COMPETITION

POSITION: Post-Doc (Assistant professor)

Department of Astrophysics

FACULTY OF PHYSICS AND APPLIED INFORMATICS, UNIVERSITY OF LODZ

in grant NCN 2023/50/A/ST9/00254 titled: ”Determining phenomenological parameters of Quantum Gravity via combination of very-high-energy gamma-ray observation and emission modelling of astrophysical sources”

INSTITUTION: University of Lodz, Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics,

CITY: Lodz, Poland

POSITION: Post-Doc(Assistant professor), full-time employment

DISCIPLINE: Physics

POSTED: 26.09.2024

EXPIRES: 25.10.2024, 23:59

WEBSITE: www.uni.lodz.pl/oferty-pracy (in polish)

KEY WORDS: LIV, Cherenkov telescopes, gamma rays

Candidates should meet the following criteria:

• have a PhD degree in physics, astronomy or equivalent field. PhD degree must be awarded not earlier than 7 years before the 1 st of January of the year when the employment in this project starts. (This time period can be extended for long-term illness, child birth or care following the rules of attachment to NSC Board nr 50/2023, dated 11 May 2023)

• be proficient at programming

• communicate freely in English

• be experienced in performing Fermi-LAT data analysis

• prior experience in modelling astrophysical sources and in studies of LIV effects is not a requirement, but it will be considered as a strong advantage

• the candidate must fulfil the formal conditions of NCN for employment on a post-doc position(https://www.ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/pliki/uchwaly-rady/2023/uchwala50_2023-zal1_ang.pdf, point 2.1.1)

The application for the position takes place via submitting applications addressed to the Rector of the University of Lodz with the following attachments:

- CV including scientific achievements of the candidate

- cover letter

- scan of PhD diploma (in Polish or English)

- contact information (name and e-mail address) of 1-2 scientists who agreed to provide a

reference letter

- employee privacy notice (https://www.uni.lodz.pl/kariera)

- declaration that the University of Lodz will be the candidate’s primary employer once they are employed, according to the regulation “The law on higher education and science”, (https://www.uni.lodz.pl/kariera)

Expected scope of responsibilities:

• performing analysis of GeV observations from Fermi-LAT concurrent to TeV flares of blazars and GRBs.

• preparation observational proposals for LST telescopes and develop the interpretation of this data.

• Contribution to the high-level analysis code combining the MWL information and the modelling for LIV study.

Applicants are asked to submit the documents on e-mail adress: justyna.fiwek@fis.uni.lodz.pl, tel. (0-48-42) 635-42-61 and jsitarek@uni.lodz.pl.

We reserve the right to contact only with the selected candidates.

Employment conditions: Selected candidate will be employed in University of Lodz on

“adiunkt” position (equivalent to assistant professor) of scientific group for 1 year (extendable for additional 2 years if successfully passing the evaluation). The

salary brutto, including all extra allowance and overheads, will be covered from the planned

project cost of 140 000 PLN per year.

FINAL RESULTS: The results of the competition are to be announced before 31.12.2024

Planned date of employment: January 2025.

physical sciences

LIV, Cherenkov telescopes, gamma rays