KTH in Stockholm is the largest and oldest technical university in Sweden. No less than one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education capacity at university level is provided by KTH. Education and research spans from natural sciences to all branches of engineering and includes architecture, industrial management and urban planning. There are a total of just over 15,000 first and second level students and more than 1,600 doctoral students. KTH has almost 4,300 employees.

The School of Electrical Engineering conducts research and education in the fields of electrical engineering, systems engineering, information and communications theory, space and fusion plasma physics, and electrical power engineering. 300 people work in this creative and dynamic environment, out of which half are Ph.D. students, many from other countries. Our research projects are carried out in close collaboration with industry partners as well as with research colleagues from Sweden and other countries. The school is responsible for educating civil engineers in electrical engineering and five masters programs which are in great demand and which have a close connection to our main fields.

Project Description

The aim of the project is to use the physical properties and characteristics of complex plasmas for a new look at long standing problems of the collective behavior of systems of interacting particles, approach to equilibrium and phase transitions.  That shall be accomplished by new observations at the particle level which shall be available from dedicated experiment Plasma Kristall Experiment PK-4 to be performed from 2013 onboard of International Space Station (ISS). A postdoc is now sought for enhancement of the theoretical and numerical efforts within the project.  More information may be found at www.spp.ee.kth.se/res/cp/

Eligibility and assessment criteria

Qualifications

Experience in plasma physics, in particular knowledge of statistical theory of plasmas is a requirement.

Deadline:  5 March 2012

An application should include the following information/documents:

1. CV with a detailed publication list
2. Short summary of scientific achievements (1 page)

and should  be sent by email to:

0044@ee.kth.se   (as a single PDF file). Please indicate reference number E-2012-0044 in the e-mail subject.

Employment

Form of employment: Two-year position, with possible one-year extension.
Work time: Full-time.
Start date: 1 April 2012

Contacts

For enquiries about the project please contact Associate Professor Svetlana Ratynskaia  svetlana.ratynskaia@ee.kth.se

Trade Union representative

Lars Abrahamsson, SACO
Phone: +46 8 790 7058
E-mail:  lars.abrahamsson@ee.kth.se

Tillhör: Kungliga Tekniska högskolan