Location: | Sheffield |
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Salary: | £37,099 to £45,585 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 24th May 2024 |
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Closes: | 6th June 2024 |
Job Ref: | UOS041114 |
Applications are invited for a Research Associate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. You will be working with Prof. Davide Costanzo and Dr Patrick Stowell to work on the preparation for data taking of the BUTTON experiment at the Boulby Underground Laboratory in the UK. BUTTON is providing a technology development platform and a risk-mitigation strategy for building an underground ktonne water-based liquid scintillator (WbLS) neutrino detector doped with Gadolinium (Gd).
This project is a component of the STFC-funded BUTTON project. Bids for continuation funding are under development. The position is offered until 31 March 2025.
You will have a PhD or equivalent in particle physics or a related discipline (or equivalent experience) and experience of using and writing C++ and/or python code.
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