PhD position on the dynamics of mid-ocean ridge magma reservoirs (M/F)

European Commission; France; Sur place; EUR 40 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Une organisation de recherche avant-gardiste recherche un chercheur en physique théorique pour un projet innovant en physique nucléaire et astrophysique. Le candidat travaillera sur des collisions d'ions lourds et des étoiles à neutrons, en utilisant des méthodes statistiques et des techniques d'apprentissage automatique pour quantifier les incertitudes. Ce poste offre l'opportunité de collaborer avec une équipe internationale, d'écrire des codes accessibles à la communauté scientifique et de présenter des résultats lors de conférences. Rejoignez un environnement collaboratif et multidisciplinaire pour faire avancer la recherche dans ce domaine passionnant.

Qualifications

• Doctorat requis en physique théorique ou domaine connexe.
• Expérience en méthodes théoriques et programmation appréciée.

Responsabilités

• Développer des méthodes statistiques et d'apprentissage automatique.
• Participer à la rédaction de rapports et à la présentation des résultats.

Connaissances

Méthodes théoriques en physique

Programmation en Python

C et Fortran95

Méthodes numériques

Compétences en communication

Formation

Doctorat en physique théorique

Outils

GitHub

Overleaf

Slack

Description du poste

Organisation/Company: CNRS

Department: Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics

Research Field: Physics

Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country: France

Application Deadline: 28 Apr 2025 - 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract: Temporary

Job Status: Full-time

Hours Per Week: 35

Offer Starting Date: 1 Sep 2025

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The mission is a project in theoretical nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics at the frontier of research on heavy ion collisions, finite nuclei, and neutron stars. The project aims to develop innovative research using state-of-the-art approaches to describe finite nuclei and heavy ion collisions, analyzing the global properties of the nuclear interaction to further constrain the nuclear equation of state. The candidate will work in close collaboration with the team members, as well as with our partners in the USA and France.

The following activities are envisaged:

1. The use of statistical methods and machine learning techniques to quantify uncertainties in the results.
2. Formal derivation of the theoretical equations to be solved.
3. Developing new codes (parallel programming and/or HPC) and obtaining reliable results.
4. The candidate is expected to actively participate in making the codes accessible to a wide community: writing comments in the codes, writing notes and maintaining during the project, as well as feedback from the community.
5. Writing progress reports and articles.
6. Presenting results to the community (workshops, conferences).
7. Working as part of a team in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, with virtual meetings and the use of collaborative tools, such as GitHub, Overleaf, or multi-partner discussion channels (Slack or other).

The position is within the CNRS-MSU International Research Laboratory in Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics, housed at FRIB MSU and located in East Lansing, Michigan. The supervisory team is composed of P. Danielewicz, W. Lynch, J. Margueron, and B. Tsang. Most of the codes developed during this project will be made open-source for further improvements and for the scientific community.

Qualifications

To be qualified, the candidate must:

1. Hold a PhD in theoretical physics or a related field.
2. Have defended his/her thesis within the last 2-3 years (or 4 years after the thesis in the case of a second postdoc).

Not all of the following expertise/knowledge is required to apply for this position, but some will be appreciated and should be highlighted in the application:

1. Experience in theoretical methods applied to the description of finite nuclei, for example the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov approach, heavy ion collisions or the equation of state and phase transitions of dense matter, including the phenomenology of neutron stars.
2. The ability to develop computer code for physics problems, knowledge of numerical methods and computer languages, such as Python, C or Fortran95, and a facility for sharing code, for example using GitHub.
3. Demonstrated ability to develop innovative approaches to solving scientific and technical problems.
4. Verbal and written communication skills required for scientific reports and publications, as well as for making scientific presentations.