Scholarship for a PhD student

Each student of the NCBJ-organized PhD Study / applicant who has successfully passed the recruitment process for the Study is invited to join the Warsaw Neutrino Group (http://neutrino.fuw.edu.pl/) as a scholar in the Indirect Detection of Dark Matter Particles Using Water-Based Detectors of Neutrinos research project. The project team members will participate in works of an international team assigned the task to develop the KM3NeT neutrino telescope in waters of the Mediterranean Sea (http://www.km3net.org/). Some involvement in works conducted at the Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector operated in Japan (http://www-sk.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp/sk/index-e.html) is also planned; last year results obtained at Super-Kamiokande were honoured already the second time with Nobel Prize in physics. Funds necessary to cover travel costs to cooperating institutions in Europe and Japan as well as to participate in relevant scientific conferences/workshops have been set aside in the project budget.

Particular tasks assigned to the successful candidate will depend on his/her individual preferences. The tasks include study of sensitivity of new generation neutrino telescopes in search for Dark Matter particles, analysis of the acquired experimental data, development of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope software and/or hardware, etc.

Contact Dr. Piotr Mijakowski, Project Leader, (piotr.mijakowski@ncbj.gov.pl) to get more info on the project.

Requirements:

• MSc college degree in physics (elementary particle physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, application of computers in physics, or a similar specialization)
• very good command of written/spoken English (writing scientific reports/publications, fluent verbal communication)
• very good knowledge of at least one low-level programming language (preferably C++) and the UNIX/LINUX environment
• involvement in scientific research
• analytical skills
• thinking independence combined with good communication/team-work skills.

Additional assets:

• familiarity with the ROOT and Geant4 software packages.

We offer:

• 3,000 PLN/month scholarship paid for 12 months with a possibility to extend the contract for another period of 36 months.

Documents:

• CV with a description of scientific output/achievements (list of publications, scholarships, participation in scientific conferences etc.) and with the following formal consent to process applicant’s personal data for the recruitment process purposes: „Wyrażam zgodę na przetwarzanie moich danych osobowych dla potrzeb niezbędnych dla realizacji procesu rekrutacji (zgodnie z ustawą o ochronie danych osobowych z dnia 29.08.1997 r. Dz. U. Nr 133, Poz. 883)”.
• Motivation letter with a description of applicant’s scientific interests
• Transcript of student grades (including BSc courses if applicable)
• MSc (and BSc if applicable) degree diploma copy
• Contact data (e-mail, phone number, institution) to 1-2 reference person(s) who may recommend the candidate.

E-mail your application/motivation letter and CV before end of September 2016 to piotr.mijakowski@ncbj.gov.pl specifying „[stypendium doktoranckie]” in the mail Subject field.

Selected applicants will be interviewed. Date of the interview will be individually e-mailed to each invited applicant.

The recruitment process will be finished around October 20, 2016.

The successful candidate is expected to start his/her research in November 2016.