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Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Light-front QCD Group

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Position ID:
Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences-Light-front QCD Group-POSTDOCR [#24171]
Position Title: 
Postdoctoral Positions in Theoretical Nuclear Physics
Position Type:
Postdoctoral
Position Location:
Lanzhou or Huizhou, Gansu or Guangdong Province 730000, China
Subject Areas: 
High-Performance Computing
Nuclear Physics / Light-front Physics, Nucleon Structure and Proton Spin, Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion Collisions
Appl Deadline:
2024/06/30 11:59PMhelp popup (posted 2023/01/16, listed until 2024/06/30)
Position Description:
   

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The light-front QCD group at the Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences announces the opening of one or more postdoc positions beginning in 2024 with flexible starting date. The positions are initially for one year with the possibility of an extension for up to two additional years. The base salary is 12500*12 CNY/year (~21000 USD/year) before taxes but if the applicant wins fellowships by Chinese Academy of Sciences (or other funding agencies), this will be increased to 200000 CNY/year (~31000 USD/year). Job location can be either in Lanzhou or in Huizhou. Candidates should have a Ph.D. by the starting date and have expertise in an area relevant to the group's research interests. Experience with numerical computation is a plus.

Research Description: The group's interests concentrate on light-front quantum field theory and its applications in hadron/nuclear physics, relativistic heavy-ion physics, strong field QED and other areas where light-front dynamics may find applications. We are particularly interested in exploring nonperturbative frontiers of those areas through large-scale numerical computation and real-time simulation. Scientists in this group include Xingbo Zhao, Chandan Mondal, Jiangshan Lan and Siqi Xu. We collaborate actively with our colleagues working on the Electron-ion Collider in China (EicC) program. This group maintains a regular collaboration with the light-front field theory group in Iowa State University in the US led by Prof. James. P. Vary.

Institute Description: The Institute of Modern Physics is a branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It is roughly the equivalent of JLab in the US or DESY in Germany. It employs ~1000 staff members including ~400 researchers. It operates the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou, which consists of the Sector Focusing Cyclotron, the Separated Sector Cyclotron, the Cooler Storage Ring, the Radioactive Ion Beam Line, and a number of experimental terminals. For more details, see: http://english.imp.cas.cn.

Lanzhou Description: Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China. It is a culturally-diverse silk road town of 3 million people at the crossroads of the orient, Tibet, central Asia and Mongolia. It is a key regional transportation hub, allowing areas further west to maintain railroad connections to the eastern half of the country. It is about an hour’s drive from the beginning of the Tibetan plateau. For images of Gansu province and Lanzhou city, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRySHM4qn08. The cost of a meal at a common restaurant in Lanzhou is 10-20 CNY (~1.5-3 USD) while a taxi costs 1.5 CNY/kilometer (~ 0.25 USD/kilometer). Lanzhou is served by its airport with ~20 direct flights/day to Beijing and ~10 flights/day to Shanghai. International destinations served by direct flights include Taipei, Hongkong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Dubai, Osaka, St. Petersburg, Frankfurt.

Huizhou Description: Huizhou is a city in central-east Guangdong Province, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong. It is a town of 6 million people. Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen to the southwest. For images of the Huizhou city, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGZlneTikUk. Huizhou is served by its local (Pingtan) airport. Additionally Huizhou is about a one and one half-hour drive by bus from Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport and two hour drive from Guangzhou Baiyun International airport. There are also coach bus and high-speed train services connecting Huizhou with Hong Kong International Airport.

Application Materials Required:
Submit the following items online at this website to complete your application:
  • Cover letter
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Research statement
  • Publication list
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Further Info:
email address
+8619993148731
 
509 Nanchang Rd.
Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lanzhou, Gansu
China, 730000