Deadline: 2017-08-01
Region: Europe
Job description:
Applications are invited for two PhD positions in Quantum Field theory at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena. The positions are for 1/2 year (but can be extended to three years) and are paid according to salary group TV-L 13 (50%).
The successful candidates will work on strongly coupled quantum field theories in the research group of Andreas Wipf. In the research group strongly coupled systems are investigated with semi-analytic renormalisation group methods or with numerical Monte-Carlo simulations on a space-time lattice.
Applicants should hold a Master degree in physics and they should have already shown good research abilities and potential in the field of quantum field theory. The applicant is expected to actively participate in the scientific life of the Theoretical Physics Institute and the DFG Research Training Group 'Quantum- and Gravitational Fields'. Other senior members of the Institute are Martin Ammon, Georg Bergner, Holger Gies, Andre Sternbeck, Bernd Brügmann and Reinhard Meinel working on the AdS/CFT- correspondence, supersymmetric lattice theory, strong field physics, functional renormalization group, lattice gauge theories, (numerical) general relativity and relativistic astrophysics.
The Friedrich-Schiller University Jena is an equal opportunity employer, and applications from women and people from minority backgrounds are encouraged.
Please send your application with a curriculum vitae and a description of your research interests compiled in one single pdf document to wipf@tpi.uni-jena.de. Please also arrange for a letter of recommendation to be written and sent to the same email-address. Applications are invited to arrive before Autust1st, 2017; later applications will be considered until the position is filled.
More Information:http://www.tpi.uni-jena.de/qfphysics/homepage/wipf/index.html