The Gaia group at IEEC - UB-ICC is seeking a candidate to cover a programmer position .
We offer a contract to join the validation team that will implement and execute the data validation for the Gaia data releases.
This validation requires:
- Implementing data validation algorithms in Java
- Integration of the code in the validation framework
- Control of the execution of the code
- Extraction and analysis of the validation results in cooperation with the Gaia scientists
- Development and maintenance of the Gaia simulator. Provide large scale simulations to the other Coordination Units when it is required.
The job requires mainly programming skills in java and experience in standard code development tools and procedures, as well as good level in English for the writing of the code documentation. Familiarity with the development of software in scientific projects is a plus.
The job requires:
- University degree (or equivalent, including experience) in the engineering, physics, or computer science
- Good programming skills in Java, Python, SQL, XML and advanced knowledge of Linux shell programming
- Familiarity with team programming tools (e.g. programming environments like eclipse, ANT building, SVN repositories, Jenkins continuous integration tool, etc.)
- Good level of English (both written and spoken)
- Ability to write accurate and consistent technical documentation.
- Familiarity with large teams work
Will be positively evaluated:
- Background in astrophysics or experience in astrophysics projects
- Familiarity with Space research
- Spanish and Catalan are plus.
We intend to fill this position as soon as possible.
The contract will be until the end of 2016.
The salary will be agreed upon with the successful applicant.
Contact Person: Lola Balaguer
The Hadronic, Nuclear and Atomic Physics Group of the Departament d’Estructura i Constituents de la Matèria of the University of Barcelona and of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB) invites applications to fill a postdoc position starting in January 2016. The successful candidate will be employed as a postdoctoral researcher for a minimum period of 1 year, which can be extended for 1 more year. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree, or foreign equivalent, and a strong record of published research in nuclear or particle physics. We are looking for a candidate with knowledge of methods of many body quantum mechanics and possessing programming skills in Fortran. The successful candidate will be working on the description of different reactions involving particles with charm quarks, in particular J/Ψ and D mesons, both in free space and in the nuclear medium.
For more information contact Volodymyr Magas, email: vladimir @ ecm.ub.edu.
The applications including CV, publication list and research statement should be submitted to vladimir @ ecm.ub.edu. Also the candidate should arrange 2 recommendation letters to be sent directly to the above address. Please include the subject 'postdoc' in the corresponding emails.The application deadline is the 15th of October. Late applications may still be considered as long as the position remains available.
Call
The grants are distributed as follows:
* 2 grants for covering 100% of the tuition fees.
* 4 grants for covering 50% of the tuition fees.
In both cases there is a maximum of 60 credits to be enrolled in for the first time at the corresponding price per credit for european students.
Requirements
* To have been accepted into the master course in Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Cosmology of University of Barcelona before the deadline for the offer of these six grants (25th of September). The pre-enrollment for the master course will need to be held until the day assigned for formalizing the final enrollment.
Selection criteria
The criteria to be followed for assigning the grants is ordered by importance and consists on:
1) Average grade
2) Suitability of candidate's previous CV to the master course
3) Equal distribution of the grants between the two modalities of the master. In case of draw it will apply the gender parity criteria.
Tramitation
Students who wish to apply for any of the grants will need to fill the normalized sheet provided at:
http://www.ub.edu/beques/1r2ncicle/
The normalized sheet and the documents specified in base IV of the call will need to be submited at any UB Register point from the 7th to the 25th of September.
Deadline
25th of September
The deadline for applying is September 7th, 2015, at 12:00 (local time).
Find all relevant information such as requisites and application forms at the master website (link below).
The Gaia group at IEEC - UB-ICC is seeking a candidate to cover a documentalist position. We offer a contract to join the documentation team that will generate the documentation for the Gaia releases. The job involves receiving from the scientists and engineers working on the DPAC consortium the contents of the documentation in LaTeX format and reformatting it into the system selected for the publication. This system is presently being defined and will allow formatting of the original content into different environments (including the ESA web sites, PDF documents, mobile devices, etc.) and part of the job will be the contribute to its development and implementation for the production phase. The applicant should have familiarity with these processes of electronic publishing and a technical background, especially in astronomy, and programming skills will be a plus.
