Job Advertisement: Closing Date 28th February 2018
(applications received by the deadline will receive first consideration,
applications received after the deadline will be considered until positions
are filled)
PhD Studentships (STFC/Keele funding) in Astronomy/Astrophysics
Keele University
The Astrophysics Group at Keele University has a minimum of one funded
studentship (STFC/Keele funding) in Astronomy/Astrophysics to start in
September 2018.
Possible projects include (title, supervisors):
- Star formation and early stellar evolution in the era of Gaia (Prof
Rob Jeffries, Dr Nick Wright)
- Precision Stellar Astrophysics in the Gaia/TESS/PLATO Era (Dr P Maxted)
- High-precision studies of eclipsing binary stars observed using space
telescopes (Dr John Taylor (Southworth))
- Star formation and variability in M33 and other spiral galaxies (Dr
Joana Oliveira)
- Star formation in the Magellanic Clouds (Dr Joana Oliveira)
- The properties of A, F and G stars (Dr Barry Smalley)
- Stellar Hydrodynamics (Dr Raphael Hirschi)
- Galaxy populations behind the Magellanic Clouds (Dr Jacco van Loon)
- Discovering transiting extra-solar planets with WASP and TESS (Prof
Coel Hellier)
Notes: applications open to EU students. More information on the
projects, the Keele Astrophysics group and how to apply can be found
here: _http://www.keele.ac.uk/researchsubjects/astrophysics/_
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact
Dr Raphael Hirschi
(PhD applications point of contact)
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