Professorship for Muon Spectroscopy
We are seeking candidates who are experts in using muon spectroscopy for the advancement of material science. Examples are the use and development of muon instrumentation for the study of quantum and energy materials. The research program of this new professorship will be able to take advantage of the opportunity provided by the unique Swiss Muon Source (SµS) facility at PSI and to develop it further. The successful candidate must be an established researcher in quantum and/or energy materials as well in using and developing muon instrumentation with a proven track record in terms of research output and acquisition of third-party funding. Experience in teaching and mentoring are highly valued. The future professor is expected to be an active member of the Department of Physics (PI) at the University of Zurich (UZH) and contribute to its academic self-administration. The professor will also contribute to teaching and its further development, in particular with courses on condensed physics, quantum materials and muon science, and supervising PhD students as well as Bachelor and Master theses.
Professorship for Muon Spectroscopy
The successful candidate will head the Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy (LMU) at the PSI Center for Neutron and Muon Sciences (CNM). CNM operates three national infrastructures for neutron and muon research (SINQ, SµS) as well as for particle physics (CHRISP) supporting research activities spanning a wide spectrum from particle and condensed physics to chemistry, materials science, engineering, and cultural heritage. In CNM, LMU is responsible for the scientific exploitation of the SµS, where it operates seven muon instruments and runs a world-leading muon science user program welcoming about 200 Swiss and international scientific users every year. The LMU head manages about 20 permanent scientific, technical and administrative staff, as well as associated students and postdoctoral researchers in two research groups focusing on bulk µSR studies and low-energy muons, respectively. The successful candidate must have a proven track-record in managing large-scale research infrastructure and excellent leadership and communication skills and motivation to continuously develop those. Finally, the LMU head should also actively engage with the NCCR Muoniverse - a new National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) led by PSI and UZH - as well as with the PSI's new Quantum and Materi-als Discovery Center (QMMC) that will provide unprecedented opportunities for designing, making and characterizing quantum materials, and with the UZH DEMETER (DEtector & at Extremes TEst and Research) Center, which is developing new pixelated muon detectors for vertex reconstructed µSR and new pressure cell technology.
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