A position for a Research Associate / PhD student / Postdoc (m/f/x) in Accelerator Mass Spectrometry is available at TU Dresden / HZDR
starting as soon as possible. The position is initially limited to 2 years with 100% of the full-time weekly hours for a Postdoc resp. 3 years with up to 75% of the full-time weekly hours for a PhD student, with the option of extension. The period of employment is governed by the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz – WissZeitVG). The position offers the chance to obtain further academic qualification (usually PhD/habilitation thesis).
Topics: At the Chair of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry and Isotope Research (AMS), new technologies are being developed and a state-of-the-art AMS system with the highest sensitivity for a range of rare radionuclides is being set-up in collaboration with the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR). Our main research focus areas include:
- Nuclear Astrophysics: how are the elements made in nature? Detection of nearby Supernovae
- Environmental Research: anthropogenic and natural radionuclides as environmental markers
- Climate of the Past & Geological Applications: cosmogenic radionuclides in terrestrial archives
- Fundamental Physics: search for Dark Matter, neutrinos in the past, nuclear properties
Responsibilities: Development of new measurement strategies for ultra-sensitive low-energy AMS. This includes
- new measurement strategies for AMS of rare earth elements and actinides using an ion cooler
- automated tuning procedures (in collaboration with Univ. of Vienna and HZDR)
- developments of machine learning (ML)-algorithms for optimization of beam parameters and control of relevant components
- remote or autonomous measurements requiring a high degree of automation of controlling the measurement process as well as data acquisition and analysis.
- The work will be performed in close collaboration with the AMS colleagues at HZDR
Applications are accepted until 23 June 2023.
All information is available at https://www.hzdr.de/db/Cms?pNid=490&pOid=69317&pContLang=en