Starting in August 2003, the Department of Chemistry and the Department
of Physics & Astronomy at The University of Hawai'i at Manoa open the
new interdisciplinary graduate program 'Reaction Dynamics, Laboratory
Astrophysics, and Planetary Sciences' leading to a Ph.D. degree in
chemistry and physics, respectively. The prime directive of this
endeavor is to unravel the underlying mechanisms on how complex,
(astrobiologically) important molecules and nanostructures are
synthesized from the bottom up via single atoms, radicals, and small
molecules in the interstellar medium, in atmospheres of planets and
their satellites, cometary comae, as well as in combustion flames and
chemical vapor deposition processes
(http://www.chem.hawaii.edu/Bil301/program.htm).
In collaboration with research groups from the Hawaiian Institute of
Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP), the Institute for Astronomy (IfA),
and The Open University (UK), cutting edge laboratory experiments,
electronic structure calculations, and astronomical observations will be
linked to lecture courses outlining fundamental principles in physical
chemistry, physics, reaction dynamics, astrochemistry, astrobiology,
planetary chemistry, combustion sciences, and nanomaterial research.
Interested candidates should send a letter of interest, three letters of
recommendation, transcripts or equivalent documentation, and a
curriculum vitae to Prof. Ralf I. Kaiser, Department of Chemistry,
University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 2545 The Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
(email: [log in to unmask]) or to Prof. Klaus Sattler,
Department of Physics, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
(email: [log in to unmask]). Exceptionally well qualified candidates are
offered teaching assistantships and full tuition fee waivers.
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