Professor of Silicon Detector Instrumentation for Particle Physics
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- Birmingham U.
- Europe
- hep-ex
- nucl-ex
- Senior (permanent)
Deadline on Oct 14, 2024
Job description:
The School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Birmingham seeks to appoint an experienced and ambitious academic with a specialisation in silicon tracking detectors, to take the role of Director of the Birmingham Instrumentation Laboratory for Particle physics and Applications (BILPA).
The BILPA facility is a 200 m2 suite of well-equipped clean rooms, supported by further substantial recently refurbished laboratory space. It’s core user team currently includes 2 academics in addition to the appointee, 4 PDRAs, 1 engineer and 4 technicians, with numerous PhD students also engaging. Workstreams include:
- Major construction projects, currently including contributions to the silicon-strip detectors for the ATLAS ITk upgrade at the LHC and recent funding for the MAPS-based silicon vertex tracker for the ePIC detector at the US Electron Ion Collider (EIC).
- Strategic R&D into CMOS sensors and 4D tracking technologies for next generation facilities.
- Projects leading to wider societal impact, for example based on the use of particle tracking detectors for imaging and dosimetry in proton cancer therapy.
- Work towards the creation of a unique facility for radiation-hardness characterisation, based on proton, neutron and X-ray beam facilities in Birmingham.
The successful candidate will be expected to teach in our undergraduate degree programmes and will contribute towards the School's administrative activities. Applicants are expected to demonstrate academic citizenship, develop and maintain mutually respectful and supportive working relationships with staff and students, and ensure their role impacts positively on others.
Contact:
- Newman, Paul (p.r.newman@bham.ac.uk)
Posted 7 months ago, updated 5 months ago