Phd --ATLAS, NIKHEF, Amsterdam

Nikhef is the National Institute for Subatomic Physics in the Netherlands, based in
Amsterdam. It is a collaboration between four universities and the funding agency FOM
and has about 250 employees including about 120 physicists.
The institute co-ordinates and supports major Dutch activities in experimental and
theoretical subatomic physics, among them the ATLAS, LHCb and ALICE experiments
at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. In addition it supports activities in the
astroparticle physics experiments ANTARES, KM3NeT, Pierre Auger Observatory and
Virgo.
In the framework of its activities in ATLAS Nikhef is searching for
a postdoctoral research assistant
and
a PhD-student
to participate in operation of the ATLAS inner detector, and to perform a search for
supersymmetry in early LHC data.
The position for postdoctoral research assistant requires a PhD in particle physics. The
position is for 2+1 years, and the succesful candidate will be based in Geneva (apart
from short periods in Amsterdam). Strong participation in the daily running of the ATLAS
inner detector and in the ATLAS supersymmetry analysis group is a requirement, and
candidates will be expected to help guide a PhD student.
The position as PhD student requires a Master title or equivalent, is for
4 years, and is expected to lead to the writing and defense of a PhD thesis on the search
for supersymmetry in early LHC data with ATLAS.
The student will take part in the Dutch graduate school for particle physics and its lecture
program. The student will be based in Amsterdam, with the possibility of a stay at CERN
for 12-18 months.
More information can be obtained from Dr. Paul de Jong (paul.de.jong@nikhef.nl), to
whom also applications should be sent. The positions are expected to start around June
1, 2009, but this can be discussed.
FOM and the University of Amsterdam are equal opportunities employers.