PhD students in Space Physics The positions are related to studies of space plasmas - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) is a government agency that conducts research and postgraduate education in space physics, atmospheric physics and space technology. Many of IRF's projects are run as large international projects in collaboration with other research institutes and space agencies. IRF has about one hundred employees and offices in Kiruna (headquarters), Umeå, Uppsala and Lund. For more information about IRF: www.irf.se

Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala, Sweden is looking for PhD students in Space Physics. The positions are related to studies of space plasmas

Applications are invited for PhD students to study kinetic plasma processes operating in space plasma regions of fundamental importance, such as magnetic reconnection sites, shocks, and turbulence regions. Such processes operate in most astrophysical plasma environments leading to plasma heating and production of energetic particles. In particular, we are looking for students to study particle acceleration and plasma heating at fronts of plasma jets and at shocks. The new PhD student will work directly with state-of-the-art experimental data from the NASA multi-spacecraft Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) mission.

The positions are available at the Uppsala office at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), located at the Ångström Laboratory in Uppsala, Sweden, starting at the latest in the second half of 2019 for a total duration of four years. The PhD students will belong to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Uppsala University and must therefore fulfill the university requirements. Information on the research education is available at http://www.physics.uu.se and http://www.teknat.uu.se. Information on research at IRF Uppsala can be found at http://www.irfu.se. The Swedish National Space Agency and Swedish Research Council fund the positions.

For further information please contact:
Assoc. Prof. Yuri Khotyaintsev, e-mail: yuri@irfu.se

Trade union representative:
Thomas Leyser, SACO-S, thomas.leyser@irfu.se
Ashkan Ekhtiari, ST, e-post: ashkan@irf.se +46-980-790 78

Applications should include a CV, a short (one-page) letter stating research interests and relevant experience, copies of academic transcripts, completed theses or manuscripts and other relevant publications, and contact information for two professional references.

Applications should be submitted, preferably by email, to: registrator@irf.se

or by post to:

Swedish Institute of Space Physics,
Registrar,
Box 812,
SE-981 28 Kiruna, Sweden

Deadline for receiving applications is 20 May 2019. Please quote reference number: 2.2.1-126/19

If your application is sent by e-mail you should get a confirmation that we have received it. If you do not get the confirmation within three days, please contact the registrar: +46-980-790 00.