The CIEMAT-Fisica de Particulas (CIEMAT-FP) Maria de Maeztu Excellence Unit announces the upcoming opening of eight predoctoral positions for outstanding young MSc graduates interested in working in CIEMAT-FP group activities towards a PhD Thesis.
The candidates must have a Master's Degree in Physics or a 5-year Physics Degree ("Licenciatura") at the time of appointment. Main considerations for selection are excellent grades, very good English knowledge and a strong interest in any of the scientific fields of CIEMAT-FP. The experience in modern programming languages such as C++, python and scripting languages will be valued.
Please note that two positions will be allocated to work in the CMS experiment at the LHC.
The 4-year PhD contracts (Personal Investigador Predoctoral en Formacion or Formacion de Personal Investigador-FPI) are funded by CIEMAT, 3 positions, and by the Spanish Ministry of Economy & Competitiveness, 5 positions, through the "Programa Estatal de Promocion del Talento y su Empleabilidad en I+D+I" (FPI). 4 of these 5 positions are associated to the Maria de Maeztu Program for scientific excellence, a distinction awarded to the CIEMAT - FP unit. All of them have similar conditions and obligations. The official calls will be published at the Boletin Oficial del Estado (BOE) around June 2016 (for Maria de Maeztu-FPI) and at the CIEMAT Job Vacancies webpage http://www.ciemat.es/portal.do?IDM=290&NM=2
during the summer of 2016 (for CIEMAT). They will all be announced at http://cfp.ciemat.es/predoc referring to the respective official calls.
The CIEMAT-FP group activities are focused on the participation in large international experiments at the forefront of knowledge and technology, in the Particle and Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology, detector R&D and Scientific Computing areas. The research lines proceed along hadron collider physics at the high energy frontier (CMS at LHC collider at CERN), neutrino oscillation physics (Double Chooz at the Chooz nuclear power plant, WA105 at CERN and DUNE at Fermilab), direct search for Dark Matter (ArDM at LSC and Darkside at LNGS), precise cosmic radiation measurements (AMS at the ISS), very-high energy gamma ray (CTA at ORM) studies and characterization of dark energy (DES at Cerro Tololo and PAU at ORM). Further information on the CIEMAT-FP scientific programme can be found at http://cfp.ciemat.es/.
The titles for the 8 positions are the following:
Maria de Maeztu - FPI positions:
- Physics beyond the Standard Model with the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC
- Experimental physics on neutrino oscillations
- Dark matter search using liquid argon detectors
- Cosmology and fundamental physics using galaxy surveys
- Participation in the integration, qualification, installation and commissioning of the LST prototype and in its industrial development
CIEMAT positions:
- Development and tests, using CERN particle beams, of detectors for particle collider experiments
- Models for cosmic ray propagation with the AMS experiment
- Studies of Higgs boson properties and search for new physics signals with the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC
For any question please contact MdM.CFP@ciemat.es
The CIEMAT Particle Physics Unit of Excellence is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Eliminating gender inequalities by promoting equal opportunities for men and women is a core compromise of our group and it is our commitment to establish the necessary actions to close the gender gap.
The candidates must have a Master's Degree in Physics or a 5-year Physics Degree ("Licenciatura") at the time of appointment. Main considerations for selection are excellent grades, very good English knowledge and a strong interest in any of the scientific fields of CIEMAT-FP. The experience in modern programming languages such as C++, python and scripting languages will be valued.
Please note that two positions will be allocated to work in the CMS experiment at the LHC.
The 4-year PhD contracts (Personal Investigador Predoctoral en Formacion or Formacion de Personal Investigador-FPI) are funded by CIEMAT, 3 positions, and by the Spanish Ministry of Economy & Competitiveness, 5 positions, through the "Programa Estatal de Promocion del Talento y su Empleabilidad en I+D+I" (FPI). 4 of these 5 positions are associated to the Maria de Maeztu Program for scientific excellence, a distinction awarded to the CIEMAT - FP unit. All of them have similar conditions and obligations. The official calls will be published at the Boletin Oficial del Estado (BOE) around June 2016 (for Maria de Maeztu-FPI) and at the CIEMAT Job Vacancies webpage http://www.ciemat.es/portal.do?IDM=290&NM=2
during the summer of 2016 (for CIEMAT). They will all be announced at http://cfp.ciemat.es/predoc referring to the respective official calls.
The CIEMAT-FP group activities are focused on the participation in large international experiments at the forefront of knowledge and technology, in the Particle and Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology, detector R&D and Scientific Computing areas. The research lines proceed along hadron collider physics at the high energy frontier (CMS at LHC collider at CERN), neutrino oscillation physics (Double Chooz at the Chooz nuclear power plant, WA105 at CERN and DUNE at Fermilab), direct search for Dark Matter (ArDM at LSC and Darkside at LNGS), precise cosmic radiation measurements (AMS at the ISS), very-high energy gamma ray (CTA at ORM) studies and characterization of dark energy (DES at Cerro Tololo and PAU at ORM). Further information on the CIEMAT-FP scientific programme can be found at http://cfp.ciemat.es/.
The titles for the 8 positions are the following:
Maria de Maeztu - FPI positions:
- Physics beyond the Standard Model with the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC
- Experimental physics on neutrino oscillations
- Dark matter search using liquid argon detectors
- Cosmology and fundamental physics using galaxy surveys
- Participation in the integration, qualification, installation and commissioning of the LST prototype and in its industrial development
CIEMAT positions:
- Development and tests, using CERN particle beams, of detectors for particle collider experiments
- Models for cosmic ray propagation with the AMS experiment
- Studies of Higgs boson properties and search for new physics signals with the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC
For any question please contact MdM.CFP@ciemat.es
The CIEMAT Particle Physics Unit of Excellence is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Eliminating gender inequalities by promoting equal opportunities for men and women is a core compromise of our group and it is our commitment to establish the necessary actions to close the gender gap.