Job Advertisement: Closing Date 1st March 2016
Research Associate - 4207BR
Cardiff University
You will have the opportunity to work with Dr Jane Greaves at Cardiff
University as part of the international 'Planet Earth Building-Blocks - a
Legacy eMERLIN Survey' (PEBBLeS) project. PEBBLeS uses radio observations
from the UK's world-leading interferometer to trace blackbody radiation
from cm-sized circumstellar dust. The team is surveying nearby young-star
discs at 5 GHz to analyse where, when and why proto-planets form. A recent
discovery is a disc the size of Saturn's orbit, in the best-resolved,
longest-wavelength image of circumstellar 'pebbles' to date. There are
also opportunities to work with ancillary data; The Karl G. Jansky Very
Large Array (JVLA), Green Bank Telescope (GBT), The Atacama Large
Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and to develop disc-evolution models.
Applicants are sought with experience in radio interferometry, or with
closely related skills. The role is to take the lead in data reduction and
to write significant papers on the new discoveries. Prior interest in planet
formation, circumstellar discs, extrasolar planets or planetary science is
advantageous.
The position is available from 1st March 2016 for 2 years.
The successful applicant will join the observational astronomy group
within the School of Physics & Astronomy, in the exciting environment of
Cardiff University. The School includes expertise in Gravitational Wave
Astronomy, Astronomy Instrumentation and Condensed Matter Physics. Further
details of the School's activities may be found on our home page:
http://www.astro.cardiff.ac.uk
Salary: GBP 31,656 - GBP 37,768 per annum (dependent on experience) (Grade
6)
Closing date: Tuesday, 1 March 2016
Apply via http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/jobs/
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