The High Energy Physics group at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) seeks to hire a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join its research program on the CMS experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. 

The CMS group presently consists of four faculty members, three postdocs, an engineering physicist, and six graduate students. In addition to CMS, the HEP group also participates in the Askaryan Radio Array neutrino experiment at the South Pole and the milliQan experiment that will search for fractionally charged particles. Current responsibilities in CMS include hosting a Tier-2 computing center and innovating CMS software and computing, construction of the HL-LHC inner tracker upgrade and endcap timing layer, and contributing to electron and photon reconstruction and identification algorithm development as well as operations of the present CMS detector. The group pursues physics measurements in the Higgs, electroweak, top-quark, and beyond-the-standard-model areas. The HEP group also includes one theorist-phenomenologist faculty member who works on LHC-related topics. 

 

The successful candidate will lead efforts in analysis of CMS data, most likely in top and/or Higgs physics. The candidate will also participate in the IRIS-HEP (https://iris-hep.org) project, which seeks to develop state-of-the-art software and computing infrastructure to respond to the challenges of data-intensive research at the High Luminosity LHC. Demonstrated ability with HEP software and computing system development is preferred. The initial term is one year with possible renewal of up to two additional years, subject to mutual satisfaction. The work station can be UNL, Fermilab, or CERN, with occasional travel among those sites anticipated.

To qualify, candidates must have received a Ph.D. in experimental high energy physics within the last five years. Candidates with experience in analyzing data using Python and interest in advancing the state-of-the-art of HEP analysis are highly encouraged to apply.

Applications must include a letter of application, curriculum vitae, publication list, a statement of research interests, and at least three letters of reference. Application materials should be sent to: 

Prof. Ken Bloom (kenbloom@unl.edu)

Department of Physics and Astronomy 

855 N. 16th Street 

Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0299 

Applications received by March 31, 2021 will receive full consideration, but the review of applications will begin immediately and continue until suitable candidates are found.

As an EO/AA employer, qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation. See http://www.unl.edu/equity/notice-nondiscrimination.