(Valid from 16/01/2024 to 31/12/2024)

Language: English (UK)

Country: Luxembourg

Organisation data: Department of Physics and Materials Science (DPHYMS)

Job Number: UOL06198

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract

Duration: 36 Months

Schedule Type: Full Time

Work Hours: 40.0 Hours per Week

Functions: PhD Candidates

Job (internal): Doctoral Researcher

The University | About us...

The University of Luxembourg is an international research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary character. Founded in 2003, it boasts over 6,700 students and more than 2,000 employees from around the globe. The University’s faculties and interdisciplinary centres focus on research in areas such as Computer Science and ICT Security, Materials Science, European and International Law, Finance and Financial Innovation, Education, Contemporary and Digital History. Additionally, it emphasizes cross-disciplinary research in Data Modelling and Simulation, as well as Health and System Biomedicine. Times Higher Education ranks the University of Luxembourg #3 worldwide for its “international outlook,” #20 in the Young University Ranking 2021, and among the top 250 universities globally.

The Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) contributes multidisciplinary expertise in Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Life Sciences, and Medicine. Through its dual mission of teaching and research, the FSTM seeks to generate and disseminate knowledge, training new generations of responsible citizens to better understand, explain, and advance society and the environment we live in.

Your Role... A PhD position is available in the frame of the project “Statistical Mechanics of Active Matter” funded by the FNR. Applicants are expected to have experience in statistical mechanics and numerical simulations. The project will focus on dense active matter, combining particle-based and hydrodynamic approaches, using recent methods of optimal control theory and stochastic thermodynamics. The candidate is also expected to participate in the scientific activities organized within the Physics of Active Matter group and the Department of Physics and Materials Science, such as seminars, colloquia, and summer schools.

What we expect from you… The applicant should be a creative and motivated researcher with:

• Excellent analytical and numerical skills
• Solid knowledge of Statistical Physics
• Good written and oral skills in English

In Short...

• Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (36 months, extendable up to 48 months if required)
• Work Hours: Full Time (40.0 Hours per Week)
• Location: Limpertsberg
• Employee and student status
• Research Group: Physics of Active Matter
• Job Reference: UOL06198

The yearly gross salary for every PhD at the UL is EUR 40952 (full time).

How to apply...

Applications should include:

• Curriculum Vitae
• Cover letter
• Coordinates of two persons willing to send letters of recommendation
• Copies of diplomas and transcripts with grades

Early application is highly encouraged, as applications will be processed upon reception. Please apply ONLINE formally through the HR system.

The University of Luxembourg embraces inclusion and diversity as key values. We are fully committed to removing any discriminatory barrier related to gender, and not only, in the recruitment and career progression of our staff.

In return you will get…

• Multilingual and international character. Modern institution with a personal atmosphere. Staff from 90 countries. Member of the “University of the Greater Region” (UniGR).
• A modern and dynamic university. High-quality equipment. Close ties to the business world and the Luxembourg labour market. A unique urban site with excellent infrastructure.
• A partner for society and industry. Cooperation with European institutions, innovative companies, the Financial Centre, and numerous non-academic partners such as ministries, local governments, associations, NGOs …
• The opportunity to participate regularly in scientific activities in Luxembourg and abroad (seminars, summer schools, etc)
• Find out more about the University
• Addresses, maps & routes to the various sites of the University

Further information...

• Website of the group: github.io
• Contact: Etienne Fodor (etienne.fodor@uni.lu)