Applications are invited for new posts to support the development and exploitation of a major new initiative in UK physics - the Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma-based Accelerators (SCAPA), supported by the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) and the participating universities. SUPA brings together internationally leading physics research across Scotland to form the largest academic physics grouping in the UK, with more than 1,000 people.
SCAPA is a major initiative of the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA). Facilities at SCAPA will include high power lasers, laser-driven plasma accelerators and radiation sources. Research at the facility will be focused on the development and application of next-generation accelerator technology.
The SUPA posts will be based at the Universities of Strathclyde, West of Scotland, Glasgow and Edinburgh, together with a strategic appointment that will be made at Strathclyde.
SUPA Professor/Reader in the development (theory or experimental) and application of laser-plasma based accelerators (Ref JA/132/2011).
Application information can be obtained from http://vacancies.strath.ac.uk
Technology Innovation Centre strategic appointment: Professor/Reader in the application of laser-plasma based accelerators, particularly in the health sciences (Ref JA/133/2011)
Application information can be obtained from http://vacancies.strath.ac.uk
SUPA Reader in nuclear physics and its applications (Ref 11/087)
Application information can be obtained from http://www.uws.ac.uk/jobs/index.asp
or marie.leckie@uws.ac.uk or telephone 0141 848 3561
SUPA Lecturer in nuclear physics and its applications (Ref 11/088)
Application information can be obtained from http://www.uws.ac.uk/jobs/index.asp
or marie.leckie@uws.ac.uk or telephone 0141 848 3561
SUPA Reader in nuclear physics and its applications (Ref E20028)
Application information can be obtained from http://www.gla.ac.uk/about/jobs/
SUPA Advanced Fellowship(two year extendable) in nuclear physics and its applications (Ref 3014566).
Application information can be obtained from http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/vacancies/index.cfm?fuseaction=vacancies.index
The posts will provide a unique opportunity to take a lead in the development and applications of ultra-compact laser-plasma particle sources and their derivatives. They will extend and complement the existing strong research programmes in nuclear and plasma physics at the SUPA institutes and will bridge to other disciplines, with a strong focus on the development of industrial and academic end-user applications, including those from the health sciences.
The successful applicants will have skills, knowledge, and experience in an experimental or theoretical area relevant to the individual posts, such as plasma physics, applications of high-power lasers, nuclear and hadron physics or cross-disciplinary research. Research carried out with SCAPA will provide natural links to large international collaborative projects such as ELI, Laserlab, at CERN and other facilities.
For further information about SCAPA please visit http://www.scapa.ac.uk or Tel: 0141 553 4133.
Closing date: 21 October 2011.
