Job, Fellowships

Call n. 03-DFI published on 16 of November 2012

Post-doc position (assegno di ricerca)	The LISA Pathfinder space experiment Application Form Certification (D.P.R. 445/2000)
Tutor	*prof. Stefano Vitale*
Subject/Main Goals	We are preparing for the in-flight experimental campaign aboard LISA Pathfinder (LPF), aiming at demonstrating the geodesic motion of test masses, within the accuracy requested for the space gravitational wave detectors such as LISA. The campaign is made by a comprehensive menu of experiments with the goal of measuring within femto-g all the force effects that are perturbing the test mass from their space-time geodesic. The success of the campaign depends, within other things, on the performance of the data analysis software. In view of the mission operations, we are developing and testing special algorithms and a dedicated toolbox, to be employed during the in-flight experiment, and we are testing them on the data of the simulated experiments, and on the ground base instruments. At the end of this preparation phase, we will launch the mission and perform the actual in-orbit experiment. The winner will be integrated in the team performing these experimental investigations, in particular with the responsibility for the space experiment, for which he/she will work on: development and testing of the algorithms needed for the data analysis, maintenance of the software instruments needed for the operations, and support to the activity of validation of the experiments, both with the end-to-end mission simulator, and with the lab torsion balances
Requirements	Doctoral degree in ICT, in Computer Science, In Electronic Engineering, in Physics or in Mechatronics Engineering, awarded by an Italian university, or equivalent title obtained abroad A experience in the field precision electronics measurements, and in the usage and characterization of measurement instrumentation Professional knowledge of the English language To have a professional-scientific CV in line with the research program descibed
Amount	€ 27.008,78 year
Duration	24 months ( renewable)
Deadline for submission	07 of Dezember 2012 at 12.00 a.m.
*Ammessi al colloquio:*	il Dott. Pivato Paolo, Il colloquio è fissato per il giorno 18 dicembre 2012 alle ore 14.30 presso il Dipartimento di Fisica

Call n. 39 published on 13 of July 2012

Post-doc position (assegno di ricerca)	Laboratory investigation of geodesic motion with femto-g prercision Application Form Certification (D.P.R. 445/2000)
Tutor	*dott. William Joseph Weber*
Subject/Main Goals	Development of an advanced torsion pendulum with sub-femtoNewton sensitivity and an interferometric angular readout, for high precision measurements of the forces acting on geodesic reference test masses. The measurement campaign will focus on sub-mHz electrostatic effects and on establishing upper limits on the force noise originating inside of an inertial sensor for the LISA Pathfinder mission
Requirements	PhD in physics obtained in Italy or abroad Priority will be given to candidates with expertise in experimental gravitational physics and small force measurements, including torsion pendulums and high precision interferometric sensors
Amount	€ 21.100,61 year
Duration	24 months ( renewable)
Deadline for submission	03 of August 2012 at 12.00 a.m.
*Final ranking*	.

Call n. 34 published on 31^st of May 2012

Post-doc position (assegno di ricerca)	Structure and Dynamics of Few-nucleon systems Application Form
Tutor	*prof.ssa Giuseppina Orlandini*
Subject/Main Goals	The research will focus on the study of the ground-state properties as well as particular reactions of stable and unstable light nuclear systems, with ab initio methods.
Requirements	PhD (at the beginning of the contract) Advanced experience in the field of few-and/or many-body systems
Amount	€ 19.834,57 year
Duration	12 months ( renewable)
Deadline for submission	10 July of 2012 at 12.00 a.m.
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Call n. 32 published on 23^st of May 2012

Post-doc position (assegno di ricerca)	Cold atoms with artificial gauge fields Application Form Certification (D.P.R. 445/2000)
Tutor	*dott. Alessio recati*
Subject/Main Goals	The aim of the project is the study of particular (artificial) gauge fields on the many-body properties of ultracold gases. In particular the gas of Fermi gas with very high spin magnetization will be investigated. This can be considered the counterpart of fermionic superfluidity when gauge fields are present.
Requirements	PhD in physics A good knowledge and experience in the field of cold-gases with artificial gauge.
Amount	€ 26.443,37 year
Duration	24 months ( renewable)
Deadline for submission	15 of June 2012 at 12.00 a.m.
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Call n. 31 published on 22^st of May 2012