The job requires:
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Good level of English (both written and spoken)
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Good programming skills (preferably in Python)
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Knowledge of LaTeX, HTML and Javascript
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Knowledge of Web Content Management Systems (wiki, Drupal, etc.)
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Familiarity with large teams work
Will be positively evaluated:
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Degree in physics or engineering
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Familiarity with mark-up publishing systems, preferably XML
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Familiarity with Space research
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Spanish and Catalan are plus.
We intend to fill this position as soon as possible. The contract will be until the end of 2016. The salary will be agreed upon with the successful applicant.
The Gaia group (Department of Astronomy and Meteorology at University of Barcelona, Institute of Cosmos Sciences, Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia) is looking for two students to join a multidisciplinary team of astronomers and engineers, to operate, test, monitorize and evaluate the efficiency of a software for massive processing of scientific data, for the ESA's Gaia space mission.
Tasks and responsibilities:
Position 1: IDU
Operationof the Gaia processing system at Barcelona.
Launch simulations on MareNostrum-BSC.
Execution and analysis of cyclic processing system efficiency tests.
Work as a member of the quality control team and document and execute defined test cases.
Prepare and execute "scripts" test, document test results and review the "scripts" as needed.
Improve the automation of the system as needed.
Posiciótion 2: IDT
Supervision of the Gaia data processing system at Madrid.
Analysis of the daily processing results.
Execution and analysis of performance tests on the daily processing system.
Work as a member of the quality control team and document and execute defined test cases.
Prepare and run test scripts, document test results and review scripts as needed.
Improve the automation and monitorization of the system as needed.
Required skills for the two positions:
Knowledge of object oriented programming languages (Java, Python, ...).
Knowledge of Linux / bash and shell scripting (including Awk).
Knowledge of LaTeX (for documenting), SubVersion, Eclipse and GNUplot will be positively valued.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Documentation skills.
High level of English (reading, writing and speaking).
Team-work ability.
We will make a brief aptitude test in order to prove the mentioned abilities.
Contract: part-time.
Immediate incorporation.
Interested people should send a CV and a copy of the academic record to the email address below.
The fellowships will have a duration of 4 years. If the PhD thesis is finished in 3 years, the student will be able to keep their contract as a postdoc fellow for one more year.
Positions associated with the María de Maeztu Excellence Unit:
1- DETERMINATION OF THE DARK ENERGY COMPONENT OF THE UNIVERSE AT THE 1 % LEVEL
IP: Licia Verde
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Dark energy is among the biggest open problems in cosmology (and physics) today. An ambitious observational effort is under way to observe the effects of dark energy on the large scale cosmological structures in the Universe with the aim to shed light on the origin of the accelerated expansion observed today. The state-of-the art in this effort is represented by the BOSS survey which has recently finished collecting data and provides the largest 3D map of galaxies ever. The DESI and Euclid projects, in which members of the group participate actively, will be the natural continuation of BOSS offering a qualitative step forward. These experiments will offer a unique opportunity to make measurements of the properties of the dark energy component with unprecedentent precision and accuracy.
Progress in this field will surely be data driven, but in order for this experimental program to be successful, a big theoretical and data interpretation effort is also required, which is the focus of the thesis work. The PhD candidate will have the oportunity to enter the DESI collaboration and work as part of the team as well as the Euclid collaboration.
Involved Senior Members: Licia Verde, Raul Jimenez, Jaume Garriga, Antonio Cuesta, Emilio Bellini, Fergus Simpson.
