Postdoctoral Research position in Nuclear Physics (HISTARS project) - Universidad Complutense de Madrid
11 December 2023
The Nuclear Physics Group (https://ucm.es/gfn) at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) is offering a Postdoctoral Research position to support the development of HISTARS, the HIE-ISOLDE Timing Array for Reaction Studies, a highly sensitive detector for measuring lifetimes of nuclear excited states populated in reactions at the HIE-ISOLDE accelerator (ISOLDE, CERN).
HISTARS aims at further exploiting the vast possibilities offered by HIE-ISOLDE for research in nuclear structure, nuclear astrophysics and other fields. HISTARS intends to profit from recent developments in instrumentation and electronics, and to take advantage of improvements in digital signal processing, to build a device for the measurement of lifetimes of excited states populated in reactions. State-of-the-art fast scintillator detectors for gamma-ray detection and charged-particle detector with good time response and high-rate capabilities will be employed.
The selected applicant will join the diverse and dynamic Nuclear Physics Group at UCM, and play a leading role in the development of the HISTARS device and the associated experimental techniques. The successful candidate is expected to contribute to decay and in-beam spectroscopy research activities, lead future experiments, data analysis and interpretation or results, help to supervise postgraduate students and present results at relevant international conferences and meetings.
Applicants should have completed a Ph.D. in nuclear physics or associated fields and have a good understanding of instrumentation for spectroscopy radiation measurements, including fast scintillator and semiconductor detectors, as well as proven experience in designing and analysing nuclear structure experiments. Readiness to travel to CERN and other international laboratories, and the ability to communicate effectively within large transnational collaborations are essential.
This post is offered on a fixed-term basis until the end of December 2025, with a gross salary of 35 000 € per annum. The public selection procedure will follow the guidelines defined by Universidad Complutense de Madrid, https://www.ucm.es/personal-de-apoyo-a-la-investigacion-pai-ucm.
For further information please contact Prof. Luis Mario FRAILE at lmfraile@ucm.es or luis.fraile@cern.ch.
Post-doc position at Pisa University
11 December 2023
Please spread the news of our post-doc position among young scientists who may be interested to challenge themselves in such a research topic.
The call will close on January 2nd 2024 at 1PM CET, and the interviews of the candidates will be taken on January 16th 2024, also remotely if
needed. Note that also graduate students who have not yet a PhD degree may apply.
As you know, this position is framed in a 2-year project that the Nuclear Theory group at University of Pisa will carry out in the next two years in collaboration with the Nuclear Theory groups at the University "Luigi Vanvitelli" and at the University of Salento. The topic of the research project is the nuclear structure study of nuclear low-energy EFT Hamiltonians.
Research Expert in nuclear reactions and decay at KU Leuven Institute for Nuclear and Radiation Physics (Belgium)
04 December 2023
The KU Leuven Institute for Nuclear and Radiation Physics (Belgium) is recruiting a Research Expert in nuclear reactions and decay for a permanent position:
Postdoctoral Research Associate - SIGMA ENVISAGE Liverpool
30 November 2023
The Liverpool Nuclear Physics Group is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to support its STFC-funded ENVISAGE programme, which aims to evaluate the performance of a Segmented Inverted coaxial GerManium (SIGMA) detector in operational environments.
You will play a leading role in evaluating the performance of the detector (1) as a tracking detector for decay spectroscopy experiments and (2) as a spectroscopic gamma-ray imager in nuclear decommissioning. Your role will include driving developments of experimental acquisition and analysis techniques. You will lead detector commissioning and data acquisition campaigns at laboratories in the University of Liverpool, the University of Jyväskylä (JYFL), Finland, and Mirion Technologies, Warrington. You will lead the analysis of the acquired data, for example (1) using the JYFL data to track gamma rays detected in SIGMA back to an implantation array to characterise and correlate isomeric decays and beta delayed gamma rays from the implanted exotic ions and (2) using the Mirion data to produce spectroscopic gamma-ray images of a range of industrially relevant gamma-ray sources.
You will be expected to present the results of your work at collaboration meetings and international conferences. A willingness to travel and the ability to communicate effectively with key stakeholders are essential. You will have opportunities to access a range of researcher development resources, with the University of Liverpool sector leading in postdoctoral researcher development programmes such as Prosper. The post is available until 31st October 2026 and is expected to start as soon as possible.
Applications must be submitted by 8th December 2023. For any enquiries about the post please contact Prof Laura Harkness-Brennan ljh@liverpool.ac.uk.
Job Opening for a Postdocoral Research Associate at the National Nuclear Data Center
17 November 2023
The National Nuclear Data Center has an opening for a post-doctoral position in nuclear structure evaluations and research. In this role, you will be expected to work on decay data evaluations for the Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File (ENSDF), the world-wide resource for nuclear structure and decay data. You will also be expected to participate in experimental research aligned with ENSDF priorities, including a new, in-house laboratory being built for decay spectroscopy experiments. This position has a high level of interaction with an international and multicultural scientific community.