*************************************************************************** BOLETIM ELETRÔNICO SAB N. 343 - 25/10/2006 *************************************************************************** SEÇÃO: OPORTUNIDADES Responsável: Vera Ap.F. Martin (vmartin1963@hotmail.com) *************************************************************************** 1. PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM ASTRONOMIA NA UFRJ 2. TENURE TRACK POSITION IN EXTRAGALACTIC ASTRONOMY 3. POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER POSITIONS AT CIDA 4. MESTRADO NO CANADÁ - PARA ENGENHEIROS E FÍSICOS 5. FELLOWSHIP IN OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION *************************************************************************** 1. PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM ASTRONOMIA NA UFRJ (comunicado por Heloisa M. Boechat-Roberty) As inscrições para o curso de Mestrado no Observatório do Valongo/UFRJ estão abertas até o dia 13 de dezembro de 2006. As provas de Física - Matemática, serão no dia 14 de dezembro e a prova de Inglês e Entrevista serão nos dia 15 de dezembro de 2006. Poderão candidatar-se ao Curso de Mestrado portadores de diploma de nível superior, nas áreas de Astronomia, Física, Química, Matemática ou áreas afins. Linhas de Pesquisa do Programa ASTROFÍSICA ESTELAR, ASTROFÍSICA EXTRAGALÁCTICA E COSMOLOGIA , ASTROFÍSICA GALÁCTICA E DO MEIO INTERESTELAR , ASTROQUÍMICA, ASTROBIOLOGIA, ASTROMETRIA, SISTEMAS PLANETÁRIOS Os documentos necessários para a inscrição são: Ficha de inscrição preenchida Cópia autenticada do diploma (frente e verso) ou documento equivalente; Histórico escolar completo do curso de graduação; Curriculum Vitae atualizado; 2 (duas) cartas de recomendação de reconhecidos pesquisadores 2 (dois) retratos 3x4; Nome e e-mail dos pesquisadores aos quais solicitou carta de recomendação. Maiores informações: Observatório do Valongo/UFRJ Ladeira Pedro Antônio 43, Saúde – CEP: 20080-090 Tel: 21 – 2263 0685, ramal 200 ou ramal 211 www.ov.ufrj.br/pg ================================================== 2. TENURE TRACK POSITION IN EXTRAGALACTIC ASTRONOMY (comunicado por Laerte Sodré Jr.) Publishing Dates: From: 1st of November 2006 To: 30th of November 2006 The closing date for receipt of applications: 12/15/2006 Institution Name: DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY, INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, UNIVERSIDAD DE GUANAJUATO Bonafide Statement: This position is a bona fide, open position which has not been promised to anyone. It will remain open for at least 30 days. Submission Address for Resumes/CVs : Attention:Ana Laura Benavides, Dra. Organization:Instituto de Fisica, Universidad de Guanajuato Address:Loma del Bosque 103, Address (cont.):Lomas del Campestre City:Leon State:GTO ZIP:C.P. 37150 County:Mexico Tel:+52-477-788-5100 Fax:+52-477-788-5100 Email:secrea@fisica.ugto.mx Email address for inquiries (optional): heinz@astro.ugto.mx Related URL (optional): http://www.astro.ugto.mx ((Dept. of Astronomy, homepage)) Text of Job Announcement: The Astronomy Department of Physics Institute of Guanajuato University (Mexico) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position (different from #22726, Aug. 2006) to begin by February 2006 or later. We seek a researcher/lecturer in our research lines "Observational Cosmology" or "Formation and Evolution of Galaxies". Interest in instrumentation or theory will be an asset, and other areas of astronomical research may be considered. Responsibilities include teaching at both undergraduate and graduate level, research, participation in public outreach, and administration. Applicants should have a PhD in Astronomy or Physics with several years of postdoc experience, show evidence of outstanding accomplishments in research, have a demonstrated capacity in teaching and interest in supervision of theses, the potential to motivate students and develop significant research programs with them, and the willingness to work as a team member in a small group. The candidate will teach graduate courses (English or Spanish) and undergraduate ones (Spanish). Candidates should submit (a) letter of application including a statement of earliest date available, (b) extended CV with publication list, (c) research plan for 1--2 years, (d) documents demonstrating his/her academic accomplishments, and (e) two letters of recommendation to both of the following addresses, by December 15, 2006: Dra. Ana Laura Benavides, Instituto de Fisica, Universidad de Guanajuato, Loma del Bosque 103, Lomas del Campestre, Leon GTO 37150, Mexico, (email: secrea@fisica.ugto.mx , phone/FAX +52-477-788-5100 ext. 8414/8410) and Dr. Heinz Andernach, Head of Search Committee, Astronomy Department, Apdo. Postal 144, Guanajuato, GTO 36000, Mexico (FAX +52 473 732 0253) =================================================== 3. POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER POSITIONS AT CIDA (comunicado por Silvia Helena Paixao Alencar) The Centro de Investigaciones de Astronomía “Francisco J. Duarte” (CIDA), advertises two (02) Postdoctoral