ERC Postdoctoral Positions
The GRAPPA Institute invites applications for one or two postdoctoral positions in the framework of the ERC Starting Grant 'WIMPs Kairos: The moment of truth for WIMP Dark Matter', coordinated by G. Bertone. A strong background in in the phenomenology of Dark Matter is preferred, but all exceptional candidates will be considered. Candidates should have obtained their PhD after January 2008 or expect to obtain it by September 2012.
The GRAPPA (Gravitation AstroParticle Physics Amsterdam) Institute is a new initiative within the Science Faculty of the University of Amsterdam. Launched in October 2011, GRAPPA is a collaboration between the institutes for Theoretical Physics, Astronomy and High Energy Physics http://uvaapp.nl/. Five new faculty have just been hired: Shin'ichiro Ando, Gianfranco Bertone, Patrick Decowski, Ben Freivogel and Jacco Vink, whose research interests include dark matter, dark energy, neutrinos, and cosmic rays, with a focus on both theoretical modeling of astrophysical source physics as well as (in)direct detection. In addition, there are about 15 affiliated GRAPPA faculty from the collaborating institutes, who are involved in experimental work at Antares/KM3NeT, ATLAS, XENON1T/XENON100, CTA and LOFAR, as well as theory.
Candidates should send a cover letter, a research statement of up to 4 pages, and a curriculum vitae including publicationsgf.bertone[at]gmail.com, with the subject 'ERC postdoc'. Candidates should also ensure that at least two letters of recommendation are sent to the same address by the deadline, January 15, 2011.
All candidates will be automatically considered for other postdoctoral positions in the group, including the 3-year GRAPPA postdoctoral fellowship (http://uvaapp.nl/index.html).
