I’m really excited to welcome the third postdoc in my group! Today Guan-Wen Yuan (袁官文) joins my group as the second of the 2 DARKTRACK-funded postdocs (of the two, the astroparticle physicist), with the other being Marco Calzà. Guan-Wen did his PhD at the University of Science and Technology of China and at Purple Mountain Observatory under the supervision of Jin Chang, PI of the DAMPE experiment, and working on a bunch of very interesting things related but not limited to dark matter, BHs, and gravitational waves. And with the arrival of Guan-Wen our group is now complete. Now we just need to get lots of excellent science out. Welcome to Italy Guan-Wen!
Marco Calzà joins my group!
I’m really excited to welcome the first postdoc in my group! Today Marco Calzà joins my group as one of the 2 DARKTRACK-funded postdocs (of the two, the BH theorist). Marco did his PhD at the University of Coimbra under the supervision of João Rosa, working on a bunch of very interesting things BH-related, from superradiance to evaporation. His expertise and interests were simply a perfect fit for what I plan on doing within DARKTRACK, and I really look forward to working together. Welcome Marco (or, to be more precise, welcome back, since he was actually a BSc and MSc student here in Trento some years ago)!
Official openings for 2 DARKTRACK-funded postdoc positions
I am officially hiring! Applications are now welcome for 2 DARKTRACK-funded postdoc positions, for which I was previously gathering expressions of interest. Two positions are available, depending on whether or not the candidate holds a PhD at the time of the application:
* call 185/2023: lavoraconnoi.unitn.it/en/research-contracts/department-physics-call-selections-awarding-no-1-research-fellowship-decree-no-185-2023 (for candidates already holding a PhD)
* call 186/2023: lavoraconnoi.unitn.it/en/research-contracts/department-physics-call-selections-awarding-no-1-research-fellowship-decree-no-186-2023 (for candidates yet to obtain their PhD)
Please have a look at the INSPIRE job ad for further details, but make sure you submit all your application material to the above links, as we cannot consider material received via other channels. Please reach out to me if you have further questions about the project or the positions!
Expressions of interest for 2 DARKTRACK-funded postdoc positions
As mentioned earlier I am looking to hire 2 postdocs funded by my DARKTRACK project grant, focused on developing new ways to look for dark energy. There are a few bureaucratic steps I need to navigate before I can officially open the application process for these positions, but in the meantime I welcome expressions of interest from qualified and interested candidates. If you are interested, please send me an expression of interest following the indications provided in the INSPIRE job ad, with material to be sent to this AJO eDelivery link by November 23, 2023. As explained in the job ad, the cover letter is particularly important and will play a key role in my evaluation of the expressions of interest, so do pay particular attention to that. Do not hesitate to get in touch if you have further questions about the project or the positions!
DARKTRACK project funded!
Really excited to announce that I won the Internal Call for Research 2023 grant for which I applied in August! My project “Searching for Dark Energy off the beaten track” (acronym: DARKTRACK) was one among 5 projects selected throughout the University of Trento from ~150 applications, and I have been granted in total 135.200,00€. The goal of the project will be that of developing new ways to search for (screened) dark energy, and more generally look for non-gravitational interactions of dark energy. I will use the money to hire 2 postdocs for 2 years each (ideally an astroparticle physicist and a BH theorist), so if you are interested in joining my group stay tuned for updates on the application process. The group’s future is looking extremely bright, considering that we will also have another postdoc coming with a Caritro Fellowship, and I can’t wait to start working with all these bright young minds!
