Two 4-years fixed-term Associate Professor positions in Experimental Particle Physics
Niels Bohr Institute
University of Copenhagen
The Experimental Particle Physics group at Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, is recruiting two associate professors starting on January 1st, 2027. Both positions are fixed term for 4 years. The successful candidates will join the NBI research group working on the ATLAS experiment at CERN and are expected to take leading roles and secure continuity of the group’s ongoing activities towards the upgrade of the ATLAS detector for the upcoming High-Luminosity phase of the Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC). In this respect, the groups responsibilities towards ATLAS are twofold:

Contribution to the construction, integration, and commissioning of the new all-silicon inner tracker, ITk. The NBI group has responsibility for quality testing of a sizeable fraction of silicon sensor modules for the end-cap section of the ITk strip detector. Over the period of the employment, the effort is expected to gradually evolve from the module testing in our local clean-room facility towards significant contributions towards the integration, installation, and commission of the ITk detector at CERN.

Design, employment, and commissioning of the upgrade trigger and data acquisition (TDAQ) system for the handling of the increased HL-LHC data rates. The upgrade TDAQ system entails two level: Level-0 and Event Filter. For both, NBI is involved at leading level in the development, testing, and deployment, using hardware solutions such as FPGAs and GPUs, respectively. A focus, with a NBI leading role, is the Event Filter Tracking project, aiming at high performance real-time reconstruction of charged particle trajectories.

Qualifications
We seek ambitious and highly motivated candidates who hold a PhD, have a good publication record, and evidence of independent research within a large experimental collaboration. Candidates shall have demonstrated experience and aptitude in detector development and/or construction preferably with the technologies relevant for the group’s responsibilities towards the ATLAS Collaboration.

Applicants are required to have university level teaching experience, documented teaching competencies and must be able to explain and reflect upon own teaching practice and portfolio. Formal pedagogical training or supervision equivalent to the University of Copenhagen teacher training programme for assistant professors is required.

Duties include the applicant’s own research, development of the field, assessment tasks, grant applications, and research management such as supervision and training of research fellows and other staff. The successful applicant must also teach, supervise, prepare and participate in examinations, and fulfil other tasks requested by the Department.

Assessment of applicants will primarily consider their level of documented, original scientific production at an international level, including contributions to developments in their field, as well as their documented teaching qualifications. Managerial and out-reach qualifications of applicants including ability to attract external funding will also be considered.

General criteria apply to the appointment of associate professors at the University of Copenhagen. The criteria (research, teaching, Innovation & societal impact, organizational contribution and leadership) are considered as a framework for an overall assessment of the applicant. In addition, each applicant will be assessed according to the specific requirements listed in this advertisement.

Please read more here: https://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/kriterier-for-videnskabelige-stillinger/kriterier-for-meritering-maj-2026/5b_Criteria_for_recognising_merit_-Associate_professors.pdf

Applicants are encouraged to read the University of Copenhagen's Guidance on the merit criterion Innovation and Societal Impact here

The NBI ATLAS group includes three permanent staff member, three fixed-term staff, and several graduate and under-graduate students. In addition to the HL-LHC detector upgrade work, the group has analysis activities, in particular targeting the precise measurement of the decay of the Higgs boson into a Z boson and a photon. The section is also involved in the ALICE and SND experiments at the LHC and in the IceCube experiment at the South Pole. The section has a strong involvement in the development of machine learning methods for physics analysis.

Further information on the Department is linked at https://nbi.ku.dk/english/ . Inquiries about the position can be made to Mogens Dam.

The positions are open from January 1st, 2027, or as soon as possible thereafter.

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

Terms of employment
The position is covered by the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff.

Terms of appointment and payment accord to the agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State. Negotiation for salary supplement is possible.

The application including all attachments must be in English and submitted electronically by clicking APPLY NOW below.

Please include

• Curriculum vitae including information about external funding
• Diplomas (Master and PhD degree or equivalent)
• Research plan – description of current and future research plans
• Description and documentation of teaching experience and qualifications according to university guidelines
• Complete publication list
• Separate reprints of 5 particularly relevant papers

The deadline for applications is Thursday 25 June 2026, 23:59 GMT+2

After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Interview Committee.

You can read about the recruitment process at https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/.

Interviews will be held on 1 October 2026

Please refer to the following no. in future communication in this case: 211-0751/26-2E

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Info
Ansøgningsfrist: 25-06-2026

Ansættelsesdato: 01-01-2027

Arbejdstid: Fuldtid

Afdeling/Sted: Niels Bohr Institute