Research Officer: RA-C1A Particle Physics and Cosmology Research Group - 2 years

Interview Dates

25 Jan 2027 - 26 Jan 2027

Informal Enquiries

Maurizio Piai m.piai@swansea.ac.uk

About The University

Swansea University is a research-led university that has been making a difference since 1920. The University community thrives on exploration and discovery and offers the right balance of excellent teaching and research, matched by an enviable quality of life.

Our stunning waterfront campuses and multicultural community make us a desirable workplace for colleagues from around the world. Our reward and benefits, and ways of working enable those who join us to have enriching careers, matched by an excellent work-life balance.

About The Role

The PDRA will join the research programme led by Prof. M. Piai, applying lattice field theory techniques and numerical implementations to new strongly coupled realizations of composite dynamics and its applications, with particular reference to the TELOS collaboration. Specific scientific goals will be codesigned, and may include for example composite Higgs models, dilaton-Higgs models, top partial compositeness, quasi-conformal dynamics, strongly interacting models of dark matter.

The ideal candidate for the post has a strong background in theoretical particle physics, and previous experience with programming and running lattice calculations on modern, parallel computing facilities, using both CPU and GPU architecture. Familiarity with current trends in extensions of the Standard Model is desirable, as is expertise with effective field theory techniques, and with more formal theoretical ideas, such as those of gauge/gravity dualities. The project will include both a software development component and a physics analysis one, hence candidates are invited to provide in their application technical details about their previous experience on both aspects.

The candidate is expected to take active part in the TELOS collaboration, committing to its the research aims and objectives, professional values, and code of conduct, including its open access, open data and open software policies. They will have the opportunity to co-supervise the research aspects of the activity of postgraduate research  students. They will participate to the activities of the Centre for Quantum Fields and Gravity, including attending and organising seminars in the broad context of theoretical particle physics.

The appointment is for 2 years full-time. Extension to a third year might become possible in principle, if additional funding becomes available, and pending performance review.

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