JINR Postdoctoral Programme
Call for applications
Missions
The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) is looking for postdoctoral fellows and has officially opened its call for applications for various scientific research positions. The new positions are a part of a special programme aimed at reinforcing the scientific personnel involved in the realization of JINR’s top-priority projects in the fields of theoretical and experimental physics of elementary particles, relativistic heavy-ion physics, nuclear physics, condensed matter physics, and radiobiology.
The Programme provides an opportunity for talented early-stage researchers, who wish for science and engineering to be noticed, to get involved in the forefront international projects of the scientific and technical advancements at JINR in Dubna. Detailed information about the Institute can be found on the JINR website www.jinr.ru.
Skills
The successful applicant is expected to have experience and a solid background in nuclear or particle physics, or in a closely related field (including a recently obtained PhD degree less than 5 years ago, age under 40, have not had more than 3 temporary positions).
The successful applicant should be able to work well in an international environment, such as large multinational collaborations. The applicant is also expected to take on responsibilities for experiments and analytical work and should be able to work independently as needed.
Activities and Work Context
The Programme is highly beneficial since it makes most of the research and training opportunities created by JINR projects. It includes a range of topics such as accelerator technology and superconducting magnets.
Vacancy - High Energy Physics Experiment at the NICA Collider Complex
Your mission
The main objective of this position is to set up, commission, and operate a new large detector assembly for Short-Range Correlations (SRC) study using a polarized deuteron beam from NICA and a liquid hydrogen target. This is part of the worldwide SRC campaign.
Short-Range Correlations are local nuclear density fluctuations created by close-proximity nucleon pairs [Subedi, R. et al. Probing Cold Dense Nuclear Matter. Science 320, 1476-1478 (2008)]. Nucleons in SRC pairs have large and opposite momenta (above Fermi level) and low pair c.m. momentum. The JINR physics program on SRC studies includes two experiments in 2018 [M. Patsyuk, J. Kahlbow, G. Laskaris, V. Lenivenko, and E. P. Segarra et al. (BM@N Collaboration) Nature Physics 17, 693 (2021). arXiv: 2102.02626] and in 2022 [data analysis is ongoing]. The new measurement is aimed at studying SRC properties by hard quasi-elastic nucleon knockout reaction d(p,2p)n using a tensor polarized 6 GeV/c/nucleon deuteron beam from the NICA injector facility at JINR. The work will be carried out within the international SRC collaboration including JINR (Russia), Tel-Aviv University (Israel), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), Tsinghua University (China), and Beijing Normal University (China).
Your tasks
You will work with the JINR SRC group and at the HyperNIS experimental area being responsible for the preparing, commissioning, and performing a new experiment with tensor polarized deuteron beam. Your project will focus on:
- Involvement of in R&D and implementation of the missing infrastructure including electricity network, radiation protection, gas/water supplies of the experimental area etc.
- Developing and implementation of the detector support and cable routing.
- Supervising graduate students and technical staff.
- Carrying global responsibility for all the engineering aspects related to performing the scientific experiment.
- Carrying global responsibility for safety.
Constraints and risks
The candidate is expected to undertake international business trips for periods varying from 1 to 4 weeks. Shift work and work on weekends may be necessary, limited remote work is allowed. The work will be carried out at the accelerator facilities, whereby the necessary authorizations will be issued following the annual medical examination arranged by the employer.
Depending on your citizenship, you may need to obtain a visa and this process can last several months. JINR offers all the necessary support for obtaining the entry permit for the Russian Federation.
Your profile
· As an international intergovernmental research organization, we are particularly keen to ensure that we also attract applicants from outside of Russia. You must have good knowledge of English and be willing to learn Russian (a language course will be provided by JINR).
What we offer
High quality of life
Called the "Island of Stability", the city of Dubna is ideally located on the bank of Europe's largest waterway — the Volga River (only 2.5 hours from Moscow by train or bus and 1.5 hours by car from Sheremetyevo International Airport). It is important for us that our employees quickly and easily adapt to the new living conditions and have a healthy work-life balance. Therefore, we offer accommodation in comfortable guest-house rooms (for singles), or fully furnished flats owned by JINR, and annual paid leave.
Remuneration
The original appointment will be for one year, with the possibility to renew it for another two years max. (36 month in total).
2300 USD per month, paid in Russian rubles at the planned exchange rate (forecasted year-average), which is adopted with the JINR budget for the current year. In 2025, the exchange rate is 96.5 Russian rubles per 1 USD*.
Income tax of 13% is applied. The employer shall pay no pension insurance.
*The average per capita income in the Moscow region is 70 thousand rubles. The minimum cost of living in the Moscow region is 21 thousand rubles per month for the working population and 18 thousand rubles per month for children
Terms and Social Benefits
- 12-months contract, renewable for another maximum of 24 months, depending on your performance in the multicultural scientific environment of JINR;
- annual paid leave of 42 calendar days with an additional one-time payment of 50% of your monthly salary after one year of work;
- air fare (except for family members);
- accommodation (50%, without cost of utilities and furniture rental);
- free local health insurance for you and your family members;
- relocation assistance (reimbursement of the cost of excess baggage and transfer from/to airport at the beginning and end of the contract for all family members);
- free public school or kindergarten attendance for children (excluding meals and supplementary education);
- free Russian courses and subsidies for the use of JINR sports infrastructure, such as the Olympic swimming pool, stadium, gym, etc. (without family members). You will also have access to a variety of cultural activities.
Programme Schedule
Spring call
1 March – Opening (vacancies are announced and accepting applications begins)
1 April – Closing (applications are no longer accepted)
1 May – The results are announced to the applicants
15 May – Formalities for employment are put in motion
15 September –The beginning of the contract (may be modified in connection to the visa procedure)
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