A 4-year "research training network" (RTN) entitled:

REACTION DYNAMICS: Experimental and theoretical studies on the dynamics of reactions of atoms and radicals of fundamental and practical importance

has recently been funded by the European Commission in the framework of the specific research and technological development programme "Improving the Human Research Potential and the Socio-economic Knowledge Base" (Fifth Framework Programme of the European Community).
 

The network involves eight laboratories:

Università di Perugia (Italy) – group leader: Piergiorgio Casavecchia (Network Coordinator);

University of Oxford (UK) – group leader: Mark Brouard;

University of Nijmegen (The Netherlands) – group leader: Hans ter Meulen;

University of Bielefeld (Germany) – group leader: H.-J. Loesch;

Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) – group leader: F. Javier Aoiz;

University of Oxford (UK) – group leader: David Manolopoulos;

University of Stuttgart (Germany) – group leader: H.-J. Werner;

Technical University of Muenchen (Germany) – group leader: Uwe Manthe.
 
 

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
The aim is to improve substantially our knowledge of the dynamics of elementary chemical reactions by combining, in a synergistic effort, state-of-the-art experimental techniques, based on molecular beam and laser spectroscopic methods, with state-of-the-art quantum chemical methods for calculating the potential energy surfaces that describe the reaction studied experimentally, and state-of-the-art quantum and quasiclassical methods for performing computations of scattering properties and thermal rate constants on these surfaces.

POST-DOC positions
Eight post-doctoral positions (for up to 3 years duration each) for young researchers with theoretical and/or experimental skills in the field of REACTION DYNAMICS will become available after March 1, 2000. Informal inquiries are welcome at the addresses below.

Eligibility
Under the terms of the RTN programme, the young researcher applicants (aged 35 years or less) must be nationals of a Community Member State or a State associated with the RTN programme (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Subject to its final conclusion, the Association Agreement signed with the Swiss Confederation is expected to enter into force on the 01.01.2001). The young researchers must not be nationals of the state in which the participant appointing them is established and must not have carried out their normal activities in that state for more than 12 of the 24 months prior to their appointment.
 
 

ADDRESSES of team leaders participating in the Network:

Prof. Piergiorgio Casavecchia, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto 8, 06123 Perugia, Italy. E-mail: piero@dyn.unipg.it (Phone: (+39) 075 – 585 5514; FAX: (+39) 075 – 585 5606).

Dr. Mark Brouard, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ, UK, E-mail: mark.brouard@chemistry.ox.ac.uk (Phone: (+44) 1865-275457; FAX: (+44) 1865 275410).

Prof. J. J. Ter Meulen, Department of Applied Physics, University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands, E-mail: htmeulen@sci.kun.nl (Phone: (+31) 24 365 3022; FAX: (+31) 24 365 3311).

Prof. H.-J. Loesch, Fakultaet fuer Physik, University of Bielefeld, Universitatstrasse 25, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany, E-mail: loesch@physik.uni-bielefeld.de (Phone: (+49) 521 106 5418; FAX: (+49) 521 106 6046).

Prof. F. J. Aoiz, Departamento de Quimica Fisica I, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain, E-mail: aoiz@legendre.quim.ucm.es (Phone: (+34) 91 394 4126; FAX: (+34) 91 394 4135).

Dr. D. Manolopoulos, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1, 3QZ, UK, E-mail: mano@physchem.ox.ac.uk (Phone: (+44) 1865-275164; FAX: (+44) 1865 275410).

Prof. H.-J. Werner, Institut for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany, E-mail: werner@theochem.uni-stuttgart.de (Phone: (+49) 711 685 4400; FAX: (+49) 711 685 4442).

Dr. U. Manthe, Institut of Theoretical Chemistry, Technische Universitatet Muenchen, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85747 Garching, Germany, E-mail: manthe@ch.tum.de (Phone: (+49) 89 289 13610; FAX: (+49) 89 289 28268).