environmental Forensics Dr. Shan-Tan Lu. The start date is as soon as possible.

 

The isotope lab performs stable isotope ratio analysis of Hydrogen, Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Sulfur in water, organics (petroleum), minerals and gases as well as vacuum line prep for Carbon 14 Analysis.

 

The ZymaX Forensics Group in San Luis Obispo currently consists of 3 departments:

1. Environmental Forensics Consulting and Customer Service (1 PhD+ 1 Adm. Clerk)

2. Petroleum Geochemistry Lab (1 PhD + 1 Lab Tech)

3. Stable Isotope Lab (1 PhD who is leaving  + 1 Lab Tech)

 The ZymaX Forensics Group is managed by DPRA’s Environmental Forensics Office in San Marcos, California (by San Diego, CA) that has 13 consultants primarily working in environmental forensics and remediation.

 

Management of the Stable Isotope Department includes:

Talk to customers about the lab’s capabilities

Schedule instruments/vacuum-lines and Lab Tech(s)

Operate the GV IsoPrime and the Vacuum-Lines

Process and review data

Ensure proper QA/QC

Sign certificates of Analysis

Development of new methods (Compound specific isotope ratios)

Repair and maintain the equipment

Purchasing of standards, reagents and spare parts

 

The lab has a Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometer with the following prep stations:

  • GV Instruments IsoPrime Mass Spec used in continuous flow mode (dual inlet capable)
  • H/D Collector
  • Sulfur Isotope configuration Kit
  • Hydrogen Pyrolysis configuration Kit
  • Hydrogen Solid Sample Configuration Kit
  • EuroVector 3028/HT dual Furnace Elemental Analyzer with High temperature Oven
  • EuroVector 110-Position Liquid Autosampler (Water) for Hydrogen and Oxygen Analysis
  • Tekmar LSC 2000 Purge and Trap for MTBE and Chlorinated Solvents in Groundwater
  • Agilent Model 6890 Gas Chromatograph with Model G1562A Flame Ionization Detector (FID) and Model G1560A Split/Splitless 150 psi inlet with EPC
  • GC-C Interface with pressure regulators for on-line measurement of delta 13C in mixtures separated by the Agilent GC
  • Oxidation Furnace and Controller with Nafion Dryer
  • Dual Reference Gas Injector Box for reference gas calibration and tuning
  • EuroVector MassLynx Windows NT Software latest edition
  • IBM PC with HP LaserJet 2200D and 21" IBM Monitor

 

To see the type of analysis we run please download the Isotope Lab Brochure:

http://www.zymaxusa.com/zymaxenviro/forms/documents/zymaxstableisotope.pdf

 

For more information on the Stable Isotope Lab please see our web site:

http://www.zymaxisotope.com

 

To put the Isotope Lab in context and get an idea of who you will be working with please see the ZymaX Forensics web site:

http://www.zymaxforensics.com

Please go through the “Forensics Primer”. It explains our petroleum geochemistry work in detail.

 

Download the Environmental Forensics Service Schedule. It tells what petroleum geochemistry tests we perform:

http://www.zymaxusa.com/zymaxenviro/forms/documents/ZymaXForensicsServiceSchd.pdf

 

For general info see (Legal paper four-fold)

http://www.zymaxusa.com/zymaxenviro/forms/documents/ZymaXForensicsBrochure.pdf

 

For information about the Environmental Forensics Division of DPRA:

http://www.dpra.com/ef.cfm

 

 Applicants must send a cover letter of interest and their resume (preferably by email) to Dr. Shan-Tan Lu ([log in to unmask]) detailing their prior experience with IRMS and vacuum line work as well as their experience and/or interest in developing compound specific analytical methods for chlorinated solvents, MTBE, Perchlorate and organic compounds in petroleum derived mixtures.

 

Dr Shan-Tan Lu

ZymaX Forensics, Inc

71 Zaca Lane

San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-7300

805-544-4696 extension 106

Email: [log in to unmask]