School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship position in the area of Solar Physics for up to 3 years in the first instance. The post is based in the Astrophysics Research Centre (ARC) of the School of Mathematics and Physics. The successful candidate will undertake a focused, multiwavelength study of flare events manifesting in the Sun’s atmosphere and examine the role micro- and nano-flare phenomena play in the deposition of energy throughout the Sun’s atmospheric layers.

Recently, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) have provided funds for the procurement, implementation, and scientific exploitation of data from a new high-sensitivity large-format CMOS camera to be commissioned on the Dunn Solar Telescope, USA, of which the Research Fellow will be principally involved with.

Applicants must have a PhD in Solar Physics or a closely-related discipline either awarded or submitted by the time of taking up the post. Experience is essential in the reduction, analysis and interpretation of observations of the solar atmosphere from satellite-borne or ground-based instruments. Also essential is experience with the IDL computing environment, in addition to a number of high quality refereed publications in the research field commensurate with stage of career. Experience in the analysis and interpretation of microflares and/or nanoflares in the Sun’s atmosphere, or statistical studies of the quiet and/or active solar atmosphere, is desirable.

An application pack for the post, containing further details and guidelines on how to submit your application online, is available at:

http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJobVacancies/ResearchJobs/

under post reference 14/103165.

Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr. David Jess (telephone: +44 2890 973045; email: d.jess@qub.ac.uk).

Salary: £30,728 – £36,661 per annum.

CLOSING DATE: Monday 7 April 2014