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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Southern Queensland is seeking applications for two fully-funded scholarship PhD positions, to begin between 2025 November and 2026 March (flexible). The stipend
totals $38,000 AUD per year for 3 years, plus an allowance for computing and travel. Details on the research interests in our Centre can be found at
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Australia’s University of Southern Queensland is a
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Young University Rankings</a></u></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> multi-campus institution with a dedicated
</span><span style="color: blue; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/BD8XCNLJyQUjmP2GPfjiGsyxsYA?domain=unisq.edu.au" target="_blank" id="OWA49d94981-f38d-0fb0-7a8d-62af71efd347" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.unisq.edu.au/research/institutes-centres/iaess/centre-for-astrophysics" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" data-outlook-id="3a39c9a0-26ac-4e0e-add9-ab159d4f36c4" style="color: blue; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Centre
for Astrophysics</a></u></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> within the
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for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences</a></u></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For this special call, funding is provided through
</span><span style="color: blue; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/tR03CP7LAXf3EN7kNC6tQsx-FTN?domain=unisq.edu.au" id="OWA263c4eb6-7fbf-4fd5-b710-bf01810e7cb2" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="5" data-outlook-id="85a9b4d5-f831-4f85-9146-b4e1164031de" style="color: blue; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dr
Gang Li’s DECRA award</a></u></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> from the Australian Research Council, and the University of Southern Queensland. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The two available projects will be jointly supervised by
</span><span style="color: blue; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/vUqJCQnMBZfojl5ylfAujsGYEHi?domain=ligangasteroseismic.github.io" id="OWA92a56ec8-dccc-3f16-b467-b517bd317eaf" class="OWAAutoLink" data-outlook-id="41500b4e-eedc-4cfe-b828-006bb4328764" style="color: blue; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dr
Gang Li</a></u></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> and </span>
<span style="color: blue; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u><a href="https://url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/VSaECROND2u5q0Az0SQCOs1SyhB?domain=simonjmurphy.github.io/" id="OWA146694fa-8463-0080-cf55-43db10145f28" class="OWAAutoLink" data-outlook-id="9c1f3c99-7a26-4d5c-8c85-fabcdbe644de" style="color: blue; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A./Prof
Simon Murphy</a></u></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. Students will be expected to work on the pulsations of intermediate-mass stars and their use in improving age estimates for both star clusters and field stars. The roles will
focus on the analysis of public data sets from space telescopes, and there will also be opportunities to plan and analyse astrophysical observations.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Interested candidates should send
<b>a CV and contact details for one reference</b> to A./Prof Simon Murphy (</span><span style="color: blue; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><u><a href="mailto:simon.murphy@unisq.edu.au" id="OWA2a511814-19e2-c52b-059c-54bec52c6aff" class="OWAAutoLink" data-linkindex="6" data-outlook-id="1ccfe1cb-1089-46b3-84d6-ab60f85bec38" style="color: blue; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">simon.murphy@unisq.edu.au</a></u></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">) by September
3rd for full consideration. UniSQ is committed to enhancing diversity in astrophysics, and we particularly welcome applications from women and traditionally under-represented groups. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Enquiries about the research in the Centre for Astrophysics can be directed to
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>A/Prof. Simon J. Murphy</b> | ARC Future Fellow</span></div>
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