The Deutsche Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY in Hamburg and Zeuthen, member of the Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren, is a national centre of basic research with 1,400 employees and more than 3,000 scientific guests from Germany and foreign countries per year. The accelerators in operation are dedicated to particle physics and research with synchrotron radiation.

The Theory Group at Zeuthen has openings for

Postdoctoral Positions

in Elementary Particle Theory

The activities of the theory group include: phenomenology and field theory of high energy processes in Quantum Chromodynamics and electroweak interactions, lattice gauge theory and structural aspects of Quantum Field Theory. For details see the homepage of the theory group.
Interested persons, who have completed their Ph.D. and who should be younger than 33 years are invited to apply. More information on the positions is given by Johannes.Bluemlein@desy.de.


The positions are limited to two years, starting by Fall 2003. The salary and the social benefits correspond to those in German public services (BAT-O IIa).

Deadline for applications is Dec. 20 2002, later applications may be considered until the positions are filled.

Handicapped applicants will be given preference in case of equal qualification. DESY encourages especially qualified women to apply.

Please send your application documents, including a list of publications, a research statement and 3 Letters of Reference, to:

DEUTSCHES ELEKTRONEN-SYNCHROTRON DESY
Personalabteilung, Chiffre 12/2002
Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
Tel.: +49(0)33762-770 / www-zeuthen.desy.de