The fellowship is for a period of up to 4 years, with 25 % compulsory work. The teaching must be conducted in one of the Scandinavian languages or English. Starting date no later than 1 October, 2010.
Job description:
The LHC experiments at CERN started collecting proton-proton collision data late last year, and expect to collect 1 fb-1 of data with 7 TeV collision energy during the extended 2010-2011 run. The physics program at LHC is broad, but studies of the Higgs mechanism, searches for new fundamental symmetries (such as supersymmetry or new gauge symmetries), and studies of the phase transition between hadronic material and the quark-gluon plasma under the extreme conditions of collisions at the LHC are among the important physics goals for the CERN@UiO strategic research center at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. This center participates in the ALICE (heavy ion) and ATLAS (general purpose p-p) experiments with significant funding provided by Norwegian Research Council projects.
The candidate for this position is expected to perform analysis and interpretation of the early data taken with the ATLAS experiment. Some traveling and service work for the experiment in terms of either distributed computing support, software development or sub-detector support must be expected. More information can be found at the center's web page www.fys.uio.no/cern.
The applicants must document experience in particle physics. Experience working in large collaborations and in scientific programming are advantages.
Applicants may submit a project proposal for the qualifying work during the program. The project proposal should include research topic, main issues, as well as choice of theory and method.
Requirements:
Applicants must hold a Master's degree in physics or equivalent is required.
The purpose of the fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree.
The fellowship requires admission to the research training programme at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. An approved plan for the research training, including a project outline, must be submitteed no later than two months after taking up the position, and the admission must be approved within three months. For more information see: http://www.uio.no/admhb/reglhb/personal/tilsettingvitenskapelig/regulationstermcondition.xml
A good command of English is required of all students attending the University of Oslo.
http://www.matnat.uio.no/english/research/education/proficiency_in_English.html
Salary:
PhD Research Fellow (SKO 1017), pay grade: 45-51 (NOK 355 400 – 394 200 per year, depending on seniority/qualifications)
The application must include:
Application letter
CV (summarizing education, positions and academic work - scientific publications)
Copies of educational certificates, transcript of records and letters of recommendation
List of publications and academic work that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee
Names and contact details of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number)
Foreign applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their University’s grading system. Please remember that all documents should be in English or a Scandinavian language.
Closing date for applications: 15 May, 2010
The University of Oslo has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results a.o.
The University of Oslo has a goal of recruiting more women in academic positions.
Women are encouraged to apply.
The University of Oslo also has a goal of recruiting ethnic minorities to Norway in academic positions. Ethnic minorities are encouraged to apply.
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