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16 PhD positions are available through EUROPAH - A New Multi-disciplinary European Training Network BODY: EUROPAH is a European Training Network (ETN) aimed at studying the "Extensive and Ubiquitous Role of PAHs in the interstellar medium" and has opened a call for PhD students with a deadline of 15th September 2016. The network includes 13 research groups, spread across 10 universities and 3 industrial partners in 6 different countries and will train 16 early stage researchers (PhD students) with starting dates between October 2016 and October 2017. The project details are available at www.europah.eu<http://www.europah.eu>. The joint scientific research goal is to understand the role that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) play in the physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium of galaxies. This will be a highly multidisciplinary network that combines astronomy, molecular physics, molecular spectroscopy, environmental science, quantum chemistry, surface sciences, plasma physics and scientific communication. PAHs are universally ubiquitous and lock-up close to 15% of the elemental carbon in space. They play a key role in maintaining the ionization balance and in the heating of interstellar gas, and are central to the chemical complexity of space and the organic inventory of regions of star and planet formation. On Earth, PAHs are pernicious pollutants affecting the atmosphere and aquatic environments. Understanding PAHs and their multitude of roles in the Universe is thus a key question in both astrophysics and terrestrial chemistry. Candidates must qualify under EU-researcher mobility rules and have a bachelor or masters' degree no more than 4-years old. Check out the project descriptions at www.europah.eu<http://www.europah.eu> and then forward a 2-page CV and 1-page cover letter, listing your favoured projects in order of preference, to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by the deadline: September 15th 2016. Subject to negotiations, EUROPAH will be funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action. Andrew Cassidy 1520-326 Phone +45 8715 5584 Dep. Physics and Astronomy 120Ny Munkegade Aarhus 8000 Denmark To join or leave the molecular-dynamics-news email list, go to: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/molecular-dynamics-news.html