IMG: DESY/Heiner Müller-Elsner
Program
Junior scientists from experimental particle physics are invited to participate in the LHC experiments ATLAS and CMS, the BELLE II-Experiment at KEK, the ALPS II-Experiment at DESY, in the preparation of experiments at the future International Linear Collider ILC and in the research and development, of new particle detectors. Research groups are also active in accelerator development, e.g. for the ILC or in the field of plasma wakefield acceleration. Experimental activities for the detectors and their conversions and upgrades mainly take place in the Hamburg institute where, apart from laboratories and other infrastructures, a test beam is operated. The experimental work is supplemented by analysis activities using the large local computer resources, e.g. the Tier2 centre and the National Analysis Facility.
DESY fellowships in experimental particle physics are granted for a period of two years, with the possibility to prolong it for another year. Salaries commensurate with those of public service organisations in Germany.
Application
DESY fellowships in experimental particle physics are awarded twice a year. Interested physicists, who have recently completed their Ph.D. are invited to send their application, including their scientific career history and the usual documents (Motivation letter, research interest, CV, list of publications, copies of university degrees, three reference letters) until 31 March or 30 September each year. Please use our career portal.
Reference letter
In addition we ask you to provide three letters of reference. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that all three letters of reference reach DESY before the deadline.
▸ Please forward the Job-ID and your E-Mailadress with you used for the application to the expert reviewers you have chosen. The reference letters with the Job-ID and E-Mailadress will then be allocated to your application.
▸ Please also forward our questionnaire for expert reviewers to the three expert reviewers you have chosen and ask them to directly upload their statement with the following link.
- In theoretical particle physics
Program
Qualified junior scientists are invited to participate in the theoretical particle physics research programme carried out by the two DESY theory groups. At DESY in Hamburg, the areas of research include collider phenomenology (in particular Higgs physics, supersymmetry, flavor physics, QCD), physics beyond the Standard Model, particle cosmology, axions and other nonstandard light particles, string theory and mathematical physics (in particular gauge-string dualities, conformal field theories and integrable models). At DESY in Zeuthen, theoretical particle physics research includes lattice gauge theory, perturbative quantum field theory and physics at HERA, LHC and the projected ILC. DESY fellowships in theoretical particle physics start from usually October and are granted for a period of two years. Salaries commensurate with those of public service organisations in Germany.
Application
DESY fellowships in theoretical physics are awarded once a year. Interested physicists, who have recently completed their Ph.D. in theoretical physics are invited to send their application, including their scientific career history and the usual documents (CV, list of publications, copies of university degrees, reference letters) until 1st of December. Please use our online application portal.
