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April 28, 2020

2 PhD positions and 1 postdoc position at KU Leuven (Belgium)

The Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics (http://wis.kuleuven.be/CmPA) of the KU Leuven (Belgium) invites applications for two PhD positions and one postdoc position within ongoing projects.

1) PhD position in multi-fluid modelling of the solar atmosphere with COOLFLUID. Your research will be about developing novel multi-fluid plasma models for studying phenomena in the solar atmosphere within COOLFluiD, (https://github.com/andrealani/COOLFluiD/wiki) a world-class open source platform for massively parallel multi-physics simulations entirely written in C++.… continue to the full article

February 24, 2020

13 PhD positions available across 7 countries in “Big Data applications for Black-hole Evolution STudies” (BiD4BEST)

13 PhD positions in 10 institutions across 7 countries are available to work on the field of Supermassive black hole formation and evolution and galaxies-AGN co-evolution.… continue to the full article

February 19, 2020

STFC-funded PhD positions at Aberystwyth University – closing date April 1st 2020

The Solar System Physics research group within the Physics Department of Aberystwyth University seeks high-quality candidates for STFC-funded PhD projects in the field of Solar System Physics. The group has particular strengths in solar and solar atmospheric physics – modelling and observations.… continue to the full article

February 14, 2020

PhD Studentships at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston

Applications are invited for several full time PhD (via MPhil) studentships in a number of subjects, including Solar Physics, in the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute (JHI), University of Central Lancashire, Preston.

Each studentship is tenable for up to 3.5 years full-time (subject to satisfactory progress).… continue to the full article

January 30, 2020

PhD Studentships in Solar and Magnetospheric Theory at the University of St Andrews

The Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group (SMTG) in the School and Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, is currently looking for applicants for a minimum of 3 PhD studentships, subject to the usual UK Research Council eligibility criteria on citizenship and residency.… continue to the full article

January 14, 2020

Fully-funded PhD opportunities at Northumbria University

Deadline for applications = Friday 24 January 2020

The Solar Physics group at Northumbria University is currently advertising 3 fully-funded PhD opportunities for a start date of October 2020:
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• “Active region wave-based coronal heating”

supervisor = Dr Patrick Antolin patrick.antolin@northumbria.ac.uk

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/active-region-wave-based-coronal-heating-advert-reference-fac-rers-20-ee-mpee-antolin/?p109571
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• “Understanding solar flare energetic electrons from the Sun’s inner atmosphere to the Earth”

supervisor = Dr Natasha Jeffrey natasha.jeffrey@northumbria.ac.uk

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/understanding-solar-flare-energetic-electrons-from-the-sun-s-inner-atmosphere-to-the-earth-advert-reference-rdf20-ee-mpee-jeffrey/?p116092
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• “Can a star’s internal oscillations power their coronae?”

supervisor = Dr Richard Morton richard.morton@northumbria.ac.uk

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/can-a-star-s-internal-oscillations-power-their-coronae-advert-reference-rdf20-ee-mpee-morton/?p116098
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Applications are open to all students, including international students.… continue to the full article

January 13, 2020

Call for GNOSIS PhD Studentships – Deadline 23:00 31st January 2020

Call for GNOSIS PhD Studentships

We are pleased to announce a call for applications for GNOSIS part-funding of PhD studentships that translate science, technology, or expertise from the STFC science programme towards understanding and solving the problem of space debris and traffic management.… continue to the full article

January 7, 2020

PhD Position in solar, stellar and exoplanet science

The University of Exeter, UK invites creative and talented individuals to apply for a fully funded PhD position, starting in September 2020 to work on solar and stellar observations, with the aim of better characterising planets that orbit Sun-like stars.

The deadline to apply is 27 January 2020.… continue to the full article

January 4, 2020

PhD Studentships at Queen Mary University of London

PhD Studentships in Space and Astrophysical Plasma Physics at Queen Mary University of London.

The Space and Astrophysical Plasma Physics group at Queen Mary University of London is currently accepting applications for PhD studentships to begin in October 2020. Projects are available across the range of research areas covered by the group, including the solar wind, heliospheric physics, plasma turbulence, shocks, magnetic reconnection, solar physics, particle acceleration, kinetic plasma physics, and plasma radio emission.… continue to the full article

December 18, 2019

PhD studentship at Queen’s University Belfast

PhD project – Faint signals from bright sources: identifying high-frequency waves in the Sun

A 4-year PhD studentship in the Astrophysics Research Centre (ARC) at Queen’s University Belfast, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, is available from October 2020 (although an earlier start date is possible).… continue to the full article

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