We welcome applications for five places on the ING studentship programme 2022/23.

The deadline for applications is

Friday 25th March 2022, 24:00 WET

Details of the programme can be found on:

http://www.ing.iac.es/astronomy/science/studentship.html

The programme provides a unique opportunity for up to five PhD, MSc
or undergraduate astronomy students to get hands-on experience of work
at an international observatory. Successful applicants will spend one
year on La Palma, supporting imaging and spectroscopy runs at the
2.5-m Isaac Newton Telescope (INT) and working on projects supervised
by the ING staff. The studentship programme is open to anyone, but
we particularly welcome applicants from our three partner countries:
the Netherlands, Spain and the UK.

We would be grateful if you would draw the attention of suitable
candidates to this opportunity.

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

The studentships are tenable for 3.5 years full-time (subject to satisfactory progress) and will cover the cost of tuition fees at UK rates together with a maintenance grant (£15,609 per year 2021/22 rates) for eligible applicants.

The studentships are funded by the Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC)/University of Central Lancashire/Moses Holden Foundation. The studentships are open to international applicants, however international applicants will be required to pay the difference between the UK and international tuition fee rate.

The projects will be in one of the JHI research areas, depending on the preference of the students ranked highest on the list of applicants. The projects within the Solar Physics group (www.star.uclan.ac.uk/solar/) are with Dr Daniel Brown, Prof. Silvia Dalla and Prof. Robert Walsh.

For a description of the projects and additional information see: http://www.star.uclan.ac.uk/phd-studentships-and-postgraduate-study/

The listed projects are suggested opportunities offered by JHI staff. If you would like more details or would like to discuss the possibility of related research in solar physics, then please contact the project supervisors directly (www.star.uclan.ac.uk/staff-directory).

For informal discussion, please email Prof. Derek Ward-Thompson (DWard-Thompson@uclan.ac.uk) or Dr. Mark Norris (MNorris2@uclan.ac.uk).

For further information and how to apply, see:
https://www.uclan.ac.uk/research/research-degrees/studentships

Completed application forms should be returned to the Research Student Registry via email at researchadmissions@uclan.ac.uk quoting the studentship reference number: RS/22/06.

** If you are interested in a specific project/s, please state clearly the project title/s on your application form.

Closing date: 28th February 2022

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The PhD project will investigate fine-scale properties (waves, turbulence and structures) of CME plasma in the inner heliosphere, and how these properties relate to large-scale CME structure. Extensive use will be made of observations from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft, which are now reaching distances very close to the Sun.

Applicants are sought with good grades in a Master’s degree in physics or a related subject. The research will involve spacecraft data analysis and comparison to theory. Some background in plasma physics and/or data analysis is desirable. The PhD will fully equip the successful candidate with the skills necessary to pursue a career in research.

The position is fully funded by the Academy of Finland for 4 years, with additional funding available for travel to international conferences. The successful candidate will be joining a growing and dynamic research group at the University of Helsinki, during an exciting time in solar wind research.

The position is available now, and will be open until filled. If you are interested in applying for the position, please send a short cover letter, CV, degree transcript and contact details of two referees to Dr Simon Good [simon.good(at)helsinki.fi.s] by 20 February 2022. General enquiries [sent to simon.good(at)helsinki.fi] are also welcome.… continue to the full article

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The Solar and Space Physics research group at Northumbria University (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) is inviting applications for fully-funded PhD studentships for an October 2022 start. These are a mixture of University funded 3-year studentship and 3.5-year STFC-funded studentships. This year, we are offering PhDs on the following topics:

University-funded, 3-year PhD studentships, deadline = 18th February 2022

• Causality pathways in space: Extracting the storm-time bias of space weather forecasting (principal supervisor: Dr Sarah Bentley) https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=138134
• Deep learning of ground magnetometer networks for space physics (principal supervisor: Dr Sarah Bentley) https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=138137

STFC-funded, 3.5-year PhD studentships. Deadline = 1st March 2022

• Solar active region energetics, magnetic polarity mixing and their relation to flares (principal supervisor: Dr Shaun Bloomfield) https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=139942
• The Physics of Solar Prominences: an AI/ML approach (principal supervisor: Dr Stephane Regnier) https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=139943
• Exploring fundamental MagnetoHydroDynamic (MHD) properties of solar chromospheric magnetic fields, via a unique observation of a large-scale swirl and associated magnetic null point (principal supervisor: Dr Eamon Scullion) https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=139939
• Plasma thermodynamics of the inner heliosphere with Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe (principal supervisor: Dr Robert Wicks) https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=139944

Full details can be found at: https://sites.google.com/view/solarphysicsnu/research/phd-projects-2022

For details of how to apply, see: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/postgraduate-research-degrees/how-to-apply/

For informal questions, please contact the relevant supervisor, and/or contact Professor James McLaughlin (james.a.mclaughlin@northumbria.ac.uk).

