Research Fellow

Job No.: 628460

Location: Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: 2-year fixed-term appointment 

Remuneration: $72,205- $97,995 pa Level A (plus 17% employer superannuation) 

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Drive your own learning at one of the world’s top 80 universities

Take your career in exciting, rewarding directions

Everyone needs a platform to launch a satisfying career. At Monash, we give you the space and support to take your career in all kinds of exciting new directions. You’ll have access to quality research, infrastructure and learning facilities, opportunities to collaborate internationally, as well as the grants you’ll need to publish your work. We’re a university full of energetic and enthusiastic minds, driven to challenge what’s expected, expand what we know, and learn from other inspiring, empowering thinkers.

The Opportunity

The School of Physics and Astronomy is a School located within the Faculty of Science that aims to position itself as one of the top physics and astronomy research and teaching departments in Australia.

The School of Physics and Astronomy is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to join our team. As the successful candidate, you will have the opportunity to work with an ARC Future Fellow and international collaborators on 3D Hydrodynamics simulations of convective-reactive events in stars. You will join the world-class Stellar group in the Monash Centre for Astrophysics and will publish papers in high-impact journals, present results at major conferences and meetings, and assist with the supervision of PhD students.

The appointee will have an honours degree and/or a doctoral qualification (or progress towards one) in the relevant discipline or a closely related field. You will have demonstrated proposal preparation skills, experience in supervising and working with honours or postgraduate students within the discipline, and excellent organisational skills.

This role is a full-time position; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated.

Your application must address the selection criteria. Please refer to "How to apply for Monash Jobs".

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Enquiries

Dr Simon Campbell, Senior Research Fellow and ARC Future Fellow, School of Physics and Astronomy, +61 3 9905 8671

Position Description can be found on Monash Job Board - Job No.: 628460

Closing Date

Monday 17 January 2022, 11:55pm AEDT

Please note: Monash University will be closed from 23 December 2021 until 3 January 2022 inclusive.

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