[Netherlands] PhD position in Experimental High-Energy Heavy-Ion Physics at Utrecht University

The ERC-Starting Research Group QGP-ALICE at Utrecht University has an opening for a PhD position in Experimental High-Energy Heavy-Ion Physics. The group is strongly involved in Heavy-Flavour Physics in the ALICE experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider.

Requirements

Applicants need to have a Master's Degree or equivalent in Physics or Sciences and have a strong interest in studying fundamental properties of nature. Experience in experimental physics or high-energy/nuclear physics and programming skills in C++ are of advantage.

Conditions of Employment

When fulfilling a PhD position at the FOM foundation, you will get the status of junior scientist.

You will have an employee status and can participate in all the employee benefits FOM offers. You will get a contract for 4 years. Your salary will be up to a maximum of 2,610 euro gross per month.The salary is supplemented with a holiday allowance of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8.33%.

You are supposed to have a thesis finished at the end of your four year term with FOM.

A training programme is part of the agreement. You and your supervisor will make up a plan for the additional education and supervising that you specifically need. This plan also defines which teaching activities you will be responsible (up to a maximum of 10% of your time). The conditions of employment of the FOM-foundation are laid down in the Collective Labour Agreement for Research Centres (CAO-Onderzoekinstellingen), more exclusive information is available at this website under Personeelsinformatie (in Dutch) or under Personnel (in English).

General information about working at FOM can be found in the English part of this website under Personnel. The 'FOM-sollicitatiecode' (in Dutch) applies to this position.

The position is immediately available. Interested candidates should provide a curriculum vitae, a brief description of his/her current research work and arrange to have two letters of recommendation sent to: Dr. Andre Mischke (a.mischke@uu.nl).
The expected start date for the positions is summer 2011.