PhD position, Nuclear Physics: TU Darmstadt 1938 views

TU Darmstadt invites applications for a PhD position in the group of Dr. Alexandre Obertelli at the Institute of Nuclear Physics (IKP). The position can be filled as soon as possible.

About the project:

• A PhD position is opened for the PUMA project. PUMA is a starting project (01/2018) funded by the European Research Council with the objective of probing the nuclear density tail of short-lived nuclei by use of trapped antiprotons.
• The project will be held at CERN eventually. The first part of PUMA consists of designing a penning trap and the corresponding detection system.

Requirements:

• Applicant must hold Master degree in physics or engineering
• The selected candidate will have opportunity of working in an international environment, with significant components of hardware developments, numeric and theory.
• Applicant must be motivated by technical developments and must have knowledge of C++
• Applicant must possess English proficiency.
• Applicant must have knowledge in low-energy nuclear physics and experience with simulations.

Applications:

• Applications to be sent via email to [email protected] with the following attachments:
• Letter of motivation
• Contact for references
• CV

Note: applications received by last date will get full considerations and received afterwards will only be considered if the position is not filled.