Doctoral student in applied nuclear physics Full-time NEW

Doctoral Student In Applied Nuclear Physics

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world's top universities. The University has around 46,000 students and 8,500 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

The Nuclear Structure Group at the Division of Particle and Nuclear Physics at Lund University is seeking a skilled and highly motivated PhD student to work on upcycling state-of-the-art detectors used in nuclear structure studies for environmental monitoring and emergency preparedness. The Division of Particle and Nuclear Physics, which has approximately 50 employees, conducts a broad range of research in both theoretical and experimental particle and heavy-ion physics, as well as experimental nuclear physics. The Nuclear Structure Group is active in several international collaborations exploiting large-scale accelerator facilities across the globe. With the present position, however, we thrive to intensify local collaborations with the Biospheric and Anthropogenic Radioactivity group.

The project “From Lundium to L.U.N.D.I.U.M.” (Swedish Radiation Safety Authority) will see the upcycling of various state-of-the-art components of the Lundium decay station for studies of Super Heavy Elements into L.U.N.D.I.U.M.: the Lund University Next-generation Device for Identification of Unknown radioactive sources and environmental Monitoring. L.U.N.D.I.U.M. will have unprecedented alpha-beta-gamma resolving capabilities stemming from its high granularity of detector components and contemporary multi-coincidence data acquisition systems.

The research environment constitutes an interdisciplinary community of knowledge and practice focused on data analysis and simulations of complex datasets to be used for radiation safety and emergency preparedness within the disciplines of physics, work environment, medical radiation physics, and environmental monitoring.

We are now recruiting one PhD student to be integrated into the research group and lead this development from conceptualization and optimization via Monte Carlo Geant4 simulations to realization of the device.

The PhD student will collaborate during specific phases of their doctoral education, with the Biospheric and Anthropogenic Radioactivity group for sample collection and preparation.

The duties also include participation in teaching and other departmental work (up to a maximum of 20% of working time).

To be eligible for admission and employment as a doctoral student, you must fulfil the requirements below.

A person meets the specific admission requirements for third-cycle programme in Physics, if they:

• has at least 45 second cycle credits in physics or engineering physics or an associated field, or
• has a second cycle (master) degree in physics or engineering physics or an associated field.

The specific entry requirement may also have been obtained through other equivalent education, which is assessed in each individual case. Finally, the student must be judged to have the potential to complete the programme.

In order to complete the doctoral programme in question, the following are also required:

• completion of courses amounting to at least 60 credits that are directly relevant to the PhD education
• a strong ability to work independently and the ability to formulate and address scientific problems
• good written and oral communication skills
• good ability to collaborate
• very good proficiency in English, both spoken and written
• an interest in interdisciplinary work

For the doctoral programme in question, the following are considered as other qualifications:

• excellent laboratory skills concerning contemporary radiation detectors
• proficiency with multi-parameter data acquisition systems
• proficiency in modern object oriented programming
• knowledge of environmental radioactivity or radioecology knowledge of radionuclide production in nuclear power plants and spallation sources
• previous experience to ionizing radiation detection
• previous experience with Monte Carlo radiation transport codes