Jobs

Opportunities for PhD students

If you are a highly-motivated master student and wish to join our group, there are different opportunities for PhD scholarships:

1) A competition which takes place every year around June-July. It comprises of a written test and oral interview. Typically the Physics Department has ~20 positions every year, for all research fields. Any master student can apply and choose later his research topic. Candidates must hold a master degree by October 31st. More info here.

2) Joint PhD programme between Tor Vergata and Sapienza
[deadline typically in June/July]. The selection is based on interviews with the candidates. In this case, there are a number of PhD theses that advisors propose in advance and the applicant has to choose one.
More info here.

3) Opportunities for foreign students only (typical deadline around April-May, please note that this call does not open regularly every year).
The selection is only through the CV and the proposal of the applicant. Applicants must hold a master degree typically by July 31st.

New Calls (Fall 2022):

- EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR POSTDOC POSITIONS IN GRAVITY THEORY AND PHENOMENOLOGY

Submit an expression of interest.

We are looking for one or more outstanding and highly-motivated postdoctoral researchers to work in the gravity theory and gravitational-wave phenomenology group at Sapienza University of Rome. Candidates with expertise in numerical relativity and/or with interests in high-energy physics & gravity are particularly encouraged to apply.

The appointment is for 2+1 years (extension subject to funding renewal and satisfactory performance), with a net salary competitive with international standards. All candidates must hold (or soon be completing) a Ph.D. in Physics. The positions are expected to start no later than September/October 2023; earlier start dates can also be considered. Screening of the applications will begin in December 2022.

The research activities of the groups include gravitational-wave modelling and phenomenology, black-hole and neutron-star physics, tests of gravity and of the nature of compact objects, and strong-gravity tests of dark matter (see group website for more details). The members of the groups are also expected to get involved in other activities such as training of students, networking, etc.

Members of the group currently include Prof. Paolo Pani, INFN Fellini Fellow Dr. Ilia Musco, postdocs Dr. Robin Croft, Dr. Kyriakos Destounis, Dr. Gabriele Franciolini, Dr. Nicholas Loutrel, as well as 9 PhD students. The group has strong connections with other local and international research groups and is active member of the LISA and ET Consortia, of the RISE H2020-MC network “Gravitational Universe: Challenges and Opportunities (GRU)”, of the GravNet network, and of the INFN Specific Initiative TEONGRAV – Gravitational Wave Sources.

The Department of Physics at Sapienza hosts renowned research groups in several areas of physics and is regularly included among the first 40 Physics and Astronomy institutes in the world according to various rankings.

Inquiries may be directed to Prof. Paolo Pani.

- UPCOMING FIXED-TERM RESEARCHER POSITION IN HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS AT SAPIENZA

The Physics Department at Sapienza University of Rome is planning to open a call for a fixed-term (3 yr) Researcher Position (RTDa) in high-performance computing for theoretical physics, including gravity theories, cosmology, and astrophysics. The position is funded by a PNRR scheme (Spoke 2, CN1 - HPC). This project involves the gravity theory and gravitational-wave phenomenology group, the particle-physics theory group, the cosmology group, and the extragalactic astrophysics group at Sapienza.

The appointment is for 3 years and is expected to start in early 2023. There is a very convenient fiscal benefit for candidates living abroad in the last 2 years as they will pay reduced taxes for the whole duration of the contract.

More information on this position will appear shortly.

- INFN POSTDOC POSITION IN GRAVITY THEORY AND PHENOMENOLOGY (for project within a collaboration between the gravity groups at Pisa U. & Sapienza INFN Roma1) - Deadline: Nov 11th

Link to Application Call (N. 24736)

We are looking for an outstanding and highly-motivated postdoctoral researcher to work in the area of strong gravity (theory and phenomenology). The postdoctoral project "Modelling of gravitational waveforms from compact binaries beyond General Relativity" will involve a collaboration between the gravity-theory groups at Pisa University and at Sapienza University of Rome / INFN Rome1.

Eligible candidates are non-Italian citizens or Italian citizens who, at the submission deadline, hold a position in a foreign institution and have been continuously abroad for at least three years.
Conditions, eligibility criteria, and more information are available here.

Applications, in electronic form, must be submitted to INFN no later than November 11 th, 2022 (11:59 a.m. CET) through the website https://reclutamento.dsi.infn.it/

The research activities of the groups include gravitational-wave modelling and phenomenology, black-hole and neutron-star physics, tests of gravity and of the nature of compact objects, and strong-gravity tests of dark matter (see this website for more details). The members of the groups are also expected to get involved in other activities such as training of students, networking, etc.

Staff members of the gravity theory groups currently include Prof. Leonardo Gualtieri (Pisa University) and Prof. Paolo Pani (Sapienza), as well as several postdocs, PhD students, and master students, with strong connections to other local and international research groups. The groups are part of the LISA and ET Consortia, of the RISE H2020-MC network “Gravitational Universe: Challenges and Opportunities (GRU)”, and of the INFN Specific Initiative TEONGRAV – Gravitational Wave Sources.

For more information please contact Prof. Leonardo Gualtieri (Pisa University) and Prof. Paolo Pani (Sapienza & INFN Rome1).