1-2 Positions as Postdoctoral Research Fellow available at the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics.

The fellowship period is 3 years. Within the framework of the position duties may be assigned. Starting date after 01.11.2017. No one can be appointed for more than one specified period at the same institution meaning that people that have had a previous postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Oslo are not eligible for the position.

Job description/ Project description:

The postdoctoral fellowship is connected to the Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics (RoCS) funded by the Research Council of Norway and the University of Oslo from November 1st, 2017. The primary goal of RoCS 10-year effort lies in understanding the workings of the energetic Sun. To attack this goal a concerted effort of numerical modelling, both fluid (extended MHD) and particle oriented, will be combined with high quality observations taken at ground based and space based observatories to produce models of the active Sun. The Solar group at the ITA is presently led by Mats Carlsson, who will also become leader of RoCS. The group has an internationally leading competence in radiative transfer and radiative hydrodynamics. Observationally, the group has access to the Swedish 1-meter Solar Telescope on La Palma, to ALMA, to several space based satellites such as NASA’s IRIS and SDO, JAXA’s Hinode and in the near future ESA’s Solar Orbiter. The group utilizes strongly local and national High-Performance Computing facilities. With the RoCS centre of excellence, the Solar group will expand significantly.

Qualifications:

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has a strategic ambition of being a leading research faculty. Candidates for these fellowships will be selected in accordance with this, and expected to be in the upper segment of their class with respect to academic credentials.

The candidate must have a PhD or other corresponding education equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral degree in astronomy/astrophysics or a related discipline. We seek a candidate with a background preferably in solar or stellar physics, who has experience with numerical simulations and/or the analysis of observations incl. the handling of large data sets. Experience in non-LTE radiative transfer, hydrodynamic and/or radiation hydrodynamics and/or particle oriented modeling is welcomed. The candidate will have to program in Fortran90 and IDL/Python. Programming skills are therefore an essential requirement.

A good command of written and spoken English is required.

The main purpose of post-doctoral research fellowships is to qualify researchers for work in top academic positions within their disciplines.

Please also refer to the regulations pertaining to the conditions of employment for post-doctoral fellowship positions:

http://www.uio.no/english/about/regulations/personnel/academic/regulations-employment-conditions-postdoc.html

Salary:

Position code 1352, Salary: NOK 486 100 – 569 000 per year, depending on qualifications and seniority.

The application must include:

• Application letter
• Project description of how the applicant envisions to carry out research within the Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics
• CV (summarizing education, positions, pedagogical experience, administrative experience and other qualifying activity)
• Copies of educational certificates and transcript of records
• A complete list of publications and up to 5 academic works that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee
• Names and contact details of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number)

Please remember that all documents should be in English or a Scandinavian language.

In accordance with the University of Oslo’s equal opportunities policy, we invite applications from all interested individuals regardless of gender or ethnicity.

UiO has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results a.o.

For further information please contact:

Professor Mats Carlsson, telephone +47-99032357, email mats.carlsson@astro.uio.no

For further question regarding the application process please contact: HR Officer Ørjan Pretorius, phone +47 22 85 63 49, e-mail: orjan.pretorius@mn.uio.no