Recruitment Role Profile Form (Template)
Version 1.0
Last amended: February 2011
THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
Recruitment Role Profile Form
Job Title:
Research Fellow in theoretical quantum many-body physics
School/Department:
School of Physics and Astronomy
Salary:
£28,132 - £36,661 per annum, depending on qualifications
and experience
Job Family and Level:
RT Level 4
Contract Status:
This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract for 24
months
Hours of Work:
Full time, 36.25h per week
Location:
School of Physics and
Nottingham, NG7 2RD
Reporting to:
Head of School
Astronomy,
University
Park,
Job Outline:
The project is to carry out research on the equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium properties of
many-body quantum system, for example cold atomic gases. One focus will be on the study of
the emergence of correlated states and collective phenomena in the presence of dissipation
and/or coherent driving and – if possible – their potential use for applications, e.g. quantum
information processing. The researcher will be an integral part of an interdisciplinary team of
researchers covering a broad range of topics including statistical physics, condensed-matter
theory, computational physics, atomic physics and quantum optics, and soft-matter. We seek a
motivated, skilled and highly independent researcher. The post commences on or after 1 st
August 2014.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
The main responsibility of this post will be to carry out independent theoretical research on
quantum many-body physics. The researcher is moreover expected to actively contribute to
the research activities of the condensed matter theory group at the School of Physics and
Astronomy.
This job description may be subject to revision following discussion with the person appointed
and forms part of the contract of employment.
Recruitment
Person Specification:
Qualifications/
Education
Skills/Training
Experience
Statutory/Legal
Personal
Attributes
Essential
Bsc/MPhys Degree in Physics
PhD in Physics related to the subject
Strong theoretical physics and
computational skills, in particular
in numerical simulation of manybody classical and/or quantum
systems
Strong
track
record
in
theoretical/computational condensed
matter, statistical physics, and/or
atomic physics, including experience
with
many-body
numerical
simulations methods
Good
written
and
communication skills
Good inter-personal skills
Ability to work independently
Desirable
Strong analytical skills.
Knowledge of atomic physics
and/or
quantum
optics.
Experience with DMRG and/or
Monte Carlo as
applied
to
quantum systems
oral
Other
Informal
enquiries
may
be
addressed
to
Professor
Igor
Igor.Lesanovsky@Nottingham.ac.uk)
and
Professor
Juan
P.
Juan.Garrahan@Nottingham.ac.uk).
Please quote ref. SCI168114
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Lesanovsky
Garrahan
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