References:
BOSS (https://www.sdss3.org/surveys/boss.php)
DESI (http://desi.lbl.gov, http://arxiv.org/pdf/1308.0847.pdf)
Euclid (http://sci.esa.int/euclid/, http://arxiv.org/pdf/1206.1225.pdf)
Contact: Licia Verde (liciaverde@icc.ub.edu)
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2- HOLOGRAPHY AND QCD IN EXTREME CONDITIONS
IP: David Mateos
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A PhD position in the areas of Particle Physics, Gravitation and Cosmology is now open at the Institute for Cosmos Sciences (a María de Maeztu Excellence Unit) at the University of Barcelona under the Spanish programme "Formación de Personal Investigador" (FPI). The duration of the fellowship is four years, and the likely start of the appointment is around late2015/early 2016.
For more information about our groups please visit
Theoretical Physics research at ICCUB ,
Particle Physics Phenomenology research at ICCUB and
Gravitation and Cosmology
Contact: David Mateos (dmateos@icc.ub.edu)
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3- THE NATURE OF DARK MATTER
IP: Jordi Miralda
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The topic for this thesis is open to several possibilities having to do with dark matter. There is a diversity of interests in relation to this at our Institute: (1) The Gaia astrometry data releases will provide new opportunities to investigate the distribution of dark matter in the Milky Way, both in the disk and in the halo, which can give new clues to its nature. (2) The dark matter components and their properties (e.g., neutrino masses) can be investigated by analyzing the power spectrum of galaxies, quasars and absorption by intergalactic matter. (3) Models of candidate particles for dark matter can be investigated for their impact on cosmological observations, such as the possible presence of miniclusters in axion dark matter.
For more information about our groups please visit:
http://gaia.ub.edu
Cosmology and Large Scale Sctructure research at ICCUB
Galaxy Structure and Evolution research at ICCUB
And for more information on the Gaia mission:
http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia
http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/science-performance
http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/release
Scientific contact person:
Jordi Miralda-Escudé, jordi.miralda@gmail.com
Francesca Figueras cesca@am.ub.es
Xavier Luri xluri@am.ub.es
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4- LHCb DETECTOR UPGRADE
IP: Ricardo Graciani
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ICCUB participates in the LHCb experiment at CERN since 1998. The experiment is design for precision study of of b (and c) quark decays at the LHC accelerator. On the one hand it performs CP-violation measurements and, on the other hand, it looks for indirect effects of possible physics beyond the standard model on these CP-asymmetries, as well as on rare modes of flavour changing particle decays.
The aforementioned LHCb detector upgrade will consist in implementing a 40 MHz readout with a very flexible software-based trigger to be able to take full advantage of the provided LHC collision rate. In addition to the significant increased statistical sensitivity to flavour physics parameters, the experiment will be capable of triggering on interesting signatures, such as long-lived particles, and thus act as a general-purpose detector in the forward region.
ICCUB has been very strongly involved in the construction of the detector, developing the readout electronics of the SPD detector as part of the calorimeters. At present it is highly involved in the R&D phase, developing the new version of the readout electronics for the calorimeter and the electronics for the new tracking detector. These electronics consist on high-speed, low-noise ASICs for the readout of photo-detectors. Our plans are to continue doing so during the next phases of production, test, installation and commissioning.
The selected candidate is expected to have a significant contribution to this upgrade program.
Master degree on electronics, or alternatively on high-energy physics, is required. Experience on the following fields will be positively evaluated:
- Good knowledge of microelectronics and circuits design
- Knowledge of digital modelling language and digital synthesis
- Knowledge of radiation detector instrumentation and simulation
- Knowledge of high-energy physics analysis
Contact: Ricardo Graciani (graciani@icc.ub.edu)
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Positions associated with National Plan projects:
5- COSMOLOGIA FISICA EN LA EPOCA DE GRANDES CARTOGRAFIADOS
Ips: Licia Verde, Raul Jiménez
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The research theme will address open questions in cosmology that point towards physics beyond the Standard Model. In cosmology, an ambitious experimental effort is under way that will hopefully shed some light on the underlying mechanism of inflation, the nature of dark matter (DM) and the origin of the accelerated expansion observed today. In particular, a significant improvement in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) measurements is being achieved by the Planck satellite, launched in the spring 2009 and will be followed by the next generation of CMB experiments (CMB-Pol,COrE). The BOSS ground-based galaxy redshift survey started collecting data in 2009. It will make a major step forward by measuring the redshift of 1.5 million galaxies, providing the largest 3D map of galaxies ever. The DESI and Euclid projects, in which members of the group participate actively, will be the natural continuation of BOSS offering a qualitative step forward. These experiments will offer a unique op portunity to constrain fundamental physics from cosmological observations.
