Mössbauer Employment Positions Available

Ph.D. Position in Physics
University of Iceland

The thin film and semiconductor physics group at the Science Institute University of Iceland and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Århus, Denmark, have one vacant position for a Ph.D. student in defect-related magnetism in wide-bandgap semiconductors. The main focus of the research work will be sample preparation and characterisation for study with 57Fe emission Mössbauer spectroscopy following implantation of radioactive 57Mn. The Mössbauer measurements are performed at the ISOLDE facilities at CERN, Switzerland.

The student must have completed a M.Sc. degree or an equivalent degree in physics or electrical engineering. The Ph.D. student will be project-funded employee of the Science Institute at the University of Iceland. The period of employment is 3 years with a possibility of extension, depending on successful project funding. The student will stay 60% of the time in Iceland, 20% in Århus, and 20% at CERN.

The 57Mn collaboration at ISOLDE/CERN consists of scientists from institutes in Europe (Denmark, Iceland, Belgium, Germany, and Italy) and South Africa. The aim of the group is to utilize the 57Mn beam at ISOLDE/CERN for Mössbauer studies of specific materials. Given the current high interest in diluted magnetic semiconductors, this has been the main subject of the group in recent years.

Please e-mail your CV to Prof. H.P. Gunnlaugsson <hpg@phys.au.dk>. Please include a publication list and names/e-mail addresses of at least two senior academic persons who are able and willing to give references. Supplementary documentation will be required from selected applicants. Applicants from outside the EU/EEA should allow for up to 3 months for handling of immigration documents. The application deadline is May 10, 2008.

Further information about the position can be found at <http://www.phys.au.dk/~hpg/Phd_iceland.htm>.

Post-Doc Position
Braunschweig University of Technology

The research group "Solid State Chemistry" at the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Braunschweig University of Technology, offers a Post-Doc position with the subject "Mössbauer Spectroscopy.“ The salary will be TVÖD 13 (full-time). The project’s duration is about 16 months; an extension could be possible. The subject of this project is the investigation of iron nitrides. In addition to their equilibrium properties, their formation kinetics is in the center of interest. We are looking for candidates with knowledge in Physical Chemistry of Solids. As a special requirement for his project we expect theoretical knowledge and experimental experience in Mössbauer Spectroscopy.

Please direct questions or applications to: Prof. Dr. K. D. Becker, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Hans-Sommer-Str. 10, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. Phone +49/531/391-5341/-5342, e-mail: <k-d.becker@tu-braunschweig.de>. More information can be found at <http://www.tu-braunschweig.de/pci/forschung/becker>.

Senior Lectureship Position
Monash University, Australia

The School of Physics at Monash University, in Melbourne, Australia, is advertising a Senior Lectureship, with details at:

www.physics.monash.edu.au/employment.html

I am drawing this to the attention of readers of this Web site because I will be formally retiring at the end of 2007 and my laboratory has no obvious new owner. The Mössbauer equipment includes four LHe cryostats, one with a 14 T magnet. Two have cold source arrangements and have been used for Gd-155 and Au-197. There are also two unique spectrometers for taking sequential spectra as a function of time for some reproducible time dependent variation, with a dwell time/spectrum down to <1μs. For those also interested in synchrotrons, access to international synchrotrons is available on a competitive basis through the Australian Synchrotron Research Program (ASRP). A new synchrotron is being built at Monash to open in 2007, but it will not have a Mössbauer beam line.

Good luck to any aspiring applicants.

John Cashion (john.cashion@sci.monash.edu.au)

Synchrotron Beamline Research Fellowships
Monash University, Australia

Monash University has established the Monash Fellowships to attract internationally competitive researchers to undertake research of national and international significance (including young researchers from overseas with great future potential) and provide them with the best possible environment to establish a productive laboratory or other research team and to foster collaborations. Further information may be obtained at:

http://www.monash.edu.au/research/academics/funding/information/monash/monash-fellowships.html

Confidential inquiries regarding the fellowships may be made with Head of School, Associate Professor Michael Morgan:
Tel: +61 3 9905 3645
Fax: +61 3 9905 3637
E-mail: Michael.Morgan@sci.monash.edu.au
If you have information about possible employment positions for Mössbauer researchers, please send the relevant information to us at medc@unca.edu. Please include all pertinent information, and the Web site address for the position, if one is available.
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