Researcher positions. Both appointments will be made for an initial period of one (01) year, with the possibility of an extension to two (02) years, contingent on performance and funding. Starting date could be as early as January 2007. CIDA is an Astronomy and Astrophysics research institute that also operates the Venezuela National Astronomical Observatory (NAO). CIDA staff is presently engaged in theoretical research in Stellar population Synthesis, and in observational work on the Structure of the Milky Way, Galactic Star Formation, Star Formation in the Local Universe, and Astrometry. The prime instrument at the NAO, located at an altitude of 3600m in the Venezuelan Andes, is a 1m effective aperture Schmidt type telescope, equipped with a 8k x 8k CCD Mosaic Camera (QuEST I Camera), and also with a 1m aperture objective prism for wide field slitless spectroscopy. This equipment, optimized to work in drift-scan mode, is routinely used for large scale surveys of the equatorial sky. Other facilities include a 1m reflector, with a 2k x 2k, back illuminated, CCD camera, and a low dispersion slit spectrograph, and a 0.65m aperture refractor equipped with a CCD camera. Requirements: Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Physics or similar. Applicants should have a successful track record in scientific research. Succesful applicants are expected to establish collaborative work with researchers at CIDA or other institutions, and interact with students at CIDA, participating actively in the formation of new researchers. Applications containing the following should be sent to the address below, to arrive no later than December 10, 2006: - Curriculum Vitae - Photocopy of Doctorate or Ph.D. title - Publications list - An essay, written in spanish or english, in no more than 3 pages (with an additional 2 pages for figures and references), in which the applicant states the motivation to apply to the position, describes his(her) planned research activities, and how he(she) may interact with students at CIDA. - Three letters of recomendation by researchers with a solid academic track record to be sent independently to CIDA (can be by e-mail to the following address: briceno@cida.ve ). CIDA Att. Dr. César Briceño Av. Alberto Carnevali, vía La Hechicera (entrada Fundacite-Mérida) Mérida 5101 Venezuela Tlf.: +58-274-2450106, 2451450 Fax: +58-274-2451587 More information at http://www.cida.ve, or write to briceno@cida.ve. ==================================================== 4. MESTRADO NO CANADÁ - PARA ENGENHEIROS E FÍSICOS (comunicado por Claudia Mendes de Oliveira) Possibilidade de mestrado (com bolsa) no Canada para engenheiros e fisicos O HIA (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics) colocou a nossa disposicao uma bolsa de estudos para um estudante brasileiro com boa media nos cursos de graduacao (maior que 8.0) e boas notas de GRE (especifico) e TOEFL. A proposta e' para fazer um mestrado de dois anos na Universidade de Victoria, na costa oeste do Canada, com projeto em instrumentacao otica. O anuncio vai abaixo. Os interessados por favor se comuniquem com Claudia Oliveira, do IAG, no email oliveira@astro.iag.usp.br ate o 31 de outubro. A selecao sera feita atraves de prova, apreciacao do curriculo e entrevista. =================================================== 5. FELLOWSHIP IN OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION (comunicado por Claudia Mendes de Oliveira) Our instrumentation projects typically require a wide range of talents. We are primarily interested in students in engineering (electronic hardware and software, mechanical, optical) but we also take students in astronomy or physics with a keen interest in instrumentation. The course work is done at University of Victoria (Engineering or Astronomy/Physics Departments) and the research for the thesis is done at HIA (or at HIA and UVic). Typically the student ends up spending most of the first year on course work, but nevertheless we like to start them on a research project right away. We are currently working on several exciting instrumentation projects, for Gemini and for TMT. All these projects are currently at the design stage, and will be so for the next few years. However, UVic is developing an adaptive optics lab to support TMT instrument development, so hands-on projects are also possible in the short term. The actual research project will of course depend on the field of the student. Possible areas of research include: design, tolerancing and packaging of complex opto-mechanical systems; modeling and performance assessment of adaptive optics systems; development of new control algorithms for adaptive optics systems; definition of real-time control architectures; and many others. Our students are fully integrated in the instrument group and are supervised by a senior member of the group. We strongly prefer students who have the ability to work independently and to take on responsibility for an assigned project. For more information, contact Claudia at oliveira@astro.iag.usp.br **************************************************************************