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| Associate Professor in Radio Astronomy at the University of Namibia | Closing date: 2022-10-14
Contact: Michael Backes |
The University of Namibia has an opening for an Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer in Radio Astronomy in Windhoek:
https://www.unam.edu.na/vacancies or directly
https://www.unam.edu.na/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Main-Campus-Vacancies.pdf#page=01 (p.1) | | ▸ more | The University of Namibia (UNAM) is the largest and leading institution of higher education in the country. It is a diverse institution with a student population from >40 countries and from all continents. Although a relatively young university of just 30 years, it has grown to support a student population of about 30,000 students on 12 campuses.
The Department of Physics, Chemistry and Material Science at UNAM is situated at its main campus in Windhoek (https://www.unam.edu.na/main-campus) and hosts the largest and most active astronomy group in southern Africa outside South Africa. Currently, the department hosts four senior and four junior academic staff together with several postgraduate students. The fields of activity are focused around gamma-ray astronomy of active galaxies, spectroscopic redshift determination of blazars, computational cosmic ray propagation, broad-band emission modelling of globular clusters, occultation observations of TNOs, and site testing for astronomical facilities.
Besides being member institute to H.E.S.S. and CTA, the department is leading the national efforts towards the SKA and the African VLBI Network (AVN). Further, UNAM is founding partner of the Africa Millimetre Telescope (AMT) project to establish the first mm-wave radio telescope on the African continent to complement the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). Additionally, members of the Department have access to the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) and to an in-house HPC cluster.
Please do not hesitate to contact Eli Kasai (ekasai @ unam.na) and/or Michael Backes (mbackes @ unam.na) if you have any questions.
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