# Research Officer in Antihydrogen PhysicsSwansea University Swansea, United KingdomSalary: **GBP 39,105 - 45,163 per year**Application Deadline: **November 29, 2026**Position Type: **Researcher**Date Posted: **November 3, 2026**Source details may be limited## Project Description### About Swansea UniversitySwansea University is a research-led university that has been making a difference since 1920. The University community thrives on exploration and discovery and offers the right balance of excellent teaching and research, matched by an enviable quality of life.Our stunning waterfront campuses and multicultural community make us a desirable workplace for colleagues from around the world. Our reward and benefits, and ways of working enable those who join us to have enriching careers, matched by an excellent work-life balance.### About the RoleThe ALPHA collaboration at CERN synthesises and traps antihydrogen for precision tests of fundamental symmetry. The collaboration is world leading in precision spectroscopy and gravitational studies of antihydrogen. Following a major upgrade to the frequency metrology instrumentation in ALPHA, the aim is now to achieve or surpass the precision of spectroscopy in ordinary hydrogen. Swansea University is a founding member and a major stakeholder in the collaboration.The successful candidate will join the Swansea team at CERN and will become a full member of the ALPHA collaboration. The group has three permanent academic staff members, four post-doctoral staff and a varying number of PhD students actively contributing to the ALPHA project at CERN. We require the successful candidate to have a PhD in experimental physics with experience in the synthesis, laser cooling, and spectroscopy of antihydrogen, the development of Penning traps and cryogenics and microwave transport and atomic spectroscopy using microwaves### Equality, Diversity & InclusionThe University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.As an inclusive and welcoming workplace, we value people for their skills regardless of their background. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English.### Welsh Language SkillsThe Welsh language level required for this role is Level 1 - A little.The University is a proud bilingual institution, our Welsh Language Strategy outlines our aspiration to promote the language and enable our staff to engage with the language as an additional workplace skill and as a gateway to new cultural and social opportunities. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English. Welsh speakers have the right to an interview in Welsh. Applicants for a role where Welsh skills are essential are expected to present their application in Welsh and will be interviewed in Welsh, if shortlisted.### Additional InformationApplications for this role will take the format of a CV submission and cover letter.---### Academic ContactContact details were not provided by the official source.03/11/2026Last UpdateSwansea Universityswansea.ac.uk## Apply for this positionThis application must be completed through the official university portal. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Research Officer in Antihydrogen Physics in Swansea employer: Opportunita
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