The Nuclear and High Energy Physics Department at the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ – Brazil) announces the public call for one Tenured Faculty position in the field of Experimental High Energy Physics. Additional positions may be filled by candidates approved in the same call.

Faculty members in the Nuclear and High Energy Physics Department are actively engaged in the CMS Collaboration and recently UERJ has joined the ATLAS Collaboration (ATLAS/Brazil cluster) at the CERN LHC. The CMS research group operates a Tier-2 GRID cluster. The CMS group has expertise and significant responsibilities in the Resistive Plate Chambers and Precision Proton Spectrometer detector systems, the Physics Performance and Datasets group of the experiment, and has strong participation in a number of physics analyses. The ATLAS group is involved with energy reconstruction in the Tile calorimeter, and the use of neural networks for electron and photon identification. The research groups collaborate nationally in the Brazilian High Energy Physics Network (RENAFAE).

UERJ is home to roughly 38 thousand students, and 3000 faculty members. Its main campus is located across the street from the famed Maracanã stadium. The university is guided by the principles of equality and plurality; UERJ has been a pioneer in the implementation of affirmative action policies in higher education in Brazil.

The university offers a competitive salary in the region. For the full-time position, the initial salary corresponds to BRL10,858.67 monthly, plus benefits. In addition, faculty members may apply for productivity-based fellowships (BRL4000.00 monthly). The position foresees teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

The full call in Portuguese is available at the link:

Enrollment in the public examination is open from 20/03/2023 to 21/04/2023 and should be made online at: https://prossim.uerj.br/

The examination will take place from 29/05/2023 to 01/06/2023, in person at the Department in Rio de Janeiro. A working knowledge of Portuguese is required for the examination.

For further questions about this position, please contact: dfnae@uerj.br