Assistant Project Scientist - Physics

The position will involve working with the UC Berkeley and LBL nuclear theory groups as well as students and faculty of the campus-based Physics Frontier Center N3AS. Interests of the nuclear groups include lattice QCD, many-body theory, fundamental symmetries, nuclear astrophysics, high energy heavy ion collisions, and the physics of the EIC. N3AS research focuses on multi-messenger astrophysics, specifically the coupled neutrino, dense matter, and nucleosynthetic problems that arise in studies of core-collapse supernovae and neutrino star mergers.

This position will apply techniques from high-performance computing to optimize the execution of Lattice Quantum chromodynamics codes on massively parallel machines. Duties include:

• Building an interface between two-nucleon eigenvalues found in finite-volume Lattice Quantum chromodynamics and effective theory formulations valid in infinite volume
• The application of Harmonic Oscillator-Based Effective Theory to bound and scattering problems involving three or more nucleons
• Providing support for research and professional development activities for UC Berkeley's N3AS undergraduate research program

Union Contract: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/ra/contract.html

PhD or equivalent international degree

• PhD in Theoretical Physics or other related field
• At least 3 years of Postdoctoral research
• Demonstrated record of publications and talks
• Advanced computational skills applied to nuclear effective theory
• High proficiency in LQCD (Lattice Quantum chromodynamics) calculations
• Exceptional expertise in the application of high-performance computing to physical models, ability to maximize efficiency of nuclear physics applications on supercomputers
• Experience in mentoring young researchers

• 3 required (contact information only)

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