At the Institute for Astroparticle Physics (IAP) at KIT, a PhD position (m/f/d) in the field of (astro-)particle physics is available. Our research group has many years of experience in the search for rare events and is a member of the international XENON and XLZD collaborations dedicated to the search for dark matter. The goal of the advertised position is to advance technological aspects related to liquid xenon time projection chambers in preparation for the construction of the XLZD Observatory.
Institute for Astroparticle Physics (IAP)
design, construction, and testing of a prototype high-voltage feedthrough for use in liquid xenondevelop suitable calibration techniques, conduct Monte Carlo simulationsperform statistical analyses to evaluate the sensitivity of future liquid xenon detectors, such as XLZD, with regard to key questions in astroparticle physicscontribute to teaching activities of the research groupassist in supervising Bachelor’s and Master’s thesespresenting your results at scientific conferencespreparing publications.
Salary
Salary category 13 TV-L, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.
Contract duration

Contact person in line-management
For further information, please contact Dr. Yanina Biondi (yanina.biondi@kit.edu ), phone: +49 721 6082 2702. Please send your application including a cover letter, your CV, and all certificates in electronic form (preferably as a single pdf file).