Research Associate, Stanford University

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Experimental High Energy Physics

The Department of Physics at Stanford University is inviting applications for a postdoctoral research associate position to participate in two long baseline neutrino experiments: MINOS and NOvA, utilizing one neutrino beam from Fermilab and two separate detectors in northern Minnesota.

The MINOS experiment is designed to study neutrino oscillations in the “atmospheric” delmsq region, through numu disappearance, numu to nue transition and depletion of NC events. The Far Detector is a multi-kiloton magnetic iron/scintillator spectrometer in the Soudan mine in Minnesota, some 735 km away. The first results on numu disappearance and search for sterile neutrinos, based on the initial data sets, have been published already and the first results on nue appearance have been presented at the recent conferences. The current emphasis in the analysis
efforts is to refine all of these measurements with a much larger data sample based on 7E20 protons on target. In addition, starting this fall, we shall commence a dedicated run with muon antineutrinos.

Application Deadline: October 15, 2009

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Postdoctoral positions in computational materials science - USA

Multiple Post Doctoral/Research Associate positions at DUKE (Curtarolo) Computational Materials Science Group

Dear Colleagues,

Please circulate the following ad.

Post Doctoral and/or Research associate positions in the DUKE Computational Materials Science Group/
Research Areas :
1) phase stability of nano-catalysts
2) alloy theory with high-throughput methods
3) materials for nuclear detection
4) quasicrystalline surface science
see relevant publications
http://materials. duke.edu/ publications. html

DUKE Curtarolo`s Computational Materials Science Group is seeking for multiple post-doctoral positions in the aforementioned areas. Appointments will be decided in the next few months and the start dates will be within summer-fall 2009. The positions are made initially for one year, and renewable upon mutual consent on a yearly basis based on research quality and productivity of the employee.

Applicants are expected to have strong background in
A) thermodynamic of materials
B) solid state theory
C) computation: skill in UNIX/C/C++ are mandatory since the associates will be contribute to the "aflow" project.

Interested candidates should send now their curriculum vitae, list of
publications (including available preprints), and the list of 2-3 possible references. Please send only PDF documents.

DUKE is an equal opportunity employer and committed to diversity. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

http://materials. pratt.duke. edu/

Prof. Stefano Curtarolo
PhD from MIT

Duke University, Durham NC, USA
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
stefano.curtarolo@ duke.edu
stefano.curtarolo[ at]duke.edu

Dear applicants, please be patient, I am collecting a number of applications and I will go through all of them during April.
Every application will be evaluated.