Assistant Professor (Adjunkt) - Research Staff - The Field of Exact and Natural Sciences - Physical Sciences

Assistant Professor (Adjunkt) - Research Staff - The Field of Exact and Natural Sciences - Physical Sciences

NCU - Nicolaus Copernicus University

Toruń, Poland

Description (field, expectations, comments): The competition is open to persons who meet the conditions set out in Article 113 of the Act of 20 July 2018 - Law on higher education and science (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1668) and the following qualification criteria:

Offer Requirements:

The high level of proposed scientific research requires an experienced, ambitious and highly motivated young doctor having a sound theoretical background. It is expected to support the PI in all of the project's tasks. The post-doc will also facilitate knowledge transfer to the MSc students and PhD students.

Skills/Qualifications:

• A doctorate in physics or a closely related field obtained no more than seven years ago or statement about planned finalization of doctorate (it’s required to receive a PhD degree before starting the work);
• A record of publications in optical spectroscopy, cold atoms or experimental atomic physics topics;
• Good command of written and spoken English;
• Programming skills (python, C, C++).

Preferred:

• Experimental work in the field of atomic physics (in particular with ultracold atoms);
• Construction of high-resolution laser systems;
• Construction of high vacuum systems.

Key responsibilities include:

• Construction and adaptation of the experimental setup;
• Performing the experiments related to the project’s goals;
• Performing the calculations and data analysis;
• It is expected to support the PI in all of the project's tasks;
• The post-doc will also facilitate knowledge transfer to the MSc students and PhD students.