******************************************************************* BOLETIM ELETRÔNICO SAB N. 427 - 18/06/2008 ******************************************************************* SEÇÃO: OPORTUNIDADES - EVENTOS - NOTÍCIAS Responsável: Vera Ap.F. Martin (vmartin1963@gmail.com) ******************************************************************* 1. BOLSA INTERNACIONAL NEWTON 2. I ESCOLA DE FÍSICA DA UFABC 3. LNA EM DIA - SEGUNDO NÚMERO 4. PhD GRANTS FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS 5. INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ASTRONOMERS SCHOOL ON COROT ASTROPHYSICS 6. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW IN EXOPLANET SEARCH 7. POSTDOC AT UOFA TO WORK ON KECK-I ASTRA PROJECT 8. POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AT THE LESIA ******************************************************************* 1. BOLSA INTERNACIONAL NEWTON (comunicado por Eduardo S. Cypriano) O Reino Unido lancou recentemente uma linha de financiamento para atrair pos-doutores de fora do pais: http://www.newtonfellowships.org/ As bolsas sao por dois anos e os agraciados que resolverem se manter no pais receberao um "grant" de seis mil libras por anos, por um periodo de dez anos. A data limite para as aplicacoes e' 4 de Agosto. =================================================================== 2. I ESCOLA DE FÍSICA DA UFABC (comunicado por German Lugones) I ESCOLA DE FÍSICA DA UFABC 2 a 5 de setembro de 2008 Santo André, SP Estão abertas, até 15 de agosto, as inscrições para a I Escola de Física promovida pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Física da Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Maiores informações e inscrições através do site: http://escolafisica-ufabc.blogspot.com/ Serão abordados temas contemporâneos de diversas linhas de pesquisa em Física da UFABC. MINI-CURSOS - Transições de Fase, Silvio Salinas (USP/UFABC) - Transporte Eletrônico em Sistemas Nanoscópicos, Caio Lewenkopf (UERJ) - Tópicos em Relatividade Geral e Cosmologia, George Matsas (IFT-UNESP) - Buracos Negros e Ondas Gravitacionais, Alberto Saa (UNICAMP/UFABC) PALESTRAS - Rabiscando a Eletrônica com o Grafeno, Adalberto Fazzio (USP/UFABC) - O Maior Laboratório da Terra, Eduardo Gregores (UFABC) - A Fronteira da Física no LHC, Gustavo A. Burdman (USP) - Estrelas de Nêutrons: um laboratório de física sob condições extremas, Germán Lugones (UFABC) - O Lado Escuro do Universo, Martin Makler (CBPF) - Biópsia Óptica e Biofotônica: tendências tecnológicas para a Medicina no século XXI, Herculano Martinho (UFABC) - Estudo experimental de Emaranhamento com Fótons Gêmeos, Stephen P. Walborn (UFRJ) - Aprisionamento de Átomos, Reinaldo Cavasso (UFABC) - Título a ser anunciado, Marcos C. Oliveira (UNICAMP) - Raios cósmicos de Ultra-alta Energia, Marcelo A. Leigui de Oliveira (UFABC) - Apresentação Especial - Show da Física, Fuad Daher Saad (USP) SEÇÃO DE POSTERS Estudantes de graduação, pós-graduação e pós-docs terão oportunidade de apresentar seus trabalhos de pesquisa em forma de pôster. AUXÍLIO FINANCEIRO A organização do evento poderá fornecer auxílio financeiro (parcial ou total) para cobrir gastos com hospedagem e transporte a um número limitado de participantes de fora da Grande São Paulo. Terão prioridade a este auxílio aqueles estudantes que apresentarem trabalhos (posters) durante a escola. I Escola de Física Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC) Web: http://escolafisica-ufabc.blogspot.com/ E-mail: escola@fisica-ufabc.net Telefones: (11) 4437-8471 ou (11) 4437-8478 ====================================================================== 3. LNA EM DIA - SEGUNDO NÚMERO (comunicado pela equipe editorial do LNA em Dia) O LNA em Dia, a revista eletrônica do Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica, chega ao segundo número. A equipe editorial aproveita a oportunidade para reiterar o convite à comunidade astronômica para contribuir com o LNA em Dia, enviando notícias relacionadas às áreas de atuação do LNA assim como resultados científicos relevantes obtidos com dados de telescópios gerenciados pelo LNA. Acesse o site: http://www.lna.br/lna/LNA_em_dia/LNA_em_dia.html ====================================================================== 4. PhD GRANTS FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS (comunicado por Leo Girardi) The University of Padova, Italy, sponsored by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, will offer n. 15 fully funded grants for foreign (non-Italian) graduate students starting doctoral courses in January 2009. The grants include all University and Department fees, full board at the University accomodation, and provide an additional personal scholarship of 10.561,54 euro per year for a total of 3 years. Applicants should have a strong academic background and must have completed a second-level (Master) degree course on a relevant topic at a non-Italian academic institution. English language skills are also essential, though applicants will be able to take advantage of the language courses provided by the University. Doctoral courses will start on 2nd January 2009 and end on 31st December 2011. All the details about grants, call for application and application form are available in http://www.unipd.it/en/doctorates/grants.htm . The list of the possible PhD projects proposed by the Doctoral School in Astronomy is available in http://dipastro.pd.astro.it/dottorandi/phdprojects.html . The supervisors can be contacted for further information. Deadline: 4th September 2008 ==================================================================== 5. INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ASTRONOMERS SCHOOL ON COROT ASTROPHYSICS (comunicado por Marcelo Borges) "International Young Astronomers School on CoRoT Astrophysics" : THE STAR AND ITS PLANETARY SYSTEM IN THE WAKE OF COROT ADVANCES (October 6-10, 2008 - Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France) PUBLIC : PhD Students, Post-Doc and Young Scientists Organized by Île-de-France Doctorate School in Astronomy and Astrophysics http://ecole-doctorale.obspm.fr/rubrique163.html ================================================================= 6. