Job description:
The Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering (FNSPE) of the Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague announces a doctoral student position in experimental hadron physics with expected start date 01 October 2026.
https://inspirehep.net/jobs/3150078
The position is established within a project 101220549 funded by the European Research Council (ERC) titled “Hunting three-body forces”. The selected doctoral student will join the ALICE group at the CTU in Prague and will measure the femtoscopic correlation functions for three hadrons within the ALICE experiment at the LHC. The project aims at studying with high precision the residual strong interaction of hyperons and nucleons in three-body systems. These measurements will impact our understanding of hyperonic matter with implications on the structure of neutron stars.
The position will be based at CTU, Prague, with travels and possible short stays at CERN.
The main responsibilities of the student will be:
- Involvement in the scientific research activities of research groups led by Dr. Raffaele Del Grande;
- Physics analysis of data from the ALICE experiment at the LHC, with a focus on measurements of three-body correlation functions with the femtoscopy technique;
- Participation in the operation and support of the ALICE experiment infrastructure;
- Fulfilment of scientific research and educational activity plans;
- Publication of scientific research results;
- Active participation in national and international conferences;
- Participation in internships;
- Transfer of the acquired knowledge to other staff members and students, in a form of e.g. workshops.
Required qualifications:
- Completed M.Sc. degree program in a European University a foreign equivalent University recognised in Czech Republic by Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education Institutions and on Amendments and Supplements to some other Acts (The Higher Education Act);
- Experience in scientific research within a professional research team, preferably in the field of particle or nuclear physics;
- Proficiency in English, both written and spoken;
- Working knowledge of a modern programming language (e.g. C, C++, Python);
- Creative approach to solving work tasks.
Contract conditions and Salary:
- 1.0 FTE fixed-term contract from October 2026 till August 2030
- Gross salary 45,000 CZK/month (approx. 1,850 EUR/month at current exchange rate) plus PhD scholarship 13,000 CZK/month (approx. 530 EUR/month at current exchange rate)
- Six weeks of vacation per year
- Travel funds to attend conferences and workshops
Application:
To apply, please send an email to Dr. Raffaele Del Grande (raffaele.del.grande@fjfi.cvut.cz) with the following attachments:
- Curriculum Vitae of the candidate;
- Brief statement of research interests (motivation letter);
- Copy of a M.Sc. degree diploma or certificates of studies, or its foreign equivalent with a translation and certified signature; candidates must complete all M.Sc. degree requirements before starting their appointment;
- A list of lectures and courses completed during previous studies (up to the time of application), a list of published works (if any), and other results of professional activity with their possible evaluation;
- Three letters of references;
- Overview of conference and workshop presentations (if any);
The application and all the listed above annexes must be signed by the applicant.
The deadline for sending the applications is May 12, 2026 at 24:00 CET.
Candidates will be preselected based on the submitted documents. Only those who pass this initial screening will be contacted by May 13, 2026, and invited for an interview on May 15, 2026. If you do not receive communication by May 13, 2026, please consider your application unsuccessful. For the interview, the candidate is asked to prepare a 15 minutes presentation to introduce his/her CV and research experience.
After the interview, the successful candidate will have to go through the official recruitment
procedure to the Doctoral School at FNSPE CTU in Prague, in the field of study: Nuclear Engineering, specialisation Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics. The Doctoral School program starts on October 1, 2026 with the application deadline on May 21, 2026: https://www.fjfi.cvut.cz/en/education/doctoral-study/admission-procedure
For more information, please contact Dr. Raffaele Del Grande
(raffaele.del.grande@fjfi.cvut.cz).
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