Open Position Postdoc Position for the TH-SM and Flavour Group
Opening Date: Closing Date: Until FilledRef:IFAE2025/48_TH_SM_SO_Postdoc
About IFAE
The Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) is a public consortium of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Autonomous Government of Catalonia, and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB, a public university) whose main objective is to carry out research and to contribute to the development of high energy physics from a theoretical, experimental and technological point of view. IFAE has the status of a “University Institute" attached to the UAB and its premises are within the campus of the University.
About the TH-SM and Flavour group
The research team in Standard Model Physics and Flavour Physics (in and beyond the SM) of the Theory Division at the High Energy Physics Institute in Barcelona (IFAE-Barcelona) announces the opening of 1 postdoctoral position to work on the following lines of research: rare B decays and flavour anomalies using EFTs, phenomenology of strong interactions at low energies, anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, renormalons and heavy quarkonium. These positions are funded by IFAE aiming at hiring excellent researchers -of any nationality- to conduct a research project in collaboration with the members of the research team: Rafel Escribano, Pere Masjuan, Joaquim Matias, Santiago Peris and Antonio Pineda.
Required skills and evaluation criteria
The successful candidate is expected to have:
- Internationally recognized experience on some of the research lines mentioned above
- Good computing skills (C++,Phyton etc.) as well as technical skills
- Good communication skills in English
- The evaluation criteria and their weighting for the submitted applications will be the following:
| Evaluation Criteria | Points |
|---|---|
| Criteri 1: Research record and international visibility | 30 |
| Criteri 2: Computing and Technical skills | 30 |
| Criteri 3: Suitability of the candidate’s profile to the research lines of the group | 30 |
| Criteri 4: Communication skills in English | 10 |
Offered contract:
- Full-time Contract (40 h/week)
- Temporal contract Indefinido Actividades Científico Técnicas
- The position will correspond to a Postdoctoral position.
- Salary will be proportional to experience and qualifications within the corresponding category range.
- Work with interesting experimental science. Opportunity to gain first-hand learning experience. Personal growth, innovation and learning every day.
- The selected candidate is expected to join the IFAE as soon as possible.
Application and Selection process:
Applications should be submitted through Academic Jobs , including an up-to-date CV with full university records, a motivation letter, and two letters of reference.
All applications received within one month of the opening date will receive full consideration.
Sending CVs to the above addresses implies consent to the IFAE’s legal warning on data privacy .
The application must contain a personal identification number (DNI, NIE or passport) in order to proceed to the verification of absence of conflict of interest required by Recovery and Resilience Mechanism of the Spanish Government.
IFAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace and social integration of people with a disability. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates. People from groups that are typically underrepresented in the labour market in general and in Science and Engineering in particular, such as women, minorities, or people with a disability, are particularly encouraged to apply.
A Selection Committee will evaluate the received applications. If more than one candidate seems equally suitable for the position, the Selection Committee will arrange an on-line interview with each one of them as part of the Selection process.
In compliance with article 121 of the Spanish Public Sector Legal Regime Act, staff with a pre-existing relationship with the Consortium administration (Generalitat de Catalunya and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) will have priority in the awarding of the position.
For further information please contact: Oriol Pujolas (pujolas@ifae.es ) or Diego Blas (dblas@ifae.es ) , or Andrea Wulzer (awulzer@ifae.es ).
Funding Statement
Esta plaza está financiada en el marco de la acreditación Severo Ochoa de IFAE CEX2024-001441-S (2025–2028), concedida por el MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033.
