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The Department of Physics is located in the AlbaNova University Center and has approximately 240 employees, 250 students at undergraduate level and 95 graduate students. There are four research subjects within the postgraduate program: Physics, Theoretical Physics, Chemical Physics and Medical Radiation Physics. These subjects span over several research groups with different research activities. For information about the Department of Physics, see: www.fysik.su.se/english.

The project aims at developing a personalized radiotherapy strategy with focus on imaging-based methods to optimise and/or adapt radiation treatment plans targeting areas more likely to develop recurrence, such as the more radioresistant regions that can be identified and characterized with the use of functional imaging.

More information about the position can be found at: https://www.su.se/english/about-the-university/work-at-su/available-jobs?rmpage=job&rmjob=19036&rmlang=UK

Do not hesitate to contact Associate Professor Marta Lazzeroni, marta.lazzeroni@fysik.su.se, or Professor Michael Odelius, studierektorfu@fysik.su.se. you have any questions.

Finally, we plan for an onsite meeting, it will take place in Stockholm at Stockholm University (Svante Arrhenius väg 20A) from lunch time on Thursday 25 August to lunch time on Friday 26 August. SAINT members at all levels, i.e. PhD students, postdocs, researchers, PIs, are welcome. In particular we invite PhD students and postdocs to give oral or poster presentations, according to the structure originally planned for the February meeting which had to be postponed. We plan for a common dinner for members on Thursday 25th.

The workshop presentations are open for everyone. Find the full program including the registration link here: https://saint.nu/event/saint-workshop-in-stockholm-25-26-august/

Prior to the SAINT workshop, a separate event will be arranged in Stockholm by SWE-RAYS (SWEDISH RADIATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS).

If you have any questions regarding the event do not hesitate to contact SAINT Coordinator Martin Andersson.

En sommarkurs ”Introduktion till kärnkraft” arrangeras av Uppsala Universitet under 2022.

Elenergi är ett nyckelord för framtiden. Eldrivna fordon, kolfri stålproduktion och mycket annat gör att elanvändningen förväntas öka kraftfullt i framtiden. Alla energikällor som kan producera elenergi miljövänligt, med små utsläpp av växthusgaser kommer att behövas. Kärnkraft är en av dessa energikällor och i sommarkursen Introduktion till kärnkraft tar vi ett helhetsgrepp på processen. Hur fungerar ett kärnkraftverk? Varför behöver man uran och hur kan kärnklyvningar ge upphov till elenergi? Vad är joniserande strålning och hur skyddar man sig mot det? Hur farligt är egentligen avfallet? Frågorna är många och vi ger svaren. Detaljerad information om kursens innehåll och förkunskapskrav finns i kursplanen!

Sommarkursen som ges på distans vänder sig till dig som redan är student eller som är yrkesarbetande och vill fortbilda dig eller kanske funderar på att söka arbete inom kärnkraftbranchen. Introduktion till kärnkraft är en fristående kurs, men fungerar även som en prova på-kurs inför det ettåriga Högskoleingenjörsprogrammet i kärnkraftteknik som ges vid Uppsala universitet. Kursen kan efter godkänt resultat tillgodoräknas inom detta program. Antagning till Introduktion till kärnkraft utgör dock inte en antagning till Högskoleingenjörsprogrammet utan detta måste sökas separat.

Uppsala University is recruiting Ph.D.-in the discipline of  interdisciplinary mathematics with a possible specialization in Machine learning regression for large scale nuclear physics and engineering.

The project concerns the development of novel methods in the field of nuclear modeling and nuclear data uncertainty quantification.

More information about the position can be found at: https://math.uu.se/the-department/vacant-positions/?positionId=381870

You can submit your application through Uppsala University’s recruitment system: https://uu.varbi.com/en/what:login/type:job/jobID:381870  

Do not hesitate to contact Henrik Sjöstrand at Uppsala University if you have any questions.

Med önskan om en strålande jul!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anna Vesterlund, researcher at FOI (Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut), recently defended her doctoral thesis on “Method Development for Signatures in Nuclear Material for Nuclear Forensic Purposes” at Chalmers.

Nuclear forensics is a scientific discipline where signatures in nuclear and other radioactive material are investigated and evaluated in order to aid in criminal investigations concerning these materials. Examples of signatures that may be useful are the age and isotopic composition of the nuclear material and trace elements in the material. In order for evidence to hold up in court, the information extracted from forensic investigations need to be accurate and precise.

Anna’s work shows some possibilities and limitations of using two common techniques for measurements of nuclear material and other radioactive material: gamma spectrometry for acquiring signatures in nuclear material and inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry for lanthanide measurements in uranium rich material that can be used to track the geological origin of uranium.

Two quick questions for Anna:

What made you interested in nuclear forensics? Measurements performed in a nuclear forensic context have high requirements for confidence and scrutiny. This increased level of difficulty in performing such measurements were intriguing to me.

What areas of application do you foresee for your discovery? Besides the increased capability to perform nuclear forensic investigations in Sweden I believe that my work on data evaluation may be useful, not only to radioanalytical chemists but to many analytical chemists in general.

Download Anna Vesterlund’s Doctoral Thesis here: Thesis Anna Vesterlund.

At the recently conducted SAINT Workshop, fifteen participants from the SAINT community got together to learn more about each other and the research projects they are currently conducting. The workshop started with lunch and then SAINT director Christian Ekberg kicked off a series of presentations made by the different SAINT members.

Everyone was encouraged to engage in dialogue by asking questions and learning more about each other’s projects. Even when the research fields are narrow, new perspectives give rise to further discussions. Discussions that continued in the evening over dinner.

The second day focused on collaboration in education. Christophe Demaziere from Chalmers presented the concept of “flipped classroom” and other delegates presented their experiences from new pedagogical approaches. As many were interested in teaching methodology, there was not enough time to discuss collaboration.

In the workshop follow-up questionnaire it was evident that SAINT members want to take time to discuss collaboration opportunities further within research as well as education. The SAINT management team is encouraged by this feedback to start planning future workshops and/or meetings to further the process of clarifying what areas SAINT should focus on and how we can collaborate going forward.

Photos from the workshop can be seen here:

We are happy to acknowledge new members to SAINT. During the summer, Centre for Radiation Protection Research at Stockholm University has joined us. We welcome professor Andrzej Wojcik and his team at the Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute (MBW).

This autumn, Lund University and University of Gothenburg will follow, with representatives from both nuclear physics and medical radiation physics. Research collaborations and contact persons will be presented on the SAINT website shortly.