Progress in this field will surely be data driven, but in order for this experimental program to be successful, a big theoretical and data interpretation effort is also required. Models that could explain some, or ideally all, the open questions need to be identified, and confronted with data from particle and cosmological experiments in order to confirm, falsify or constraint them. In cosmology, non linearities, galaxy bias and evolution need to be properly accounted for to reduce systematics. These investigations will also guide the optimization and improvement of future experiments. The PhD candidate will have the oportunity to enter the DESI collaboration and work as part of the team. The project involves researchers with an internationally recognized experience in cosmology, and with a significant record of previous collaborative activities.
Advisors: Licia Verde, Raul Jimenez
Group: Licia Verde, Raul Jimenez, Antonio Cuesta, Emilio Bellini, Fergus Simpson.
References:
BOSS (https://www.sdss3.org/surveys/boss.php)
DESI http://desi.lbl.gov, http://arxiv.org/pdf/1308.0847.pdf
CORE http://www.core-mission.org
Planck http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Planck
Contact: Licia Verde (liciaverde@icc.ub.edu), Raul Jimenez (raul.jimenez@icc.ub.edu)
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6- HADRONES, NUCLEOS Y ATOMOS - NUEVOS RETOS PARA PROBLEMAS DE MUCHOS CUERPOS
Ips: Volodymir Magas, Artur Polls
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El grupo de Física Nuclear y Hadrónica de la Universidad de Barcelona anuncia la convocatoria de una beca predoctoral para trabajar, preferentemente, en los temas de investigación que el grupo desarrolla en estructura nuclear, núcleos exóticos, energía de simetría y aplicaciones a la ecuación de estado y las estrellas de neutrones.
Contact
Volodymir Magas (vladimir@ecm.ub.edu)
Mario Centelles (mario@ecm.ub.edu)
Xavier Viñas (xavier@ecm.ub.edu)
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Applications should follow the MINECO's procedure. For an English translation of the procedure please click here.
El període de col·laboració és de l'1 d'octubre de 2015 al 31 de juliol de 2016.
La presentació de sol·licituds es fa per via telemàtica a través de la seu electrònica de la Universitat de Barcelona del 8 d'abril al 30 d'abril de 2015: https://seu.ub.edu
Trobareu més informació al document adjunt.
El grup Gaia del Dept d'Astronomia i Meteorologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Institut de Ciències del Cosmos, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya convoca DUES beques per als mesos dejuliol-setembre per a la formació en recerca.
- Les beques estan dirigides a alumnes dels darrers cursos del grau de Física o doble titulació de Física-Matemàtiques, que hagin cursat l'assignatura d'Astronomia Observacional o que puguin acreditar coneixements equivalents.
- Durant el període de la beca es desenvoluparà un projecte de recerca relacionat amb els temes d'investigació del grup. El grup Gaia està involucrat en la missió espacial del mateix nom que té per objectiu la mesura de posicions, moviments, paral·laxis i propietats físiques de mil milions d'estrelles de la nostra Galàxia. Es va llançar al desembre de 2013 i actualment és en fase operacional, fase que dura 5 anys. Els projectes a desenvolupar estan relacionats amb la preparació de l'explotació científica d'aquestes dades.
- La remuneració és de 700 euros bruts mensuals.
Les persones interessades han d'enviar: un curriculum, una còpia de l'expedient acadèmic i un full expressant el seu interès per la beca a Susanna Bascón sbascon@am.ub.es abans del 15 d'abril de 2015.
La concessió es resoldrà el 30 d'abril de 2015.
