Offer No.: 4936
Institution: Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
City: Toruń
Position: assistant (lecturer) - research and teaching staff
Discipline: The Field of Exact and Natural Sciences - Physical Sciences
Posted: 2026-07-09
Expires: 2026-08-10
Keywords: scintillator, gamma spectroscopy, radioluminescence, photoluminescence, thermoluminescence, Python language
Description (field, expectations, comments):
The competition is open to persons who meet the conditions set out in Article 113 of the Act of 20 July 2018 - Law on higher education and science (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1668) and the following qualification criteria:
1. MSc in physics or technical physics
2. Scientific experience in solid state physics, particularly in the field of recombination processes and light production in pure and doped insulators and semiconductors (has authored or co-authored at least 5 JCR publications on the subject)
3. Capability of maintaining and operating standard facilities used to measure radio-, photo-, and thermoluminescence, pulse height spectra, and scintillation time profiles, as well as of processing the data and tentatively interpreting the results
4. Programming skills in the Python language
5. Some experience in teaching students and readiness to undertake teaching duties at the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics
6. Very good knowledge of English and Polish in speaking and writing.
We offer full-time employment with a gross monthly base salary of PLN 5,320.00.
Planned employment period: October 1, 2026 - June 30, 2029.
Required documents:
Additional information: Please submit the aforementioned documents to dorotas@umk.pl with annotation "1/KFS/2026" (oferta nr 4936) in the subject field. Application deadline: 10.08.2026. The contest will be adjudicated no later than 30.09.2026. Your expected employment will commence on 1.10.2026. NCU declares the right not to choose any candidate The university does not provide accommodation.
Please be informed that the person selected through the competition will be obliged to submit a certificate from the National Criminal Register with regard to offences specified in Chapters 19 and 25 of the Penal Code (including offences against sexual freedom and morality), in Article 189a and Article 207 of the Penal Code and in the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction of 29 July 2005 (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 1939 and of 2022, item 2600), or for the corresponding offences defined in foreign law. The obligation to verify applies to a person whose tasks will be related to the protected activity referred to in Article 21. of the Act of 13 May 2016 on counteracting the threat of sexual offences and the protection of minors (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 560).
Pursuant to art. 24 paragraph 6 of the Act of June 14, 2024 on the protection of whistleblowers (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 928), information on the internal reporting procedure at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń is available at: https://www.umk.pl/en/contact/internal-reporting/
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