We are always interested in attracting new people, but there aren't always openings for funded positions.
Prospective masters students:
If you are interested in the IFISC master in Physics of Complex Systems, then you can find further information here.
Current IFISC masters students
If you'd like to do your masters thesis (`TFM') with me, then please get in touch by email. I am looking for candidates with interests in particular in theoretical aspects of complex systems, statistical physics and stochastic processes. Recent topics have included applications in:
bet-hedging in fluctuating environments
interacting particle systems (e.g. voter model),
intrinsice noise in random Lotka-Volterra dynamics.
Prospective PhD students
I'm always intersted in recruiting good new PhD students. As with masters students I am looking for students with an interest in theoretical aspects of complex systems, statistical mechanics and stochastic processes. But obviously, simulations will be an important part of any PhD as well.
Important: You will normally need to have completed 300 European credits in order to start a PhD at IFISC. This means five years of full-time study.
I suspect that you'll need money (unless you happen to be independently rich). Funding routes include Spanish FPI or FPU grants, or via the la Caixa foundation. If there are any openings they will be published here and on the IFISC web page. It is also a good idea to follow IFISC and/or me on Twitter.
Prospective postdocs
If there are any openings they will be published here and on the IFISC web page. It is also a good idea to follow IFISC and/or me on Twitter.
If you want to join IFISC as a permanent member of staff
You can either contact the IFISC Director or talk directly to any of the existing researchers. Over the past years there have been a number of permanent positions at IFISC (mainly Científico Titular), on average perhaps one or two per year (which is a lot). IFISC has grown by about 20-25% in the last five years or so.
One complication is that you need to have your PhD `homologated' (recognised) if it is not from a Spanish university. This process is reasonably straightforward, but takes a few months to complete. There isn't sufficient time once a position has been advertised, so you need to do it in advance if you intend to apply in the future. Let us know, and we can help.
There are usually also some residence requirements to become a Spanish civil servant, for example you normally qualify if you are an EU national, an existing resident in Spain, or if you are married to a Spanish national.