Category: Opportunities

Postdoctoral positions available at the Center for Research, Technology and Education in Vitreous Materials in São Carlos, Brazil.

Posted on Monday 18 de August de 2014

Applications for postdoctoral fellowships are invited for conducting fundamental or applied research at the Center for Research, Technology and Education in Vitreous Materials (CeRTEV) in São Carlos, Brazil.

The period of the fellowships is two years, starting in January 2015, renewable for two additional years upon mutual consent.

CeRTEV is an 11-year, approximately USD$22 million joint effort of the Federal University at São Carlos (UFSCar), the University of São Paulo
(USP) and the State University of São Paulo (UNESP), to conduct fundamental and applied research in the area of Functional Glasses and Glass-Ceramics. The center comprises 14 faculty members, including some of the world experts in vitreous materials and structural characterization techniques. Research will focus on new glasses and glass-ceramics and the development of structure/crystallization/properties correlations (mechanical, optical, electrical, catalytic, biological) for technological applications.

Applicants should have a PhD degree in Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science or Engineering, and have a genuine interest in conducting interdisciplinary research in an international environment. Previous experience in glass science, solid state physics or chemistry is advantageous. The monthly fellowships (non-taxable) include ca. R$ 6.000,-
plus 15% professional expenses. Travel expenses from and to their home countries will also be covered. The three sister universities are equal opportunity employers and are committed to increasing the proportion of women and ethnic minorities in academia.

Please send your application including CV, list of publications, a 2-3 page research proposal, and the names and email addresses of two references by October 15, 2014 to Prof. Edgar D. Zanotto (dedz@ufscar.br).

Faculty position opening: University of São Paulo, Institute of Physics, Department of Mechanics and Materials Physics.

Posted on Wednesday 9 de July de 2014

Rank: Assistant Professor (Tenure track)

Application deadline: September 10th, 2014 (23:59, Brasília local time)

The Department of Materials Physics and Mechanics (DFMT) invites highly-motivated candidates to apply for a faculty position in the general areas of “Strongly Correlated Electron Systems” or “Molecular Magnetism” or “Interaction of the Electromagnetic Radiation with Matter”. The opening is for an experimental physicist at the tenure-track Assistant Professor level, and is part of an initiative for further significant growth in these areas of knowledge.

The University of São Paulo has been consistently ranked among the top research institutions in Latin America.  DFMT has proven academic excellence, and its faculty members are extremely active in many different topics such as New Materials, Nanoscience, Quantum Devices, Semiconductors, Biomolecular Physics, Organic Semiconductors, Complex Systems, Low-Temperatures Physics, and Magnetism.

New faculty members are expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses, show research productivity commensurate with their experience, and a capacity to develop and sustain a research program that will result in peer-reviewed publications.  They are also expected to advise students, provide service to the university, and sustain international collaborations. Both the application and the selection process can be done in Portuguese or entirely in English if the candidate does not speak Portuguese. We strongly encourage candidates from Brazil as well as from other countries to apply. The application form and a description of the documentation necessary to apply can be found in the link Rules and Documentation. We expect the presential interviews to take place late in the second semester of 2014 in order to start the appointment by March 2015.

More information about DFMT, its research activitied and facilities can be found at

http://portal.if.usp.br/fmt/node/437

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us:

(Head of DFMT): Prof. Euzi C. F. da Silva (euzicfs@if.usp.br),

(Strongly Correlated Electron Systems): Prof. Renato Jardim (rjardim@if.usp.br)

(Molecular Magnetism): Prof. Rafael Freitas (freitas@if.usp.br)

(Electromagnetic Radiation Interaction with Matter):

Prof. Antonio Domingues dos Santos (adsantos@if.usp.br)

Prof. Alain André Quivy (aquivy@if.usp.br)