Deadline for applications: 18th February 2022 (for University-funded) and 1st March 2022 (for STFC-funded)

Start Date: 1st October 2022 or 1st March 2023

Overview of the research group

Northumbria University’s long-standing expertise in Solar and Space Physics research has been supported with core funding from STFC and NERC as well as funding from EU Horizon 2020, European Space Agency (ESA), UK Space Agency (UKSA), the US Air Force, the National Solar Observatory (USA), the Leverhulme Trust, and the Royal Astronomical Society. Group members include STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow Dr Patrick Antolin, STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow Dr John Coxon and Future Leader Fellow Dr Richard Morton. Group members sit on various national and international panels including the STFC Education, Training and Careers Committee (Prof James McLaughlin), STFC Solar System Advisory Panel (Dr Richard Morton), STFC Project Peer Review Panel (Dr Robert Wicks), UKSA’s Space Programme Advisory Committee (Prof Clare Watt) and ESA’s Space Science Advisory Committee (Prof Jonathan Rae). Members of the group, including Prof Jonathan Rae, Prof Clare Watt, Dr Shaun Bloomfield and Dr Jasmine Sandhu also contribute to the ongoing UKRI SWIMMR (Space Weather Instrumentation, Measurement, Modelling and Risk) national space weather programme in support of the UK Met Office. The group’s recent research achievements include the discovery of coronal reconnection nanojets (Antolin et al., 2021, Nature Astronomy, 5, 54), creating global maps of the solar magnetic field (Yang et al., 2020, Science, 368, 694), and revealing a basal contribution from p-modes to the Alfvénic wave flux in the Sun’s atmosphere (Morton, Weberg & McLaughlin, 2019, Nature Astronomy, 3, 223).

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The Solar and Space Physics research group at Northumbria University (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) is inviting applications for fully-funded PhD studentships for an October 2022 start. These are a mixture of University funded 3-year studentship and 3.5-year STFC-funded studentships. This year, we are offering PhDs on the following topics:

University-funded, 3-year PhD studentships, deadline = 18th February 2022
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• Causality pathways in space: Extracting the storm-time bias of space weather forecasting (principal supervisor: Dr Sarah Bentley)
https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=138134

• Deep learning of ground magnetometer networks for space physics (principal supervisor: Dr Sarah Bentley)
https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=138137

STFC-funded, 3.5-year PhD studentships. Deadline = 1st March 2022
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• Solar active region energetics, magnetic polarity mixing and their relation to flares (principal supervisor: Dr Shaun Bloomfield)
https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=139942

• The Physics of Solar Prominences: an AI/ML approach (principal supervisor: Dr Stephane Regnier)
https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=139943

• Exploring fundamental MagnetoHydroDynamic (MHD) properties of solar chromospheric magnetic fields, via a unique observation of a large-scale swirl and associated magnetic null point (principal supervisor: Dr Eamon Scullion)
https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=139939

• Plasma thermodynamics of the inner heliosphere with Solar Orbiter and Parker Solar Probe (principal supervisor: Dr Robert Wicks)
https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=139944

Full details can be found at:
https://sites.google.com/view/solarphysicsnu/research/phd-projects-2022

For details of how to apply, see:
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/postgraduate-research-degrees/how-to-apply/

For informal questions, please contact the relevant supervisor, and/or contact Professor James McLaughlin (james.a.mclaughlin@northumbria.ac.uk).

Deadline for applications: 18th February 2022 (for University-funded) and 1st March 2022 (for STFC-funded)

Start Date: 1st October 2022 or 1st March 2023

Overview of the research group
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Northumbria University’s long-standing expertise in Solar and Space Physics research has been supported with core funding from STFC and NERC as well as funding from EU Horizon 2020, European Space Agency (ESA), UK Space Agency (UKSA), the US Air Force, the National Solar Observatory (USA), the Leverhulme Trust, and the Royal Astronomical Society. Group members include STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow Dr Patrick Antolin, STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow Dr John Coxon and Future Leader Fellow Dr Richard Morton. Group members sit on various national and international panels including the STFC Education, Training and Careers Committee (Prof James McLaughlin), STFC Solar System Advisory Panel (Dr Richard Morton), STFC Project Peer Review Panel (Dr Robert Wicks), UKSA’s Space Programme Advisory Committee (Prof Clare Watt) and ESA’s Space Science Advisory Committee (Prof Jonathan Rae). Members of the group, including Prof Jonathan Rae, Prof Clare Watt, Dr Shaun Bloomfield and Dr Jasmine Sandhu also contribute to the ongoing UKRI SWIMMR (Space Weather Instrumentation, Measurement, Modelling and Risk) national space weather programme in support of the UK Met Office. The group’s recent research achievements include the discovery of coronal reconnection nanojets (Antolin et al., 2021, Nature Astronomy, 5, 54), creating global maps of the solar magnetic field (Yang et al., 2020, Science, 368, 694), and revealing a basal contribution from p-modes to the Alfvénic wave flux in the Sun’s atmosphere (Morton, Weberg & McLaughlin, 2019, Nature Astronomy, 3, 223).… continue to the full article

