[US](PHY)Postdoc position in Univ South Dakota

Postdoctoral Research Position
2010 DUSEL Research Center for Ultra-Low Background Experiments (CUBED) at
Sanford Lab/DUSEL

The South Dakota 2010 DUSEL Research Center (CUBED) at The University of South
Dakota invites applications for two postdoctoral research associates in
experimental particle/nuclear physics and material science to begin in January
2010 and July 2010.

The successful candidates will participate in the 2010 DUSEL Research Center
activities and in the LUX, Majorana, and DEAP/CLEAN collaborations; and will
conduct research associated with a Deep Underground Science and Engineering
Laboratory (DUSEL) potentially sited at Homestake Mine in South Dakota. The
main foci of CUBED are to produce super clean materials through crystal growth
and purification of noble gases, and to develop low background counting
capabilities underground for future DUSEL projects. LUX and DEAP/CLEAN are
aimed at detecting dark matter using noble liquid scintillators and Majorana is
targeted at determining absolute neutrino mass through the neutrinoless double-
beta decay process.

The successful candidates are expected to participate in the activities of
CUBED, to play a major role in physics simulations, next generation detector
development, crystal growth, material purification, detector design, and to
assist in the construction of an Ultra-Low Background Counting Facility at
Homestake. We anticipate that this position will require frequent travel to,
and extended stays at the Homestake Underground Laboratory in Lead, South
Dakota.
Applicants should have a Ph.D. or equivalent in experimental particle and/or
nuclear physics, or material sciences, hardware experience, and experience with
Linux/UNIX, C++ and object-oriented programming.

Applicants must provide a current curriculum vitae and research statement, and
should arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be sent on their
behalf. Applicants must apply online at https://yourfuture.sdbor.edu or mail
materials directly to:
Dongming Mei (Dongming.Mei@usd.edu)
Department of Physics
The University of South Dakota
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069