Director, NORDITA, Copenhagen, Denmark

NORDITA, the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen, invites applications for the position of Director from 1 August 2002. NORDITA is an institute under the Nordic Council of Ministers for the purpose of conducting research and creating competence of a high international standard in theoretical physics. NORDITA encourages and develops Nordic collaboration in basic physics research and training.

The Director should have an excellent research record, experience of managing an institute or research group as well as administrative competence. The position requires good communication skills in spoken and written English and in a Nordic language, close knowledge of Nordic affairs, and extensive Nordic and international contacts. The Director is expected to share his/her time equally between scientific research and administrative tasks.

The Director is normally appointed for a term of four years, which can be extended for at most another four years. According to an agreement between the Nordic countries, employment at NORDITA is legally equivalent to government service, and leave of absence is granted by Nordic universities.

Applications including a CV and list of publications should be mailed to: Professor Dan-Olof Riska, Chairman of the Board, NORDITA Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. Deadline: 30 September 2001. A more detailed description of the position may be found at http://www.nordita.dk/positions.

Assistant Professor in Theoretical Physics, NORDITA, Copenhagen

Nordita, the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, expects to have an opening for an assistant professor starting in September 2002, or some other date to be agreed upon. The position is in subatomic physics, which includes nuclear, hadronic, particle and astroparticle physics.

Those interested in the appointment should send a curriculum vitae, a (brief) statement of research interests, a list of publications and arrange for three recommendation letters to be sent before 15 October 2001 to: The Director, NORDITA, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. Phone: +45-3532 5222, fax: +45-3538 9157, email: nordita@nordita.dk, www: www.nordita.dk

There is no restriction on the nationality of the applicant, and women are encouraged to apply. Those wishing to recommend suitable candidates are urged to contact the Director.

Nordita announces the availablity of funding for Nordic Projects and corresponding fellowships in 2002. The purpose and rules, as well as application forms for these schemes, are given at http://www.nordita.dk/ positions. The deadline for application is October 1, 2001.

Board Meeting

Nordita's Board will meet on 1 and 2 November 2001 in Copenhagen.

Electronic Nordita News

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Items for Nordita News

If you have any information about meetings, etc. that would be useful to include in Nordita News, please send it to Nordita, att.: Jette Nielsen, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark or by e-mail: nielsen@nordita.dk. Nordita News appears on the first day of even numbered months, and material should be sent at least 3 weeks before the publication date.

NORDITA Fellowships 2001/2002

We are pleased to announce that the following people have been awarded fellowships for the academic year 2001/2002:

Denmark: G. Bruun (CM) K.A. Eriksen (BIO/CM) O. Scavenius (SA/AP) T. Schröder (BIO/CM) T. Tauris (AP)

Finland: P. Keränen (SA/AP) K. Tuominen (SA/AP)

Norway: H. Dahle (AP) X. Kong (SA/AP) I. Simonsen (CM/SA)

Sweden: S. Jonsell (CM) M. Christensson (AP/SA)

Preprints/reprints: http://www.nordita.dk/preprints/

New reprints and preprints obtainable from Jette Nielsen, e-mail: nielsen@nordita.dk.

S. Saar and A. Brandenburg: Stellar magnetic cycle periods. 2001-05 AP.

G. D. Moore, K. Rummukainen, and A. Tranberg: Non-perturbative computation of the bubble nucleation rate in the cubic anisotropy model. 2001-06 HE.

S. J. Brodsky, P. Hoyer, N. Marchal, S. Peigné, and F. Sannino: Structure functions are not parton probabilities. 2001-07 HE.

H.C. Fogedby and A. Brandenburg: Solitons in the noisy Burgers equation. 2001-08 CM.

K. Kainulainen, T. Prokopec, S. Weinstock, and M. G. Schmidt:First principle derivation of semiclassica force for electroweak baryogenesis. 2001-09 AP.

W. Dobler, A. Shukurov, and A. Brandenburg:Nonlinear states of the screw dynamo. 2001-10 AP

M. Bertolini, V.L. Campos, G. Ferretti, P. Fre', P. Salomonson, and M. Trigiante: Supersymmetric 3-branes on smooth ALE manifold with flux. 2001-11 HE.

A. Brandenburg and B. v. Rekowski: Astrophysical significance of the anisotropic kinetic alpha effect. 2001-12 AP.

Visiting Faculty Position Theoretical Astrophysics

The Department of Physics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (http://www.phys.ntnu.no/index-e.html) - NTNU - in Trond-heim, Norway, is accepting immediate applications for a Visting Faculty Position for the 2001/2002 Academic Year begining in August 2001, with a possible prolongation for at least one year, in the field of theoretical astrophysics and/or astro-particle physics. The position is at the level of a professorship or assistant professorship. The person to be hired is expected to take part in the teaching of astrophysics at both graduate and under-graduate levels. The department has strengths in fields such as astrophysics, biophysics, con-densed matter physics, high-energy physics and quantum optics. Interested applicants should contact either the Head of the Department, Prof. S. Raaen (email: Steinar.raaen@ phys.ntnu.no) or the leader of the Section for Theoretical Physics, Prof. B.-S. Skagerstam (email: boskag@phys.ntnu.no), at the department of Physics, NTNU, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway.

Visitors at Nordita 2001

http://www.nordita.dk/contact/visitors.html

The fields are listed after the names: AP, astrophysics; C, Complex Systems & Chaos; NP, nuclear physics; HE, high energy physics; CM, condensed matter physics. If you are interested in having any of these people visit your institute, please contact NORDITA.

Long-term Visitors at Nordita

http://www.nordita.dk/contact/visitors.html

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