Job Advertisement: Closing Date 18th December 2015
Employment type: Fixed-term (3 years)
Salary: £28,695 to £32,277 per annm
Position number: 10016532
Closing date: 18 December 2015
The Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation (ICG) at the University of
Portsmouth intends to appoint a postdoctoral researcher in cosmology.
The researcher will work on a project "Cosmological Tests of Gravity"
funded by the European Research Council.
A PhD degree and relevant research experience are required. The post is
for three years, starting on 1st October 2016.
The ICG consists of 12 academic staff, 19 postdoctoral researchers and
over 20 PhD students, and has an active international visitors
programme. Portsmouth is a member of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
(SDSS-IV) and Dark Energy Survey, and recently the Large Synpotic Survey
Telescope (LSST) with involvement in the Dark Energy Spectroscopic
Instrument (DESI) and other major international collaborations,
including ESA's Euclid satellite mission and the Square Kilometre Array
(SKA). The University of Portsmouth is a member of the South-East
Physics Network (SEPnet) and hosts the 3704-core SCIAMA supercomputer.
More information is available at http://www.icg.port.ac.uk/
For informal enquiries about particular projects please contact
[log in to unmask] or phone +44 (0)23 9284 5151.
Applications (application form, CV, publication list and research
statement) should be submitted via the online application system at
https://port.engageats.co.uk by the closing date. Applicants should
also arrange for up to three reference letters to be sent by email to
[log in to unmask], to arrive by the same date. It is the policy of
the University to only accept applications submitted using the
University's application form.
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