Post-doc Positions in Solar Physics at Nordita

NORDITA - The Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics

Extended deadline for applications: February 15, 2013

In continuation of the ERC-supported research on Astrophysical Dynamos at Nordita (see http://www.nordita.org/~brandenb/AstroDyn/), there will be post-doc positions in local helioseismology and the formation of active regions and sunspots, supported through the Swedish Research Council. The successful candidate will be working on forward modeling to infer seismic signatures from magnetic flux concentrations beneath the solar surface and on numerical models of radiation magnetohydrodynamics to explain the spontaneous formation of active regions and ultimately sunspots. Senior members of the Nordita dynamo group include Dhrubaditya Mitra, Matthias Rheinhardt, and Axel Brandenburg. Close ties exist also with Göran Scharmer and his group at the Institute for Solar Physics.

The successful candidates will work under the supervision of Professor Axel Brandenburg at Nordita.

Qualifications

Persons eligible for employment as post-doc are those who have a doctoral degree, or a foreign degree deemed to be of corresponding quality. Precedence should be given to applicants who have graduated five years, or less, before the time of expiration of applications for this post. Precedence should also be given to applicants holding older degrees, if special reasons for this should prevail.

Employment

The positions are for 2 years and can in exceptional cases be prolonged by up to two more years. The salary is negotiable and will be in the range from 28,000 to 34,000 Swedish Krona (SEK) per month. The positions will start on Sept 1st, 2013, or some other date agreed upon.

Application

The applications should include a curriculum vitae together with a list of publications, 3 letters of recommendation, as well as a research plan. The extended application deadline is February 15, 2013, and applications must be filed though our web interface http://apps.nordita.org/.

Axel Brandenburg
Nordita
Roslagstullsbacken 23
10691 Stockholm
Sweden


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