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About the Role
This is a two-year, full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate position within the Theoretical Physics group, focusing on the Royal Society-funded project S-matrix Bootstrap: a theoretical collider for particle physics. The role involves conducting original research, developing innovative directions, publishing findings, and contributing to the department's research culture.
Responsibilities
- Conduct original research in conformal bootstrap, semidefinite programming, and related optimisation problems in theoretical physics.
- Develop innovative directions connected with the Royal Society-funded S-matrix Bootstrap project, including practical applications of SDPB.
- Contribute to seminars and conferences.
- Assist with research student supervision where appropriate.
- Publish and present high-quality research.
- Build external collaborations.
- Contribute positively to the Department’s collegial and interdisciplinary research culture.
Requirements
- PhD awarded, or a PhD thesis submitted, in Theoretical Physics, Mathematics or a closely related discipline.
- Knowledge of semidefinite programming methods.
- Practical experience using SDPB.
- Expertise in one or more relevant areas such as conformal field theory, conformal bootstrap, scattering amplitudes, S-matrix bootstrap or related mathematical physics.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Ability to contribute positively to an inclusive research environment.
Skills
- Conformal bootstrap
- Semidefinite programming
- Optimization problems in theoretical physics
- SDPB
- Conformal field theory
- Scattering amplitudes
- S-matrix bootstrap
- Mathematical physics
Location
- City St George's
Work Type
- Full-time
- Permanent contract
Experience Level
- Postdoctoral
Education Level
- PhD
Salary/Compensations
- Sector-leading salary
Benefits
- Pension scheme
- Comprehensive package of staff training and development
About the Company
- City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions.
- Brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution.
- One of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology.
- Committed to supporting students to pursue their career and personal ambitions.
- Research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.
- The Department of Mathematics conducts internationally excellent research across Representation Theory, Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.
Equal Opportunity
- City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.
- We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.
- City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.