Post-doc position (assegno di ricerca)	LISA Pathfinder in-flight experiment Application Form Certification (D.P.R. 445/2000)
Tutor	*prof. Stefano Vitale*
Subject/Main Goals	We are opening a young post-doc position in physics for our research on geodesic motion of test-bodies for space-borne experiments in general relativity and specifically gravitational wave detection. Our approach is to investigate all the subtle physical effects that exert femto-g level forces on macroscopic bodies that would otherwise be in pure free-fall under the effect of gravity alone. These effects span a wide range of phenomena: fluctuation of surface electric dipoles, collisions with residual gas molecules in ultra high vacuum, photon collisions, Brownian motion, gravitational coupling to the environment, among others. We approach the problem both with laboratory experiments, performed mostly with ultra-sensitive torsion balances, and with the development of ESA’s dedicated space mission LISA Pathfinder, for which we bear the principal investigator responsibility. This mission is at the forefront of research in experimental gravitational physics and aims to demonstrate a big leap in the sensitivity of space-time curvature measurement for gravitational experiments. The development of LISA Pathfinder is approaching completion with a launch in 2014. We are currently intensely preparing the extended menu of on-orbit experiments with true free motion of test-bodies in the space environment. The post-doc we are looking for will be integrated in the team which is performing these investigations, with special responsibility for the space-borne experiment for which she/he will design particular experiments, develop the necessary algorithms to process the data, and test experiment design and algorithms both in lab with torsion balances and with the end-to-end simulator of the mission
Requirements	PhD in physics Preference is given to candidates with experience in data analysis in experimental physics, and/or in commissioning of advanced ground- and space-based experiments, particularly in gravitational and small force measurements. In addition to a CV and list of publications, the candidates will be asked to include with their application a copy of their PhD thesis and to provide at least two references, who will be asked to write letters of evaluation.
Amount	€ 26.164,75 year
Duration	24 months ( renewable)
Deadline for submission	13 of June 2012 at 12.00 a.m.
	dott. Erina Nishida e dott. Daniele Vetrugno colloquio telematico il giorno 17 luglio 2012 alle ore 9.00

Call n. 8 published on 15^th of Februar 2012

Post-doc position (assegno di ricerca)	Syntetic gauge fields in ultracold atomic gases Application Form Certification (D.P.R. 445/2000)
Tutor	prof. Sandro Stringari
Subject/Main Goals	The purpose is to investigate new quantum phases and new dynamic phenomena in superfluid gases in the presence of abelian and non abelian gauge fields
Requirements	PhD title when starting the contract expertise in the field of ultracold gases
Amount	€ 23.799,03 year
Duration	24 months ( renewable)
Deadline for submission	06 of march 2012 at 12.00 a.m.
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Call n. 19 published on 26^th of March 2012

Study grant (for doctoral students) Title	Theory of ultracold Fermi gases
Tutor	prof. Franco Dalfovo
Subject/Main Goals	Theoretical investigation of Fermi superfluids in the BEC-BCS crossover by means of the numerical solution of stationary and time-dependent Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations.
Requirements	Master degree in Physics obtained in Italy or abroad recognized as equivalent to the above mentioned title; To be enrolled and to have attended for at least one year the PhD in Physics at the University of Trento and not to have been awarded with a doctoral grant;
Amount	€ 2273,08 euro (bimonthly)
Announcement/ application form	Announcement/ Application form
Duration	24 months
Deadline for submission	16th of April 2012 at 12.00 a.m.
Final ranking	Peng Zou

