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         BOLETIM ELETRÔNICO SAB N. 279 - 11/05/2005
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SEÇÃO: OPORTUNIDADES * * * Responsável: Vera Ap.F. Martin  
                                                  (vmartin1963@hotmail.com)
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1. RESEARCH ASSISTANTS IN OBSERVATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS

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1. RESEARCH ASSISTANTS IN OBSERVATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS
    (comunicado por Rodolfo Smiljanic)

JOB OPENING

Research Assistants in Observational Astrophysics

School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University
Belfast, N. Ireland

Ref: 05/W313A

These posts, funded by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council,
are available immediately for up to 5 years, to support research undertaken 
as
part of a PPARC Astrophysics Rolling Grant.  Applicants must hold, or be 
about
to obtain, a PhD in astrophysics, have experience of ground-or 
satellite-based
astronomical observing, and expertise in the reduction and analysis of
astronomical data. Current astrophysics research programmes include studies 
of
hot and cool stars, supernovae, the Sun, solar system objects, and
ultra-wide-field astronomy with the SuperWASP instrument. However applicants
with experience outside these areas are strongly encouraged to apply.

Resources will be made available to allow the successful applicant to spend
some of their time pursuing their own independent research programmes.

The Astrophysics and Planetary Science Research Division at Queen's 
University is a UK institute with full access to the UK's current range of 
telescopes (e.g. ESO, Gemini, ING, UKIRT, AAT). It is an expanding Division, 
currently with 6 faculty staff, 2 PPARC Fellows, and 17 postdocs and 
postgraduate students.

Further information on the Research Division may be obtained at:
http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk

An application pack for the posts, with post reference 05/W313A, is 
available
from our website  http://www.qub.ac.uk/jobs

Informal enquiries concerning the posts may be made to Dr Alan Fitzsimmons,
email: A.Fitzsimmons@qub.ac.uk

Salary scale:  £19,460 - £29,128 per annum
Closing date:  4.00 pm, Friday  3 June 2005

The University is committed to equal opportunity and selection on merit.
It therefore welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Applications, quoting reference 05/W313A, should be addressed to:

Personnel Manager, The Personnel Department,
Queen's University Belfast,
Northern Ireland,
BT7 1NN, Tel: 0044 2890 973044, Fax: 0044 2890 971040, email:
personnel@qub.ac.uk,
www.qub.ac.uk/pers

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