Job Advertisement: Closing Date 18th January 2010
Research Fellow in Extragalactic Astronomy
University of Nottingham
We seek to appoint a postdoctoral researcher to work on the
development of advanced techniques for measuring aspects of galaxy
morphology and structure, their application to existing and upcoming
large galaxy surveys, and the utilisation of the resulting datasets
to study questions of galaxy evolution. The successful applicant will
also have opportunities to develop related new ideas using the data
available to us from the Galaxy Zoo project and the GAMA (Galaxy and
Mass Assembly) survey.
The primary project will be performed in collaboration with Dr Steven
Bamford and an international team of astronomers, statisticians and
computer scientists. This position, funded by the Qatar National
Research Fund, includes a generous provision for travel, including
regular visits to collaborators at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar.
Applicants should have a PhD (or be near completion) in a relevant
subject, together with relevant research experience and competent
programming skills. Starting salary will be within the range 27,183
- 35,469 per annum (26,391 maximum without PhD). This full time
post will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of three
years, with a flexible starting date of 1 March 2010.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr Steven Bamford
([log in to unmask]). For more details and/or to apply
on-line please access: http://bit.ly/4wGFfA . Quote ref. SCI/767.
The nominal closing date is 18 January 2010, but late applications
will be considered until the post is filled.
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