Our Ref: 05F0202
University of Southampton
School of Physics and Astronomy and School of Engineering Sciences

Fully-funded PhD studentship
Computational and experimental investigations of 3D magnetic nanostructures

A fully-funded PhD position, providing a stipend of £12,000 p.a.(no deduction for tax, health insurance etc.) and tuition fees, isavailable on a joint project between the Magnetism Group in the Schoolof Physics and Astronomy (Prof. Peter de Groot) and the ComputationalEngineering and Design Group (CED) in the School of EngineeringSciences (Dr Hans Fangohr) at the University of Southampton (UnitedKingdom). The funding is available only to EU applicants.

We are seeking a physicist/mathematician/material scientistwith interests in solid state physics and computational modelling tocarry out a three-year PhD research project. The successful candidatewill study the magnetic properties of ferromagnetic structures oflength scales of micrometres and below, focusing in particular ontheoretical studies based on numerical modelling combined withmagnetization measurements on nanostructures prepared at Southamptonand at the University of Illinois Chicago. Linking the computationaland experimental data is central to this project. A broad range offacilities, including a 384 CPU Opteron Linux cluster and variousmagnetometers, are available to this project.

Knowledge in the following areas would be advantageous (butcan be obtained on the job): magnetism, finite element methods,programming in Python, C or OCaml. Some programming experience (in anylanguage) is required.

We offer an international atmosphere in a lively,interdisciplinary research environment with links between the MagnetismGroup and the CED, but also involving groups in Chemistry, Electronicsand Computer Sciences, and Mathematics. The 3-year position should betaken up as soon as possible (preferably in 2005). Potential candidatesshould contact Dr Hans Fangohr (fangohr@soton.ac.uk) or Prof Peter de Groot (pajdeg@phys.soton.ac.uk) for further information.

Application forms can be requested and returned to Ms Kim Lange (ksl@phys.soton.ac.uk).

To be returned no later than 14 Dec 2005. Please quote our reference number 05F0202

Reference:
http://www.jobs.soton.ac.uk/adminweb/jsp/jobs/sJobview.jsp?function=View&id=05F0202