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SRONs mission is to bring about breakthroughs in international space research. Therefore the institute develops pioneering technology and advanced space instruments, and uses them to pursue fundamental astrophysical research, Earth science and exoplanetary research. As national expertise institute SRON gives counsel to the Dutch government and coordinates national contributions to international space missions. SRON stimulates the implementation of space science in our society. The Astrophysics Science Group of SRON Utrecht, has a vacancy for a PhD student fm Vacancy number 1363 SRON invites applications for a 4years position Project outline Gaia is not only revolutionary in the determination of parallaxes and proper motions of over 1 billion stars in our Milky Way Galaxy, but it is also a unique experiment in synoptic surveys, where each point in the sky is visited over 70 times in the Gaia mission, and during each visit, a shorttime light curve is obtained at 4.5 sec cadence over about 1 minute in total. Within synoptic surveys this fast regime is virtually unexplored. This position will focus on using this unique angle in combination with other NL opticalNIR facilities in particular BlackGEM, ESO, and the ING telescopes on La Palma. Scientifically, using the BlackGEM and perhaps Gaia data as a baseline, the goal is to search for EM signals from stars and stellar remnants spiraling into intermediatemass black holes. This includes EM followup of gravitational wave events detected by LIGOVirgo. The project will be supervised by prof. dr. Jonker SRONRadboud University and cosupervised by dr. E.M. Rossi Leiden University. In addition, this position is in close collaboration with the Gaia Alerts center in Cambridge UK. Requirements Having completed a MSc is astronomy or astrophysics at the start of the PhD project Sept 1, 2018. Capable to work in a team as well as alone using linux andor Mac OS X based machines. Experience in optical data analysis photometry andor spectroscopy is an advantage as is experience with working with large data sets. SRON core competencies Innovative Focused on collaboration Responsibility A global player Flexibility Employment conditions Employment of this fulltime position at SRONUtrecht is by NWOI The Netherlands Foundation of Scientific Research Institutes and will be for a period of 1,5 years with extension until 4 years in total when your performance evaluation after 9 months is adequate. The salary will be in accordance with the salary scales of NWOI starting with 2,246.00 gross per month on a fulltime basis in the first year, to a maximum of 2,879.00 in the fourth year of employment. NWOI has good secondary employment conditions such as An end of year bonus of 8,33 of the gross yearly salary 42 days of vacation leave a year on fulltime basis A holiday allowance of 8 of the gross yearly salary An excellent pension scheme Options for additional personal development Excellent facilities for parental leave For further information For more information regarding this position, contact prof. dr. Peter Jonker via p.jonkersron.nl or 31088.777.5721. More information about SRON can be found at www.sron.nl. Letter of application If you wish to apply you can send a motivation letter with CV and the names and addresses of 2 references incl. phone and email to jobssron.nl. Please state the vacancy number SRON 1363 in the subject of your mail and your application letter. Applications will be accepted until 20 March 2018. In the event of equal suitability, preference will be given to female applicants. SRON Utrecht has the intention to move to Leiden within 4 years. No commercial propositions please.
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