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Postdoctoral Position on QCD, Proton Structure and LHC Neutrinos Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in Netherlands

Degree Level

Postdoc

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Theoretical Physics

Funding

The successful applicant will be employed by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The position offers a full-time salary in scale 10 of the UNL collective labour agreement, ranging from €3,706 to €5,760 gross per month. The employment contract is for two years, with the possibility of extension to a third year subject to available funds. Benefits include holiday allowance, an end-of-year bonus, pension scheme, commuting contribution, and a personalized benefit

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Jan 31, 2027

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About this position

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join the Nikhef Theory group in Amsterdam and work on QCD and proton structure using high-energy neutrinos produced at the Large Hadron Collider.

The research is part of the ERC Advanced Grant UNICORN, “Unlocking the Strong Interactions with Collider Neutrinos.” The project develops the theoretical framework required to model collider-neutrino production and scattering, combining state-of-the-art quantum chromodynamics calculations, Monte Carlo simulations and machine learning. It will support analyses of the FASER and SND@LHC Run 3 datasets and help establish the foundations of a high-luminosity LHC neutrino programme.

Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Juan Rojo, the researcher may contribute to data-driven extraction of forward LHC neutrino fluxes; charm production as a probe of small-x QCD; neutrino and muon deep-inelastic-scattering structure functions at TeV energies; and their inclusion in NNPDF global analyses of proton structure. The role also involves developing event generators for neutrino and muon deep-inelastic scattering, tuning them with data, and integrating them with Neural Simulation-Based Inference to identify sensitive unbinned observables in FASER data.

The researcher will be embedded in the seven-staff-member Nikhef Theory group, which includes postdoctoral researchers and PhD students and has expertise spanning effective field theories, higher-order QCD calculations, event generators, machine learning in particle physics, proton structure, neutrino scattering, flavour physics, beyond-the-Standard-Model physics and cosmology. The successful candidate will collaborate with team members, participate in the FASER collaboration and may undertake working visits to CERN within an international research environment.

Funding details

The successful applicant will be employed by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The position offers a full-time salary in scale 10 of the UNL collective labour agreement, ranging from €3,706 to €5,760 gross per month. The employment contract is for two years, with the possibility of extension to a third year subject to available funds. Benefits include holiday allowance, an end-of-year bonus, pension scheme, commuting contribution, and a personalized benefit

What's required

Applicants for the postdoctoral position should hold, or expect to obtain before the starting date, a PhD in theoretical or particle physics or a closely related topic. Excellent software and programming skills, particularly in Python, and prior expertise in relevant topics are especially encouraged. Applicants should provide a curriculum vitae, motivation letter, and the email addresses of at least three referees willing to provide recommendation letters; references will be requested only for shortlisted candidates.

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