POSTDOCTORAL POSITION , UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA, Perugia, Italy
Applications are invited for an ONE-YEAR postdoctoral fellowship in
Astrophysical Chemistry under the supervision of Professor Piergiorgio
Casavecchia, and funded by the European Union's TMR (Training and Mobility
of Researchers) Programme, as part of the TMR Network on "Astrophysical
Chemistry: Experiments, Calculations, and Astrophysical Consequences of
Reactions at Low Temperatures". This programme involves eight laboratories:
University of Birmingham (UK), University College London (UK), University
of Goettingen (Germany), Technische Universitat Chemnitz (Germany),
University of Rennes (France), Observatoire de Paris, Meudon (France),
University of Bordeaux (France), and the University of Perugia (Italy).
The focus in our laboratory is on studies of chemical reaction dynamics
using the Crossed Molecular Beams scattering technique with universal
mass-spectrometric detection. Investigation of elementary
atom(radical)-molecule and atom-radical reactions of relevance to
Astrochemistry are being pursued. We exploit the novel capability of
generating intense and continuous supersonic beams of carbon and nitrogen
atoms, and hydroxyl (OH) and cyano (CN) radicals. All these beams have
already been successfully tested and used for experiments. See the
following references:
Rep. Prog. Phys. 63, 355 (2000)
J. A. C. S. 122, 4443 (2000)
J. P. C. A 104, 5655 (2000)
C. P. L. 327, 197 (2000)
J. P. C. A 105, 2414 (2001)
Faraday Discussion 119 (2001), in press.
Experiments are planned on N, C, and CN reactions, as well as on
atom-radical reactions as N+OH.
More details of the research field, the technique used, and publications
may be found at the following site:
http://www.chm.unipg.it/chimgen/mb/exp3/casavecchia.html
and details of the Astrophysical Chemistry TMR Network should also be
consulted:
http://www.bham.ac.uk/Astrochemistry/
The position is available IMMEDIATELY for ONE year. Possibility of
extending the position for another year or two (under the Network "REACTION
DYNAMICS") exists. The exact commencement date is negotiable. The post-doc
is expected to spend up to one month within the year in another laboratory
(see list above) of the TMR network.
Salary is about 3000 EURO/month.
Under the terms of the TMR Programme, applicants must be nationals of a
Community Member State or a State associated with the TMR Programme
(Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway). The young researchers must not be
nationals of the state in which the participant appointing them is
established (i.e., Italy) and must not have carried out their normal
activities in that state for more than 18 of the 24 months prior to their
appointment.
Experience in reaction dynamics and molecular beams is desirable.
Interested candidates should send a Curriculum Vitae to the address below
using conventional or electronic mail.
Informal inquiries are also welcomed.
Prof. Piergiorgio Casavecchia, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di
Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy. E-mail:
[log in to unmask] (Phone: (+39) 075 - 585 5514; FAX: (+39) 075 - 585 5606).
Piergiorgio Casavecchia
Dipartimento di Chimica Phone: (+39) (075) 585-5514
Universita' di Perugia Fax: (+39) (075) 585-5606
Via Elce di Sotto, 8 e-mail: [log in to unmask]
06123 - PERUGIA
Italy
http://www.chm.unipg.it/chimgen/mb/exp3/casavecchia.html
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