Chaire Professeur Junior – Artemis Laboratory, Nice

Here in France there is a new initiative called the Chaire Professeur Junior (CPJ). The CPJs are intended for researchers in the first part of their career, with a strong potential to manage and lead a research team, as well as to participate in national, European or international projects. Once hired, the person would be on a tenure-track-like system. After 3 to 6 years they would become a University Professor, or a CNRS Directeur de Recherche.

The Artemis Laboratory in Nice, France has a CPJ position for the development of high power and stabilizer laser systems for gravitational-wave detectors. The position comes with a start-up package of 350k€. See
https://artemis.oca.eu/images/Artemis/pdf_artemis/CPJ_2023_ARTEMIS-FR-EN.pdf
for a description of the position. For this position at Artemis, the hired person would become a CNRS Directeur de Recherche after tenure. The application procedure can be found at:
https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/rejoignez-le-cnrs-la-liste-des-37-postes-de-chaires-de-professeur-junior

The application deadline is April 14.

Please contact me (nelson.christensen@oca.eu) if you need more information or would like to discuss.

SAVE THE DATE – FIRST-TF 2023 General Assembly & Workshop “Quantum Technologies and Time-Frequency” in Nice!

A double announcement:

FIRST-TF 2023 General Assembly will take place on November 8 and 9 in Nice, at the Hotel Le Saint Paul. It will be followed by a workshop devoted to Quantum Technologies and Time-Frequency, on November 10, 2023 in Nice, at the Hotel Le Saint Paul.

Please note these dates in your notebooks. The program, the logistical details as well as the website for registrations (separate for the 2 events) will be communicated very soon.

A one year postdoc position in experimental Precise Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT), at the University of Alabama (USA)

The Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Alabama encourage applications for a Postdoctoral Associate. The successful candidate will perform research at the interface between experimental atomic, molecular and optical physics, and precise Positioning, Navigation, Timing, and Frequency (PNTF) with the supervision of professor Thejesh Bandi and a wide spectrum of internal and external collaborations. The position can be extended up to a period of 3 years, on a yearly renewal basis based on the performance. Start date of review of applications: March 30th 2023, and will continue until the position is filled. For more information, please see the Job description here.

Permanent position of Research Engineer in photonics at FEMTO-ST (Besançon, France).

A permanent position of Research Engineer in photonics, shared between the TF department and the Optics department of FEMTO-ST will be advertised in the spring. If interested, please contact: TFYann Kersalé; 0381402763 ; Jacques Millo; 0381402924
OpticsMaxime Jacquot; 0363082416. For more information, s
ee the Job description here.

PhD thesis on “Ultra-stable microcell based optical clock” at FEMTO-ST institute (Besançon, France).

A PhD thesis offer is available in the Time & Frequency department, OHMS team at FEMTO-ST institute (Besançon, France). Title: Ultra-stable microcell based optical clock. Interested candidates should contact Rodolphe Boudot and apply here CNES funding application for candidates, before 16 March 2023. For more information, please see the job description PhDThesis-Subject-FEMTO.

Call for Abstract: The 9th Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology, 16-20 Oct 2023, Kingscliff NSW, Australia.

The Call for Abstracts for the 9th Symposium on Frequency Standards and Metrology is open since February 12th, 2023. See the symposium Web Page: https://www.qdmlab.com/9fsm2023

To submit an abstract please go to the indico site for the Symposium: https://indico.cern.ch/e/9fsm

The symposium is intended to serve as an international discussion forum on precision frequency standards throughout the electromagnetic spectrum, and associated precision and quantum metrology. It focuses on the fundamental scientific aspects of the latest ideas, results, and applications in relation to these frequency standards and measurement techniques. More than Seven years after the last symposium, significant progress has occurred across all associated fields.

Following tradition and by design, the conference will consist of a single series of invited talks (~50) and invited poster presentations (>100). Thirty invitations for oral talks have been issued already. The remaining invited oral talks will be selected from the submitted abstracts. The other submitted abstracts, if accepted, will be presented as invited poster presentations.

Speakers already invited are requested to submit an abstract. The book of abstracts will be available on the website before the symposium. All participants are requested to supply a paper for inclusion in the conference proceedings.

Successful participants will receive a letter of invitation once accepted, and if requested, also a special invitation for visa application.

**Important dates:**

» 26 May: Abstract submission deadline
» 23 June: Invitation issued and opening of registration
» 14 July: Early registration deadline
» 05 September: Late registration deadline
» 16 – 20 October: Symposium
» 20 November: Deadline for accepting manuscripts for the proceedings

IT infrastructure manager position, on a one-year fixed-term contract, renewable once, at SYRTE (Observatoire de Paris, Paris)

A position of IT Infrastructure Manager F/H, on a one-year fixed-term contract renewable once, is open at SYRTE, Paris Observatory, Paris campus. The position is expected to become permanent. Starting date of the contract : as soon as possible. For more information, see the Job description. Interested candidates can send their CV and a letter of motivation to:

Pascal Blondé
Arnaud Landragin
Info SYRTE
Marine Pailler
Recrutements observatoire