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The Director of the Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (CTP PAS) invites applications for one R2-level researcher (“PhD holder or researcher with an equivalent level of experience and competence”) at CTP PAS, within the ERA Chair project EUCENTRAL (project no 101186579; https://eucentral.cft.edu.pl/) financed by the European Union. The project is led by Prof. Marzena Szymańska, ERA Chair Holder.
Responsibilities:
- development of positive P and truncated Wigner methods for spin lattices;
- adjusting codes for broader use;
- preparing tutorials for software to solve many-body quantum problems;
- ERA Chair grant-related numerical methods dissemination activities.
Required qualifications and skills:
- experience in creating and implementing scientific software;
- experience with stochastic phase-space methods in particular positive P and truncated Wigner methods in application to bosonic and spin lattice models;
- experience implementing methods for open quantum systems.
The position is offered for a period of 6 months. The earliest starting date is 4 August 2025. The salary is ~11k PLN gross.
The application should include:
- Scientific CV including publication list, participation in research projects and conferences (with the clause “I consent to the processing of my personal data necessary for the recruitment process in accordance with the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) 2016/679 of April 27, 2016, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (GDPR)”);
- Signed RODO clause;
- Motivation letter, with a brief description of the Candidate’s scientific interests and future research plans;
- A copy of the PhD diploma, or a statement from the PhD Advisor on the planned date of the thesis defense or a statement on the Candidate’s qualifications;
- Applicants should also arrange to have at least one letter of reference sent separately to the email address given below.
The documents should be sent electronically until 12.06.2025 to rekrutacja@cft.edu.pl. In the title of the email please add the reference number: [nr rekrutacji]. The competition will be concluded by the end of June 2025.
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