Research Associate - Thermal Plasma Department
Minimum qualification and job requirements:
- PhD or equivalent in the following fields: Plasma physics, Plasma chemistry, Chemical Processing of Fuels and Energetics, Environmental power engineering, Power Engineering Machines and Equipment or related fields
- 2 years track record/experience in the field
- Excellent written/spoken English with capability of writing scientific papers
- Experience in the area of alternative energy sources (e.g. biomass gasification) welcomed
- Experience with plasma-chemistry modeling is welcomed, but not mandatory
Offered benefits:
- Exciting work in top-class equipped laboratories
- Competitive salary
- Extensive worldwide collaboration, overseas travels
- Benefits package (5 weeks holiday leave, meal vouchers, flexible working hours, sick days, etc.)
Available immediately.
Please find the research topics of the Thermal Plasma department here. Applications (incl. cover letter, structured CV, list of publications, your contact details) are welcome via regular mail or e-mail at personal@ipp.cas.cz. Letters of recommendation are welcomed. Deadline for applications is May 26, 2017.
PALS doctoral / postdoc position: Physics of high-power iodine laser system
The candidate is supposed to work predominantly on the following topics:
- Alignment of the iodine laser beamline
- Determining and optimizing output pulse parameters (energy, pulse width, contrast, etc.)
- Participation in interaction experiments at high-power laser system PALS
- Measuring the PALS beam wavefront by means of the wavefront sensor
- Improvement of the wavefront using adaptive optics
- Modeling of the beam parameters in ZEMAX software or GLAD code
Requirements:
- Master degree or PhD in optics, laser physics or related field
- Experienced in laser beam alignment and diagnostics
- Experienced in simulation in ZEMAX software or GLAD code
- Experienced in programming in C++ is a plus (but not mandatory)
- Good knowledge of spoken and written English
- Expected feeling as a team player
Job conditions:
- The opportunity to participate in unique scientific projects
- Collaboration with a strongly motivated scientific team
- Career growth, professional education
- Competitive and motivating salary
- 5 week holidays and other employee benefits
Applications containing CV, cover letter, contacts of references, and any other material the candidate considers relevant, should be sent to Dr. Jan Dostál, Laser Plasma Department, Institute of Plasma Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Za Slovankou 3, 182 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic; dostal@ipp.cas.cz.
PALS postdoc position: Secondary charged particle beams at the PALS facility
The candidate is supposed to work predominantly on the following topics:
- Performing experimental campaigns at the PALS facility
- Diagnostics and instrumentation for characterization of charged particle emission
- Laser wakefield acceleration of electron beams
- Laser driven acceleration of proton and ion beams
- Probing dense plasmas by fast charged particles
- Data analysis
Requirements:
- PhD in plasma physics, particle physics, accelerator physics
- Experience in particle diagnostics, beam instrumentation, and particle detectors
- Skills in data analysis and high-power-laser science and technology represent a plus (but not mandatory)
- Good knowledge of spoken and written English
Job conditions:
- The opportunity to participate in unique scientific projects
- Collaboration with a strongly motivated scientific team
- Career growth, professional education
- Competitive and motivating salary
- 5 week holidays and other employee benefits
Applications containing CV, cover letter, contacts of references, and any other material the candidate considers relevant, should be sent to Dr. Miroslav Krůs, Laser Plasma Department, Institute of Plasma Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Za Slovankou 3, 182 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic; krus@ipp.cas.cz.
PALS postdoc position: Laser-plasma chemistry
The candidate is supposed to work predominantly on the following topics:
- Laser induced dielectric breakdown (LIDB) in gases: from laser sparks to plasma filaments
- Diagnostics of plasmas formed in gases, liquids (i.e., laser cavitation) and heterogeneous systems by focused high-power laser beams
- Analysis of chemical consequences of LIDB and related phenomena: laboratory simulation of high-energy-density events related to the origins of life
- Investigating the relationship between physical characteristics and chemical changes in laser-produced plasmas
- Collaboration with theorists modelling the chemical change in various laser-plasma-chemical systems
Requirements:
- PhD in physical chemistry, chemical physics, plasma physics, plasma chemistry, astrobiology or related field
- Experience in plasma diagnostics, laser-plasma interaction and/or plasma chemistry
- Skills in high-power-laser science and technology represent a plus (but not mandatory)
- Good knowledge of spoken and written English
Job conditions:
- The opportunity to participate in unique scientific projects
- Collaboration with a strongly motivated scientific team
- Career growth, professional education
- Competitive and motivating salary
- 5 week holidays and other employee benefits
Applications containing CV, cover letter, contacts of references, and any other material the candidate considers relevant, should be sent to Dr. Libor Juha, Laser Plasma Department, Institute of Plasma Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Za Slovankou 3, 182 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic; juha@ipp.cas.cz.
PALS postdoc position: X-ray optics and spectroscopy for plasma diagnostics
The candidate is supposed to work predominantly on the following topics:
- X-ray diagnosis of high-power laser-matter interaction
- Development and implementation of advanced spectroscopic and imaging schemes
- Participation in interaction experiments at high-power laser system PALS
- Computational evaluation of extended sets of experimental data
- Modeling of the laser-matter interaction based on computer codes
Requirements:
- PhD in physics or related field
- Excellent computational skills needed for application of simulation tools (physical optics, plasma hydrodynamics, atomic and PIC codes)
- Experience in X-ray physics and instrumentation is a plus (but not mandatory)
- Good knowledge of spoken and written English
Job conditions:
- The opportunity to participate in unique scientific projects
- Collaboration with a strongly motivated scientific team
- Career growth, professional education
- Competitive and motivating salary
- 5 week holidays and other employee benefits
Applications containing CV, cover letter, contacts of references, and any other material the candidate considers relevant, should be sent to Dr. Libor Juha, Laser Plasma Department, Institute of Plasma Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Za Slovankou 3, 182 00 Prague 8, Czech Republic; juha@ipp.cas.cz
