Postdoc: coronal waves in Solar Orbiter/EUI

We are opening a two-year postdoc position for the study of coronal waves in Solar Orbiter/EUI. The position is a collaboration between the Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics (CmPA) of the Department of Mathematics and the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB). The full-time position is shared over both institutes, aimed at 50% shared time at each institute.

The CmPA consists of five professors and more than 40 researchers (Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers) of various international background. CmPA has, among other things, an extensive expertise in mathematical modelling of coronal waves. This project is focusing on the observational counterpart of studying those coronal waves. The research is in the context of an FWO project, which was obtained jointly with ROB (Dr. David Berghmans). The ROB is an internationally renowned institute that is leading several instruments on satellite missions, and one of these is the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager onboard Solar Orbiter. With the first perihelion taking place in autumn 2022, the time is right to get prepared to analyse the data, focusing on the characterisation of high-frequency waves in the corona.

Link: https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60097178?hl=en&lang=en
Deadline for application: 4/4/2022
Start date: around 1/7/22, but negotiable
Contract duration: The post is initially for 1y, and after positive evaluation, the contract is extended for at least another year.
Contact person: Tom Van Doorsselaere (tom.vandoorsselaere@kuleuven.be) or David Berghmans (david.berghmans@oma.be)