PhD Positions in Astronomy open at Stockholm University
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The Department of Astronomy at Stockholms University invites applications for doctoral positions in the following research areas:
Galaxies: One doctoral position is offered within the group of Dr. Angela Adamo. The PhD topic will focus on studying the early phases of star formation in local galaxies, with particular attention to embedded star-forming regions and their hosted stellar populations. The student will work with JWST Cycle 1 data, along with complementary HST, MUSE, and ALMA imaging and spectroscopic ancillary data. The project will be conducted in collaboration with an international team.
Galaxies (paired doctoral project): One doctoral position focuses on images and spectroscopy of galaxies and will be supervised by Göran Östlin. The dissertation project concerns analysis and visualization of observational data from powerful telescopes, such as the Very Large Telescope, the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope. This doctoral position is part of a so-called paired doctoral project, with one doctoral student at the Department of Astronomy (supervisor Göran Östlin) and one at the Department of Didactics (supervisor John Airey). The two dissertation projects are independent, but the doctoral students will collaborate on issues related to the visualization of galaxies.
Solar physics: One doctoral position is offered for a candidate that is interested in working on projects related to non-LTE radiative transfer in the solar atmosphere: the implementation of adaptive mesh refinement into an existing radiative transfer code, development of methods for faster convergence of the NLTE problem or a further development of the microphysics involved in an inversion code that is used to interpret observations with the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope (SST). Observational projects involving datasets from the SST are also possible.
Stars: One doctoral position is offered for a project in galactic archaeology deriving abundances of old, metal-poor stars in the Milky Way halo and satellites using high-resolution stellar spectra to investigate the formation of elements in the early universe. The project will, in particular, focus on elements produced via the rapid neutron-capture process, for example, in neutron star mergers. The PhD student will work with Dr Terese Hansen and be part of a larger research group that uses data from large spectroscopic surveys to map the composition and dynamics of stars to study the chemical evolution and build-up of the Galaxy.
Application deadline: April 22, 2022