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW IN EXOPLANET SEARCH (comunicado por Marcelo Borges) CoRoT is the first instrument to find extrasolar planets by the transit method from space. Presently, CoRoT has found 4 planets and one Brown Dwarfs. More will come soon with a detailed analysis of the 30,000light curves already processed and the 24,000 LCs that are presently in the pipeline. We are searching for a fellow who would participate actively to the detection activity and the research program of CoRoT, including interpreting and publishing the results. See the file attached below and the AAS web site: http://members.aas.org/JobReg/JobDetailPage.cfm?JobID=24697 The closing date for receipt of applications: 07/31/2008 ============================================================== 7. POSTDOC AT UOFA TO WORK ON KECK-I ASTRA PROJECT (comunciado por Marcelo Borges) Applications are invited for a postdoctoral scholar position in the Department of Astronomy/Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona. The successful applicant will collaborate with Josh Eisner on projects in near-infrared interferometry, in particular involving the ASTRA project. The appointment is for two years, with an expected start date in September 2008, in the salary range of $40,000-45,000. ASTRA is an ongoing program of upgrades to the Keck Interferometer that has recently enabled high-dispersion interferometric spectroscopy and will soon provide enhancements in sensitivity of several orders of magnitude as well as an astrometric capability. The postdoctoral position will entail the design of scientific programs for ASTRA, interaction with the ASTRA instrument team, and participation in implementation. The successful applicant would have the opportunity to spend some fraction of their time at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, potentially including extended stays to take a leadership role in specific implementation efforts. Applicants should possess experience with high angular resolution observations and interest in astronomical questions requiring milliarcsecond angular resolution and/or astromeric accuracies of tens of microarcseconds. Experience with instrumentation would be a plus, but is not a prerequisite. Candidates should have obtained, by the starting date, a Ph.D. in astronomy, physics or equivalent. To apply, please submit your information online (required fields only) at: www.hr.arizona.edu and reference job #40930. In addition, send your resume, list of publications, statement of research and arrange for three letters of reference to be sent by 7/31/08 to Sharon Jones. Electronic submission of application materials and letters is preferred. Sharon Jones Director's Office Steward Observatory 933 N. Cherry Avenue Tucson, AZ 85721 OR sjones@as.arizona.edu The University of Arizona is an AA/EEO/ADA employer -M/W/D/V. ============================================================= 8. POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AT THE LESIA (comunicado por Marcelo Borges e Gabriel Rodrigues Hickel) Postdoctoral position at the Laboratoire d'Etude Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique (LESIA), Observatoire de Paris- Meudon, Meudon, France The LESIA is opening a postdoc position in the context of exoplanet direct imaging and coronagraphy. This position is funded by Europe (FP7) in the framework of the EPICS project. The main activity of LESIA in the field of coronagraphy articulates around the concept of the Four Quadrant Phase Mask formerly proposed in 2000. This coronagraph was intensively studied in the lab and is now part of very challenging projects like SPHERE (Spectro Polarimetric High contrast Exoplanet REsearch) at the Very Large Telescope and MIRI on the James Webb Space Telescope. For SPHERE upgrades, EPICS (the Exoplanet Camera for the European Extremely Large Telescope), and a space-based project named SEE-COAST (Super Earth Explorer-Coronagraphic Off Axis Space Telescope), we are considering other achromatic versions of which some are developed at LESIA. The main purpose of the postdoc work is to contribute to the development of these coronagraphs (and possibly others in collaboration with other institutes) to obtain specifications for prototypes and perform lab tests. This would require some simulation work to optimize the designs. The EPICS phase A is providing us with a substantial funding to take care of this activity. The applicant could be also involved at a lower extent in the simulation activity with the objective to obtain performance estimation for EPICS in parallel with other teams. Finally, he or she could take part of other projects ongoing at LESIA and focused towards the direct detection of extrasolar planets. Candidates should have a PhD in astronomy or in a related field. They should have experience in High Angular Resolution, ideally in stellar coronagraphy, and should be able to perform numerical instrumental simulations (IDL or other equivalent language). The postdoc should start before Fall 2008. The net salary is about 2000 euros/month and for a duration of 12 months (with a possible extension of 6 months). Interested candidates should submit a CV, a list of publications, and a description of current researches together with reference letters to : Anthony Boccaletti (anthony.boccaletti@obspm.fr) and/or Pierre Baudoz (pierre.baudoz@obspm.fr) Applications should be received by July 15th, 2008. **********************************************************************