Per a més informació, contacteu amb:
Jordi Torra, Carme Jordi, Xavier Luri o Francesca Figueras
One postdoctoral position in theoretical particle physics is now open at the University of Barcelona to work in one of the topics listed below:
- LHC physics: Higgs physics, B-physics, heavy ion collision theory and phenomenology, effective theories.
- Cosmology and astroparticle physics: dark matter candidates, the issue of the cosmological constant, neutrino physics.
- String theory: holography, applications to condensed matter systems, supersymmetric theories.
Faculty members of our group working on these areas include Jorge Casalderrey-Solana, Roberto Emparan, Domenec Espriu, Bartomeu Fiol, M.C. González-Garcia, Jaume Garriga, Joaquim Gomis,Jaume Guasch, David Mateos, Federico Mescia, Alessio Notari, Josep Maria Pons, Jorge Russo, Joan Sola, Joan Soto, Pere Talavera, Josep Taron and Enric Verdaguer.
Appointments will begin in the Fall of 2015 for a period of 2+1 years, with the third year subject to performance and funding availability. The deadline for applications is December 15th 2014.
Application procedure
Interested candidates should submit an application including a pdf with the CV, list of publications and statement on research via this web page. They should also include the name and email addresses of three referees, who will be asked to submit their recommendation letters via web.
The Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API) and the GRAPPA (GRavitation and AstroParticle Physics in Amsterdam) Center of Excellence, at the University of Amsterdam, invite applications for multiple PhD positions in astronomy, astrophysics and astroparticle physics.The positions are open to candidates from any country.The institutes provide a stimulating, international environment in a city where English is the common second language.
University of Amsterdam PhD students are fully-funded for four years and earn competitive salaries.PhD students execute a vigorous research program, under the supervision of one or more faculty members.Positions will be available in a number of fields of research where the institutes are active, including exoplanets, neutron stars and black holes, supernova remnants, fast radio transients, and the nature and detection of dark matter.
More information about our research can be found at http://www.astro.uva.nl/research/ and http://grappa.science.uva.nl .
Instructions for applicants are available at http://www.astro.uva.nl/jobs .Applications will be via online submission where, as well as providing details of at least two referees, applicants will have to provide a curriculum vitae, a list of all university courses taken and grades obtained, and a cover letter which includes a brief statement of research interests and experience.
The successful candidates must have a MSc degree (or equivalent) by the PhD starting date, which will typically be in Autumn 2015, but this is negotiable.Applications need to be submitted on or before December 11th, 2014.By early-January we will invite promising candidates for a presentation and interviews to be held on February 12 and 13, 2015.
Included Benefits:
The standard, generous Dutch social benefits apply to this position including collective health insurance, 16 weeks paid maternity leave, childcare subsidies, pension accrual, and several weeks annual paid vacation.
At least one postdoctoral position in the fields of Gravity, String Theory, and Cosmology, is now open at the University of Barcelona.
Faculty members of our group working on these areas include Jorge Casalderrey-Solana, Roberto Emparan, Domenec Espriu, Bartomeu Fiol, Jaume Garriga, Cristiano Germani, Joaquim Gomis, Jaume Guasch, David Mateos, Alessio Notari, Josep M. Pons, Jorge Russo and Enric Verdaguer. For more information, visit our website http://icc.ub.edu/
Appointments will begin in the Fall of 2015 for a period of 2+1 years, with the third year subject to performance and funding availability. The deadline for applications is November 30 2014.
Application procedure
The University Barcelona is part of a group of European institutes with a centralized system of postdoctoral applications. Thus interested candidates should apply through the following website, choosing Barcelona as one of their preferred institutes:
https://itf.fys.kuleuven.be/postdoc-application/
FPA2013-46570-C2-1-P TEORIA Y FENOMENOLOGIA DE LAS INTERACCIONES FUNDAMENTALES: FISICA DE PARTICULAS Y UNIFICACION DE LAS FUERZAS
FPA2013-46570-C2-2-P TEORIA Y FENOMENOLOGIA DE LAS INTERACCIONES FUNDAMENTALES: GRAVITACION Y COSMOLOGIA
See the ICCUB website for information about the research lines pursued by these groups.
