Postdoctoral Scholar - ATLAS and PIONEER (working with Q. Buat)

Position Description

The Department of Physics at the University of Washington invites applications for a post-doctoral position. The successful candidate will work on the ATLAS experiment at the LHC and the PIONEER experiment in Prof. Quentin Buat’s group. The anticipated start is February 2025.

The University of Washington Experimental Particle Physics group (EPE) carries out a diverse physics program. We are interested in exploring electroweak symmetry breaking and the search for exotic decays of the Higgs, particularly with searches for Long Lived Particles. Prof Buat’s group leads searches and measurements with tau leptons in the electroweak sector and develop the reconstruction of hadronic decays of the tau lepton for the upcoming HL-LHC run. The successful candidate will be expected to lead a unique physics program at ATLAS and make significant contributions to the experiment.

Prof. Buat’s group is also developing the PIONEER experiment, a next generation rare pion decays spectrometer which aims to test flavor universality up to the PeV scale. PIONEER employs HEP detector technology (LGADs) and fast electronics. The successful candidate may also contribute to this effort, with potential opportunities from the experiment's construction to operation and analysis of first data.

The base salary range for this position will be $5705- $6525 per month, commensurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.

The position is a full-time, 12-month (one-year) appointment, which may be extended (upon successful performance), subject to funding and mutual agreement. The Postdoctoral Scholar title is limited to five years, including postdoctoral experience(s) at UW and other institutions.

Postdoctoral scholars are represented by UAW 4121 and are subject to the collective bargaining agreement, unless agreed exclusion criteria apply. For more information, please visit the University of Washington Labor Relations website.

Qualifications

The successful applicant should have a Ph.D., or foreign equivalent, by the time they start at the University of Washington.

Application Instructions

Applications should be submitted at https://apply.interfolio.com/158065 and consist of a cover letter, a CV with list of publications, a research statement, a brief statement describing the applicant's experience and commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and three letters of recommendation. Applications received by December 15, 2024, will receive full consideration. For questions about the position, please contact Prof. Quentin Buat (qbuat@uw.edu).

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