Two PhD Fellowships in QCD and Collider Physics at the University of Oxford

The Particle Theory group of the University of Oxford invites
applications for two D.Phil. (Ph.D.) fellowships starting in Fall 2019, funded by the
PanScales ERC Advanced Grant and the hipQCD ERC Starting Grant.

One of the successful applicants will join the PanScales team of Gavin
Salam, whose goal is to deepen our understanding, and to improve, the core, parton
shower, component of general purpose Monte Carlo event generators, the
most widely used theoretical tools in particle physics.

The other one will join the hipQCD team of Fabrizio Caola, whose goal is to develop
innovative techniques for higher order QCD calculation and apply them to
precision collider phenomenology in the Higgs sector and beyond.

The successful applicants will be fully enrolled in the Ph.D. programme
in Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford. Interested candidates should apply
through the normal procedure for a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics at the University of
Oxford as described here

https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/courses/dphil-theoretical-physics?wssl=1 <https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/courses/dphil-theoretical-physics?wssl=1>

and indicate as part of the application that they wish to be considered
for the PanScales ERC-funded doctoral position with Gavin Salam and/or the
hipQCD ERC-funded position with Fabrizio Caola. The set of documents required for the application
comprises official transcripts, a CV and a research proposal. The candidates
should also indicate the contact details of three referees who will be asked to submit a letter of recommendation.

Applications should be completed, and reference letters uploaded on the
Oxford website, before Friday Jan. 25th noon (UK time).

Interested candidates are welcome to contact Gavin Salam (gavin.salam@physics.ox.ac.uk <mailto:gavin.salam@physics.ox.ac.uk>)
and/or Fabrizio Caola (fabrizio.caola@physics.ox.ac.uk <mailto:fabrizio.caola@physics.ox.ac.uk>)
for further details and enquiries.