Come join Swinburne and partake in a unique opportunity as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in our Department of Physics & Astronomy
About the Job
As the Postdoctoral Research Associate you will work with Prof Alan Duffy as part of an Australian Research Council Discovery Project to explore the Annual Modulation in muon event rates at the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL). You will also collaborate and work with team members at the University of Melbourne to create detector technologies and techniques to measure the muon event rate over multiple years at SUPL to constrain this background to the broader dark matter experimentation at this site.
In this role, you will help create new software pipelines for the detection of muon events with a range of muon detectors, as well as explore software tools to understand the underlying muon spectrum over time from these measurements. Your work will therefore bridge two sides of the project, supporting both the hardware efforts and deployments of the detectors to SUPL as well as the software in detection and interpreting the event rates more broadly. Furthermore, the appointee is encouraged to conduct their own independent research and collaborate on dark matter related projects. In particular, instrumentation/software projects are being explored across Swinburne and the Associate is welcome to contribute to this area, if interested.
About Swinburne University of Technology
Swinburne is a multi-sector university of science, technology and innovation with more than 54,000 students and 5,000 staff globally. We offer postgraduate, undergraduate, vocational education and online education to provide students with a variety of work-relevant pathways. Our mission is to be a world-class university, creating economic and social impact through science, technology and innovation. We aim to deliver future-ready learners, research with impact and innovative enterprise.
About you
To be successful in the role, you will have:
• A PhD in particle / nuclear physics, with demonstrated research interests and experience in muon and/or dark matter detection
• Demonstrated experience in creating and evaluating detector pipelines
• Demonstrated research skills in constraining and exploring muon physics
• Experience working with datasets and/or experience acquiring detector data
A full list of selection criteria is available within the position description.
Benefits
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How to apply and further information
To view the position description or to start an application please click on 'apply' or ‘begin’ and submit a resume, cover letter and a response to the Key Selection Criteria, as listed in the position description.
For further information about this position, contact Prof. Alan Duffy via email aduffy@swin.edu.au
If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your application, please contact the Recruitment team on staffrecruitment@swin.edu.au
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Agency enquiries will not be accepted for this position.
Swinburne is a large and culturally diverse organisation. We are proud of our commitment to equity and inclusion through key initiatives such as our Charter of Cultural Diversity, Pride@Swinburne Strategic Action Plan, Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Action Plan and our Reconciliation Action Plan. Equity and diversity are integral to our 2025 vision to be a world class university creating social and economic impact through science, technology and innovation.
Applications close at 5pm on Monday 19th July 2021.
