TWO POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS
are available at the
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY - UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA, Perugia, Italy
(a)
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position 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.
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. The exact commencement
date is negotiable. The post-doc is expected to spend up to one month each
year in another laboratory 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. The name and addresses of two
referees should also be provided at this time.
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).
(b)
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship in REACTION DYNAMICS
under the supervision of Professor Piergiorgio Casavecchia, and funded by
the European Union's RTN (Research and Training Network) Programme, as part
of the Network on "REACTION DYNAMICS: Experimental and Theoretical Studies
on the Dynamics of Reactions of Atoms and Radicals of Fundamental and
Practical Importance". This programme involves eight laboratories:
University of Perugia (Italy), University of Oxford (Expt) (UK), University
of Nijmegen (Netherlands), University of Bielefeld (Germany), University
Complutense Madrid (Spain), University of Oxford (Theory) (UK), University
of Stuttgart (Germany), Technical University of Muenchen (Germany). The aim
of this Network is to improve substantially our knowledge of the dynamics
of elementary chemical reactions by combining, in a synergistic effort,
state-of-the-art experimental techniques, based on molecular beam and laser
spectroscopic methods, with state-of-the-art quantum chemical methods for
calculating the potential energy surfaces that describe the reaction
studied experimentally, and state-of-the-art quantum and quasiclassical
methods for performing computations of scattering properties and thermal
rate constants on these surfaces.
The focus in our laboratory is on experimental studies of chemical reaction
dynamics using the Crossed Molecular Beams scattering technique with
universal mass-spectrometric detection. Investigation of prototype,
elementary atom-molecule and radical-molecule reactions will be pursued,
for which dynamical calculations by quasiclassical and/or quantum methods
will be carried out by theoretical teams located in other laboratories
participating in this Network. We will exploit the capability of generating
intense and continuous supersonic beams of chlorine, oxygen, nitrogen, and
carbon atoms and of hydroxyl radicals. 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 REACTION DYNAMICS Network should also be consulted:
http://www.chm.unipg.it/chimgen/Reaction_Dynamics.html
The position (for up to 3 years duration) for young post-doctoral
researchers is available immediately although the exact commencement date
is negotiable. Experience in reaction dynamics and molecular beams is
desirable, but not necessary. Given the strong links between the different
groups in the RTN and in the very spirit of the RTN programme, the post-doc
is expected to spend at least one month each year in the laboratory of
another Network member.
Salary is about 3000 euro/month (before taxes). Under the terms of the RTN
Programme, the young researcher applicant (aged 35 years or less) must be a
national of a Community Member State or a State associated with the RTN
Programme (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Israel,
Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and
Slovenia). Subject to its final conclusion, the Association Agreement
signed with the Swiss Confederation is expected to enter into force on the
01.01.2001). The young researchers must not be nationals of the state in
which the participant appointing them is established and must not have
carried out their normal activities in that state for more than 12 of the
24 months prior to their appointment.
Interested candidates should send a Curriculum Vitae to the address below
using conventional or electronic mail. The name and addresses of two
referees should also be provided at this time. Informal inquiries are also
welcome.
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
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