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Dear all,

The Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL), UCL’s Department of Space and Climate Physics, invites applications for STFC PhD studentships starting in September 2022. We would very much appreciate if you could forward this information to any students in your departments that may have an interest in pursuing a PhD at MSSL.

MSSL is a world-leading space science laboratory. It offers a unique environment, with scientists at the forefront of space science research working alongside top engineers building and testing instruments for space missions. We offer a range of research degrees, including PhDs in space science, astrophysics, climate physics, and systems engineering.

The applications from both UK and non-UK students for Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) studentships remain open until 31 January 2022. The STFC studentship will cover fees and stipends for the 3.5 years of research degree study.
You can find details about the application process here:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/study/phd-opportunities

We offer the following topics for PhD projects in the area of solar-system research (primary supervisors given in brackets):

Planetary Science:
– Identification of biosignatures on Mars using the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover (Dr Louisa Preston)
– The many influences on comets’ tails (Prof. Geraint Jones)

Solar Physics:
– Spectroscopic signatures of solar flare onset (Prof. Sarah Matthews)
– How do magnetic waves affect plasma composition? (Dr David Long)
– Our Sun, the astrophysical particle accelerator (Dr Hamish Reid)
– Can solar eruptions be forecast using a novel combination of observations and machine learning techniques? (Prof. Lucie Green)

Space Plasma Physics:
– Solar Orbiter: studies of solar wind dynamics (Dr Georgios Nicolaou)
– Investigating the Earth’s magnetosphere using multi-spacecraft measurements (Prof. Andrew Fazakerley)
– Imaging the Earth’s magnetosphere response to solar wind variability (Prof. Graziella Branduardi-Raymont)
– Interactions between electrostatic fluctuations and electrons in the solar wind (Dr Daniel Verscharen)

More details on these projects can be found here:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mssl/study/phd-opportunities/stfc-phd-projects-2022

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The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the University of Oslo announces a special MSCA-Cofund Ph.D. programme in computational sciences. In 2022, 16 Ph.D. students will be accepted, of whom two will do their Ph.D. theses within computational astrophysics.

The programme starts with 3 months’ intensive joint training in computational methods, before the students will spend the rest of the 3-year programme at different departments, to do a strongly computational research project in their department. Through the three-year programme, the students will also participate in three joint workshops, and they will for a period of one to three months be on secondment to other academic or commercial institutions.

Prospective students must fulfil all requirements (academic and language) for being admitted as Ph.D. students in the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. Applicants cannot have been resident in Norway for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the date of recruitment.

The Ph.D. students will receive a salary of NOK 491 200 – 534 400 per annum depending on qualifications and seniority.

Application deadline is 1st of February, 2022.

For further information and link to application portal, see: https://www.mn.uio.no/compsci/english/

The applicants must in their application specify which research project they will choose. The possible projects in astrophysics are:

Interpretation of solar observations, using Deep Learning:
https://www.mn.uio.no/compsci/english/phd_programme/projects/astronomy/solar-observations.html

WholeSun: New codes and frameworks for exascale computing for multi-scale simulations:
https://www.mn.uio.no/compsci/english/phd_programme/projects/astronomy/wholesun-new-codes-and-frameworks-for-exascale.html… continue to the full article

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This is an exciting opportunity for a PhD student or postdoc to work for 6 months on code development for a space weather project. In this project, a tool will be created for solar flare forecasting. To be more precise, a code will be developed that will take solar magnetogram observations (of magnetic field emerging into the solar atmosphere) as input and calculate a series of measures related to the topology of the solar magnetic field. Particular signatures of these measures will be used for flare forecasting and compared to other satellite data. The code, and associated documentation, will be used in cutting-edge solar physics and space weather research. It will also help to facilitate collaborations between research groups and national and international stakeholders in space weather.

Full details relating to the position can be found at
https://dirac.ac.uk/innovation-placements/
(scroll down to find the description under the University of Glasgow logo).

For any enquiries, please feel free to contact me (david.mactaggart@glasgow.ac.uk). The deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday the 6th of December 2021.

Best wishes,
David MacTaggart

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