Jobs
Senior teaching and research assistant position (6 years) in the group Fundamental Interactions
The research group Fundamental Interactions headed by Prof. Anton Rebhan will have a 6-year research and teaching assistent position to fill by October 2014.
For this position, teaching duties will comprise occasional participation in the standard courses in theoretical physics, typically held in German, and more specialized courses in quantum field theory and theoretical high energy physics, also in English.
Candidates need a doctoral degree, preferrably extensive experience at postdoctoral level, and above all expertise and an exceptional research record in the fields covered by the group Fundamental Interactions, i.e. theoretical particle physics ranging from the theory of the quark-gluon plasma to superstring theory with a focus an applications of gauge/gravity duality. The Vienna University of Technology encourages in particular women to apply for new positions.
Applications complete with CV, publication list and a research statement should be sent by e-mail to
- job@hep.itp.tuwien.ac.at
Applicants selected for the shortlist will be asked to resend their application by postal mail to the administration of the Vienna University of Technology as soon as this vacancy is announced officially (probably end of winter, beginning of spring).
Three letters of recommendation should be sent separately by the referees either by postal mail or by e-mail (preferred).
- Prof. Anton Rebhan
- Institut für Theoretische Physik
- Technische Universität Wien
- Wiedner Hauptstr. 8-10
- A-1040 Wien, Austria
Postdoctoral positions in the group Fundamental Interactions (FILLED)
The high energy physics group at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the Vienna University of Technology invites applications for two research positions at the postdoctoral level starting fall 2014. Members of the group led by Prof. Anton Rebhan include Daniel Grumiller, Andreas Ipp, Andreas Schmitt, Stefan Stricker.
The position is devoted to the investigation of anisotropic and out-of-equilibrium quark-gluon plasma physics using gauge/gravity duality, resummed perturbation theory and/or real-time lattice simulations.
The position of for the two years and the applicants should have a strong background in one of the above fields.
Candidates should send a single pdf file including CV, list of publications and a short research statement to job@hep.itp.tuwien.ac.at. In addition they should arrange for three recommendation letters to be sent to the same e-mail address.
Review of applications will begin December 27, 2013. Applications possible until filled.
Position 1: Anisotropic and nonequilibrium quark-gluon plasma
One of the two postdoc positions to be filled will be financed by an FWF project titled "Anisotropic and nonequilibrium quark-gluon plasma", led by Anton Rebhan as PI and Stefan Stricker as project assistant.
This project aims at studies of anisotropic or nonequilibrium strongly coupled gauge field plasmas using methods from holographic gauge/gravity duality as well as methods building upon perturbative QCD and associated effective theories.
Position 2: Colored-particle-in-cell simulations
The second of the two postdoc positions to be filled will be financed by an FWF project titled "Exploring quark-gluon-plasma dynamics with colored-particle-in-cell simulations", led by Andreas Ipp.
The primary goal of this project is to improve our knowledge about the early dynamics of the QGP through a new framework for colored particle-in-cell (CPIC) simulations that will complement previous numerical approaches. The postdoc will be involved in fundamental questions about how the simulation framework can be best applied to study plasma instabilities, spin effects in plasmas, and strong field dynamics. Good coding skills are advantageous for this position.