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PhD position in astrophysics at the Technical University Berlin	Closing date: 2020-04-31 Contact: Prof. Dr. J�rg B�chner
The group "Simulation and Modeling of Astrophysical Reconnection and Turbulence" at the Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Technical University Berlin is advertising a research assistant PhD position. The topic is plasma-astro�phys�ical numer�ical sim�u�la�tions to under�stand solar and pul�sar radio-sig�nals. The position is funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) for three years. For more details please see: https://tub.stellenticket.de/de/offers/78737
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https://tub.stellenticket.de/de/offers/78737 Work�ing field: -Plasma-astro�phys�ical numer�ical sim�u�la�tions to under�stand solar and pul�sar radi�osig�nals -The work will be car�ried out in the frame�work of the GACR-DFG (Czech-Ger�man) rese�arch pro�ject: ?Under�stand�ing mod�ern radio�as�tro�nom�ical obser�va�tions via advan�ced plasma sim�u�la�tions? fun�ded by the Deut�sche For�schungs�ge�meinsch�aft (DFG) -Kin�etic plasma sim�u�la�tions of mag�netic recon�nec�tion and elec�tron accel�er�a�tion caus�ing solar and pul�sar the radio emis�sions -Close col�lab�or�a�tion with the Obser�vat�ory Ondre�jov (Czech Repub�lic) for large-scale MHD sim�u�la�tions and radio-obser�va�tions by the LOFAR and ALMA tele�scopes -PhD the�sis pre�par�a�tion is pos�sible Require�ments: -Suc�cess�fully com�ple�ted uni�ver�sity degree (Mas�ter, Dip�lom or equi�val�ent) in phys�ics, pre�fer�ably in astro�phys�ics and/or plasma phys�ics -Know�ledge of pro�gram�ming lan�guages (Phy�ton, C, For�tran ...) -Lan�guage pro�fi�ciency: good com�mand of Ger�man and/or Eng�lish (oral and writ�ten) requi�red; will�ing�ness to learn eit�her Eng�lish or Ger�man is expec�ted -Astro�phys�ical and plasma-phys�ical know�ledge -Enthu�si�asm about learn�ing and doing rese�arch in plasma astro�phys�ics by means of com�puter sim�u�la�tions using codes, pro�grams and dia�gnostic tools writ�ten in C and Python -Ability to work in a team, the Cen�ter for Astro�nomy and Astro�phys�ics, the SMART group of the TU Ber�lin, the inter�na�tio�nal col�lab�or�a�tion How to ap�ply: Please send your writ�ten app�lic�a�tion with the ref�er�ence num�ber and the usual doc�u�ments to Tech�nis�che Uni�ver�si�t�t Ber�lin - Der Pr�sid�ent - Fak�ult�t II, Zen�trum f�r Astro�nomie und Astro�phy�sik, Prof. Dr. B�ch�ner, Sekr. EW 8-1, Har�den�berg�str. 36, 10623 Ber�lin or by e-mail to buechner @ tu-berlin.de. The app�lic�a�tion should con�tain: - a short state�ment of rese�arch inte�rests and motiv�a�tion - a CV - cop�ies of uni�ver�sity degrees (Bach�elor, Mas�ter or equi�val�ent) - full tran�scripts of aca�demic records (list of cour�ses with credit and gra�des in Eng�lish or Ger�man) - an abs�tract of the Mas�ter the�sis (in Eng�lish or Ger�man) - con�tact details (email add�res�ses) for two let�ters of recom�mend�a�tion To ensure equal oppor�tun�it�ies bet�ween women and men, app�lic�a�tions by women with the requi�red qual�i�fic�a�tions are expli�citly desi�red. Qual�i�fied indi�vidu�als with dis�ab�il�it�ies will be favo�red. The TU Ber�lin val�ues the diver�sity of its mem�bers and is com�mit�ted to the goals of equal oppor�tun�it�ies. Please send cop�ies only. Ori�ginal doc�u�ments will not be retur�ned. PhD Position Offer 1165 submitted on Mon Mar 30 16:16:10 CEST 2020

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