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<div>We would appreciate it if you could circulate the following PhD project opportunity to any <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(currently only domestic) </span>students who may be interested.</div>
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<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ARC Future Fellow</span></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">University of Newcastle</span></font></div>
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<a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/dSIGC91WPRTRw4z0wuofgFqzekR?domain=newcastle.edu.au" style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Remote Sensing of Coronal
Mass Ejection Magnetic Fields from the Sun for Space Weather Forecasting</a></font><font size="4"><br>
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Applications close 3 November 2024</font><br>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">This is an opportunity to model remote sensing techniques for coronal mass ejection (CME) magnetic fields from the Sun through the heliosphere and contribute to advancing solar physics and space weather forecasting in this cutting-edge
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<div><span style="font-size: 14px;">The successful candidate will work towards advancing one of the pressing problems in a space-faring society: understanding the propagation of the Sun’s radiation and magnetic field through the heliosphere.</span></div>
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The goal of this project is to enhance remote sensing capabilities for measuring the speed and magnetic field characteristics of CMEs originating from the Sun. The focus is on advancing methods to determine the magnetic field strength and orientation of CMEs.
We aim to develop innovative remote sensing capabilities to exploit a range of observations to constrain the propagation speed, magnetic field strength and orientation of CMEs: (i) Interplanetary Scintillation observations, (ii) gyrosynchrotron radiation from
the Sun, and (iii) Faraday rotation effects on light from distant sources observed in radio observations from archive Murchison Wide-field Array data. A key component of understanding the signal is modelling the CMEs and observations. Ultimately, the enhanced
capabilities will contribute to a deeper understanding of CMEs, enabling more precise forecasting of their arrival times and potential impact on Earth’s space environment.</span></div>
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The successful candidate will:</span>
<div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• have the opportunity to join the dynamic and growing Centre for Space Physics at the University of Newcastle as well as</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• contribute to solving this important science problem developing both state-of-the-art simulations, and observations from the Murchison Widefield Array and (when
available) the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• share their research with the international astrophysics community via conferences, meetings, and peer-reviewed publications</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>• benefit from mentorship and guidance from academics at the University, including Dr. Hannah Schunker, Prof. David Pontin as well as from external institutes such
as Dr. John Morgan (CSIRO).</span></div>
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<div><b style="font-size: 14px;">PhD Scholarship details</b></div>
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</b>Funding: $36,000 per annum (2024 rate) indexed annually. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 14px;">For a PhD candidate, the living allowance scholarship is for 3.5 years and the tuition fee scholarship is for four years. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Scholarships also include up to $1,500 relocation allowance.</span></div>
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<div><b style="font-size: 14px;">Eligibility Criteria</b></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 14px;">We are looking for a motivated, independent student with a 1st class Honours (or expected) degree or equivalent. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Experience in modelling and coding would be an advantage.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 14px;">This opportunity is currently only open to domestic students.<br>
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<div><b style="font-size: 14px;">Application Procedure</b></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 14px;">In the email expressing your interest, please send the documents (academic transcripts, CV, statement of research interests, proposal linking you to the field of research - describing what you can bring to the project) as
ONE pdf file attachment with YOUR surname as the filename e.g. Schunker.pdf</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>Please send the email expressing interest to hannah.schunker@newcastle.edu.au by 5pm on 03 November 2024.</b><br>
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