Interested candidates should contact the Pis of these projects:
Domenec Espriu espriu@icc.ub.edu for Theoretical High Energy Physics (FPA2013-46570-C2-1-P)
Roberto Emparan emparan@ub.edu for Gravitation and Cosmology (FPA2013-46570-C2-2-P)
Applications must be made through the MICINN web-based system, from 10 Sep 2014 until 26 Sep2014 at 15:00.
More information here.
The application requires that candidates be registered in the PhD program in Particle Physics and Gravitation of UB. Nevertheless, this registration may be attested after the abovementioned deadline, within an application-ammendment period.
Coneixements: Ofimàtica (Windows, Office). Es valoraran els coneixementsde gestió de pàgines web (en particular Drupal, Wikis i WordPress) i de disseny gràfic. Competències i habilitats personals: Capacitat de treball en equip. Es valorarà l'experiència en projectes internacionals de recerca. Idiomes imprescindibles: Català, castellà. Bon nivell d'anglès (llegit, escrit i conversa).
Remuneració bruta anual: 17000 euros/any. Tipus de contracte: Mitja jornada. Obra o servei anual, renovable. Incorporació immediata. Enviar CV a: lola.balaguer@am.ub.es
Elperíode de col·laboració és de l'1 d'octubre de 2014 al 30 de setembre de 2015.
La presentació de sol·licituds es fa a través d'Internet mitjançant el formulari que trobareu a la pàgina web: http://www.ub.edu/beques/col.laboracio/. Aquest formulari s'ha d'imprimir i entregar a qualsevol Registre de la Universitat de Barcelona del 21 de març al 22 d'abril de 2014.
Trobareu més informació al document adjunt.
CALENDARI
Període de presentació de sol·licituds
del dia 28 de gener de 2014 al dia 26 de febrer de 2014
Publicació relació provisional admesos i exclosos
10 de març de 2014
Període de presentació de reclamacions a la relació provisional
del dia 11 de març de 2014 al dia 21 de març de 2014
Publicació relació definitiva d'admesos i exclosos
(data a determinar)
Període de resolució dels concursos
des de la data de publicació de la relació definitiva d'admesos i exclosos fins a data 27 de juliol de 2014
https://intranet.ub.edu/dyn/cms/menu_eines/noticies/2014/pdi/01/27_1.html
Per qualsevol informació referent a les característiques de la plaça, la seva provisió, el procediment i les sol·licituds, us podeu adreçar a l’Oficina d’Afers Generals de l’Administració de Centre corresponent, o bé a Personal Acadèmic (personal.academic.concursos@ub.edu).
Applicants interested in holography and gauge/gravity duality and their application to QCD under extreme conditions or heavy ion physics with special emphasis on hard probes, are welcome to apply.
Interested candidates should submit their CV and a statement of scientific interest and arrange for 2 letters of recommendation to be submitted to
jorge.casalderrey@ub.edu
Applications submitted by Dec 20th will be fully considered.
For further information on this offer, please contact:
Jorge Casalderrey-Solana
jorge.casalderrey@ub.edu
Departament d'Estructura i Constituents de la Matèria
Facultat de Fìsica
Universitat de Barcelona
Martí i Franquès 1
08028 Barcelona
Candidates with experience in numerical relativity are also encouraged to apply even if they possess no prior knowledge of gauge/string duality.
Appointments will begin in the Fall of 2014 for a period of 2+1 years, with the third year subject to performance and funding availability. The deadline for applications is November 30 2013.
Faculty members of our group working on string theory and related areas include Jorge Casalderrey-Solana, Roberto Emparan, Bartomeu Fiol, Joaquim Gomis, David Mateos, Josep M. Pons and Jorge Russo. For more information, visit our website http://icc.ub.edu/
Application procedure
The University Barcelona is part of a group of European institutes with a centralized system of postdoctoral applications. Thus interested candidates should apply through the following website, choosing Barcelona as one of their preferred institutes:
https://itf.fys.kuleuven.be/postdoc-application/