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Post-doctoral fellowship positions at ASTRON (Dwingeloo, the Netherlands) - ASTRON
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Position/Title: Post-doctoral fellowship positions at ASTRON (Dwingeloo, the Netherlands)
Institution: ASTRON
Submit Resumes To:
Attention: Erika Timmerman, HR officer
ASTRON
Oude Hoogeveensedijk 4
Dwingeloo,
7991 PD
The Netherlands
Tel: 0031 521-595100
FAX: 0031 521-595101
URL1: www.astron.nl
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Email Submission Address: personnel@astron.nl
Email Inquiries: morganti@astron.nl
The closing date for receipt of applications: 08/15/2010 (Application date has passed)
Job Description:
Post-doctoral fellowship positions at ASTRON (Dwingeloo, NL)Deadline: August 15, 2010
The Astronomy Group at ASTRON (the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy) invites applications for Post-doctoral fellowship positions. These positions offer exciting opportunities for innovative research in radio astronomy, using world-class instruments such as the new Low Frequency ARray (LOFAR), the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) and the European VLBI Network (EVN). These post-doctoral fellowships are 2+1 year appointments open to researchers with a PhD degree in astronomy, astrophysics or related discipline. The successful candidates will be expected to carry out innovative research in their own field of expertise, as well as participate in research carried out by the Astronomy Group, using available or planned ASTRON telescope facilities and other world-class astronomical instruments. Research interest and experience in observational radio astronomy is desirable, but candidates with other backgrounds are also encouraged to apply. Affinity with instrumentation or software is also valued.
ASTRON is starting operations of the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a cutting-edge, low-frequency, multi-field aperture array telescope that is using transformational technologies and novel software approaches. This telescope has very recently started producing unique data in the relatively unexplored spectral window below 200 MHz. ASTRON also operates the WSRT. APERTIF (APERture Tile in Focus), a next generation observing system using focal plane array technology, is being developed for the WSRT in order to significantly expand its field of view, enabling new types of astronomical research. The WSRT also participates in the European and Global VLBI Networks (including e-VLBI) and ASTRON hosts the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE). ASTRON has an international reputation for the design and construction of future large radio telescopes (e.g. SKA) and is heavily involved in developing parallel and Grid computing techniques for radio astronomy.
Astronomers at ASTRON are active in many frontline research areas: galaxy structure and evolution, the ISM and IGM, pulsars and compact objects, the transient radio sky, AGN evolution and studies of the magnetic universe, large radio continuum and HI surveys, deep fields, and gravitational lensing. They are also heavily involved in the commissioning of LOFAR, active in all LOFAR key science projects and involved in preparing for the wide-field astronomy that will be made possible with instruments like APERTIF. Successful candidates will be encouraged to be involved in exploiting these new facilities. Other front-line research facilities available to Dutch astronomers include the ESO-VLT(I), ALMA, JCMT and the ING telescopes.
Letters of application should be sent to personnel@astron.nl before the deadline of 15 August 2010. Your application should include a CV, scientific interests, a research proposal and three letters of reference. Successful candidates will be in the formal employment of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), at a salary scale commensurate with age and experience. Generous relocation expenses, as well as an excellent package of benefits and assistance with finding accommodation will be provided (see also http://www.astron.nl/about-astron/careers/careers ).
Applicants of any nationality are eligible to apply. A good command of the English language (writing and speaking) is essential. Your work place is the ASTRON headquarters, located in Dwingeloo (the Netherlands). Collaboration is encouraged with the nearby university astronomy departments in Amsterdam, Groningen, Leiden, Nijmegen and Utrecht. Successful candidates will have access to excellent computational facilities and travel support.
For enquiries please contact: Dr. Raffaella Morganti (morganti@astron.nl), head of the Astronomy Group.
Included Benefits:
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