Call n. 18 published on 21^st of March 2012

Post-doc position (assegno di ricerca)	LISA Pathfinder in-flight experiment Application Form Certification (D.P.R. 445/2000)
Tutor	*prof. Stefano Vitale*
Subject/Main Goals	We are preparing for the in-flight experimental campaign on LISA Pathfinder (LPF) aimed at demonstrating geodesic motion of test-masses at the level of purity required by space-borne gravitational wave detectors like LISA. The campaign consists of an extended menu of experiments with the objective of measuring all force effects at femto-g level, that drag the test-masses out of their space-time geodesics. In preparation for the mission execution, these experiment are designed, theoretically analyzed to optimize accuracy, and simulated on the end-to end simulator of the mission with increasing level of representativeness. In parallel a special set of data analysis algorithms and a dedicate data-analysis toolbox, to be used during and after the in-flight experiment, are being developed and used on data both from the simulated experiments and from ground based test instrumentation
Requirements	PhD in experimental physics Experience in data analysis in experimental physics, and/or in commissioning of advanced ground - and space - based experiments, particularly in gravitational and small force measurements
Amount	€ 21.484,26 year
Duration	12 months ( renewable)
Deadline for submission	12 of April 2012 at 12.00 a.m.
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Call n. 8 published on 15^th of Februar 2012

Post-doc position (assegno di ricerca)	Syntetic gauge fields in ultracold atomic gases Application Form Certification (D.P.R. 445/2000)
Tutor	prof. Sandro Stringari
Subject/Main Goals	The purpose is to investigate new quantum phases and new dynamic phenomena in superfluid gases in the presence of abelian and non abelian gauge fields
Requirements	PhD title when starting the contract expertise in the field of ultracold gases
Amount	€ 23.799,03 year
Duration	24 months ( renewable)
Deadline for submission	06 of march 2012 at 12.00 a.m.
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Call n. 7 published on 08^th of Februar 2012

Post-doc position (assegno di ricerca)	Cold gases with Dipolar Interaction Application Form Certification (D.P.R. 445/2000)
Tutor	dott. Alessio Recati
Subject/Main Goals	The long term goal of the project is on one hand to build the Landau-Fermi liquid theory for dipolar Fermi gases in reduced dimensionality as well as to identify possible new phases within linear response theory. Intermediate steps are the calculation of the collective mode frequency; the description of polaron systems; the development of perturbative techniques for the Landau parameters
Requirements	PhD at the beginning of the contract Advanced knowledge in dipolar Bose and Fermi degenerate gases Basic knowledge of perturbation theories
Amount	€ 23.799,03 year
Duration	12 months ( renewable)
Deadline for submission	29 of february 2012 at 12.00 a.m.
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Bando n. 6-2012-Dip_FIS pubblicato il 02/02/2012

Assegno di Ricerca	Piattaforma integrata per lo studio delle interazioni intra- e infra- sistemi fisiologici complessi (Cuore e Cervello)
Responsabile della ricerca	dott. Giandomenico Nollo
Obiettivi della ricerca	Sviluppo e applicazione di tecniche avanzate di analisi di serie temporali per la stima della intensità e direzione delle interazioni tra segnali cardiovascolari e/o neurofisiologici. Le analisi saranno applicate allo studio di importanti fenomeni fisiologici, quali la connettività cerebrale, la sincronizzazione cardio-respiratoria e il controllo neuro vascolare, per caratterizzare il ruolo che tali fenomeni ricoprono nella genesi e mantenimento delle principali patologie cardiovascolari e cerebrali
Profilo del candidato	Laurea vecchio ordinamento o laurea specialistica (nuovo ordinamento) in Ingegneria Elettronica o Ingegneria Biomedica, Fisica o materie affini conseguita presso Università italiane o all’estero. Dottorato di ricerca in materie affini ai temi del progetto di ricerca, conseguito presso Università italiane o all’estero. Esperienza di ricerca nel settore della Ingegneria Biomedica e della Fisica applicata alla biomedicina; competenze specifiche in elaborazione numerica di segnali biomedici e analisi di serie temporali di derivazione fisiologica; riconoscimento dalla comunità scientifica del settore; conoscenza parlata e scritta della lingua inglese.
Importo	*25.320,73 annui euro lordi*
Bando	bando n.6-2012-Dip_FIS
Domanda	domanda
Dichiarazione art.46 - DPR 445/2000	dichiarazione
Durata	12 mesi rinnovabile - a partire dal mese di marzo 2012
Scadenza presentazione delle domande	22 febbraio 2012
Vincitore	.

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