Phd position in time-resolved neutron and X-ray tomography

A position as PhD candidate in experimental physics is available at the Department of Physics, NTNU. The position is within the field of time-resolved neutron and X-ray tomography of liquid flow in porous media.The period of employment is 3 years with the possibility of until 1 year extension with 25% teaching duties in agreement with the department. Starting date will be August 2020.

We are searching for a creative, skilled and ambitious candidate for our experimental studies of the physical properties of porous media. Emphasis will be put on time-resolved tomographic neutron and X-ray imaging of liquid flow in porous materials.

The candidate will work in an international team of several principal investigators, PhD students, postdocs and master students. External collaboration with other academic research groups and industry actors will be an important part of this position. The PoreFlow project is funded by the Norwegian Research Council through the NANO2021 program and is a collaboration between NTNU, University of Oslo, and University of South-Eastern Norway. The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland, the Institute Laue Langevin (ILL) in France, and the University of Le Mans in France are international partners. A significant part of the research will be carried out at the premises of these international partners. The project is associated with the recently funded Center of Excellence for Porous Media Laboratory (CoE PoreLab, www.porelab.no).

The PoreFlow project addresses several environmental challenges that point to the need for a better understanding of liquid transport in porous media, including contamination of soil and rocks, pollution of fresh water supplies, radioactive leakage into the ground, potential escape of sequestrated CO2, seabed pollution, and thawing of the permafrost with subsequent release of methane. A parallel branch of the project will deal with neutron imaging of bio-liquids in tissue, with special emphasis on water uptake in plants and microfluidics. X-ray computed tomography (CT) enables porous structures inside opaque materials to be observed with sub-micrometre resolution. However, X-rays have fundamental limitations when it comes to distinguishing liquids and materials of similar density, which call for combined tomography studies simultaneously utilising both X-rays and neutrons for studies of liquid flow in porous media – which is the essence of the PoreFlow project.

Apply via:
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/181520/phd-position-in-time-resolved-neutron-and-x-ray-tomography

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