Theoretical Physics - Postdoc at Lund U.

The Theoretical Particle Physics group has an opening for a two-year postdoc researcher in Particle Physics Phenomenology, starting in the autumn of 2017, or by agreement.

The Lund group currently consists of seven senior scientists, two post doctoral fellows and eight graduate students. Leif Lönnblad, Malin Sjödahl, Torbjörn Sjöstrand and Gösta Gustafson (emeritus) work on various aspects of QCD and collider phenomenology, with emphasis on event generator development. Johan Bijnens mainly works on hadron and flavour physics, notably with chiral perturbation theory as a tool. Johan Rathsman and Roman Pasechnik are mainly working on the phenomenology of physics beyond the Standard Model, especially Higgs physics and unified gauge theories. Further information about the group can be found on the website http://particle.thep.lu.se/.

We enjoy good relations with the experimental particle physics group in Lund, which is a member of ATLAS and ALICE, and which explores the possibility of fundamental physics experiments at the upcoming European Spallation Source in Lund.

Description of work
Research and development primarily of event generator models within the scope of the ERC project MorePheno, related to any projects pursued by the group listed above

Qualifications
PhD in theoretical particle physics or a nearby field. The successful applicant should have an excellent research track record, and have a demonstrated strength in independent research. We are primarily looking for applicants with solid experience of event generators, but applications from researchers with merits and interests overlapping with other activities pursued within the group will also be considered.

Application procedure
The application should be submitted electronically and should consist of a CV, a brief research plan, and a publication list. The names of three references should be included and they should be instructed to send letters of recommendation directly to torbjorn@thep.lu.se.