From john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au Mon May 4 21:01:41 2015 From: john.obyrne at sydney.edu.au (John O'Byrne) Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 21:01:41 +1000 Subject: [ASA] University of Sydney Postdoctoral Fellowship Schemes Message-ID: <538F7888-F21C-4F1E-82DC-AFFFAAF87F09@sydney.edu.au> Please circulate this advertisement to any prospective postdocs who may be interested in these positions. Note especially the Professor Harry Messel Research Fellowship that is reserved for a female candidate. Having trouble viewing this email? View an online version. POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP SCHEMES 4 MAY 2015 <> APPLICATIONS OPEN: POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP SCHEMES Expressions of interest are now open for outstanding researchers within 1-6 years of the award of their PhD to undertake research in the School of Physics at The University of Sydney. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for Women The prestigious Professor Harry Messel Research Fellowship was established in 1980 from a donation to the School of Physics by Cecil and Ida Green. The School of Physics has obtained an exemption order from the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board to recruit a female candidate to the Professor Harry Messel Research Fellowship. Successful applicants can hold this Fellowship on a part-time basis. University of Sydney Postdoctoral Research Fellowships The University of Sydney Postdoctoral Fellowships were established in 1996 to support excellence in full-time research undertaken in the University. The Fellowships are highly competitive internationally in line with equivalent externally funded fellowships. They are intended to support early career researchers. Applicants must have an outstanding track record relative to opportunity in order to be short-listed. Application Process and Deadlines Submit a completed Expression of Interest (EoI) form to research_admin at physics.usyd.edu.au by COB Friday 15 May. This form covers both fellowship schemes. All complete EoIs will be reviewed and ranked by the School?s Research Strategy Committee during 18?25 May and recommendations made to the Head of School. Selected applicants will receive an email confirmation with further instructions by approximately Friday 29 May. Selected applicants can proceed to a full online application accordingly. Full online application submitted by Monday 29 June. Enquiries can be directed to Professor Geraint Lewis, Associate Head (Research), at research_admin at physics.usyd.edu.au . Career interruption Candidates who were awarded their PhD after 1 January 2007 and have had a period of significant career interruption for carer duties or periods of casual employment can ask to have their eligibility considered. 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The Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics has been organized by the Instituto de Astrof?sica de Canarias (http://www.iac.es/index.php?lang=en) every year since 1989. The XXVII IAC Winter School of Astrophysics will be held in the UNESCO world heritage city of San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain) from November 9 to November 20, 2015. The school is addressed to post-graduate students in Astrophysics completing their PhD, and also to young post-docs. It is limited to 50 participants, and requires a registration fee of 1100 EUR. The fee covers attending the school plus shared accommodation in a double-room with breakfast for the duration of the school. In addition, the fee covers all social events and an excursion to Teide Observatory (http://www.iac.es/eno.php?op1=3&lang=en). The School with provide several advanced courses in the scientific objectives of High Time Resolution Astrophysics (HTRA), including observations of compact stellar objects (black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs), jets/outflows as well the interaction between highly relativistic plasma and strong magnetic fields and the relevant physical processes and emission mechanisms operating on very short timescales. The School has a strong multi-wavelength approach, covering radio, optical, X-ray and Gamma-ray wavelengths as well as HTRA instrumentation. We want to provide the next generation of researchers with the tools of HTRA that will become a standard in future research in astrophysics. A number of leading experts on HTRA from different areas and wavelengths will lecture on the following topics: 1 - Radiation Processes and models by Dr. Julian Malzac (University of Toulouse, France) 2 - Radio observations of pulsars and X-ray binary systems by Dr. Andrea Possenti (Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari, Itlay) 3 - Optical observations of stellar and non-stellar objects by Dr. Danny Steeghs (University of Warwick, UK) 4 - X-ray observations of X-ray binaries and AGN by Dr. Tomaso Belloni (Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Italy) 5 - Gamma-ray observations of X-ray binaries by Dr. Elizabeth Ferrara (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA) 6 - Timing analysis and statistics by Dr. Simon Vaughan (University of Leicester, UK) 7 - Instrumentation - I by Prof. Phil Charles (University of Southampton, UK) 8 - Instrumentation - II by Prof. Vik Dhillon (University of Sheffield, UK) In order to maximize interactions, lecturers and students will stay in the same hotel (http://www.hotelnivaria.com/). Special poster sessions will be organized for the students that want to present their recent work. Further information on the School can be found on the website: http://www.iac.es/winterschool/2015/ Deadlines: June 15th, 2015 Deadline for both the Registration and Applications. July 1st, 2015 Selected candidates will be informed. The Organizing Committee Dr. Tariq Shahbaz Dr. Jorge Casares Dr. Teodoro Mu?oz Darias Dr. Antonio Aparicio Prof. Rafael Rebolo --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADVERTENCIA: Sobre la privacidad y cumplimiento de la Ley de Protecci?n de Datos, acceda a http://www.iac.es/disclaimer.php WARNING: For more information on privacy and fulfilment of the Law concerning the Protection of Data, consult http://www.iac.es/disclaimer.php?lang=en ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From c.tinney at unsw.edu.au Tue May 5 11:54:31 2015 From: c.tinney at unsw.edu.au (Chris Tinney) Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 01:54:31 +0000 Subject: [ASA] =?utf-8?q?Vice-Chancellor=E2=80=99s_Postdoctoral_Research_F?= =?utf-8?q?ellowships?= Message-ID: <79215911-BF38-4E7F-91B5-B98FA3832A13@unsw.edu.au> Please circulate this advertisement to any prospective postdocs who may be interested in these positions. UNSW invites applications for Vice-Chancellor?s Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in 2016, to be awarded to early career researchers of exceptional calibre wishing to conduct full-time research at UNSW. These prestigious Fellowships can be held for a period of up to 3 years, and include a generous research support budget. Applicants must have an outstanding track record relative to opportunity in order to be short-listed. More details on these Fellowships, and the application process, is contained in the attached document and at https://research.unsw.edu.au/vice-chancellor?s-postdoctoral-research-fellowships. Astronomers or astrophysicists interested in applying should contact a relevant member of the Astrophysics faculty at UNSW to identify a mentor, and should then need to contact the Head of School to register an expression of interest, with an application being required by July 3, 2015. ___________________________________________________________ Professor Chris Tinney | Associate Dean (Research), UNSW Science ARC Discovery Outstanding Researcher, School of Physics, UNSW Exoplanetary Science at UNSW, http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~cgt c.tinney at unsw.edu.au, +61 2 9385 5168, 131 Old Main Building -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Please inform us if you do not wish to present a poster. Please remember that the 22nd of May is the Earlybird registration deadline. Before this deadline, you are able to: 1. Register for the conference at the reduced rate. 2. Submit a poster presentation. 3. Register for the Harley Wood School for Astronomy on Rottnest Island. Also note that the ASA is able to offer some funding support for students attending the HWSA. We would like to thank all contributors, as we believe we now have an exciting program to look forward to in Fremantle in July - hope to see you there! Andrew Walsh and Cath Trott on behalf of the ASA ASM 2015 SOC -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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His department and lab were badly damaged by the earthquake: he needs help from the worldwide astronomy community to replace his equipment and to keep astronomy research going in Nepal. regards, Bryan Gaensler > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Binil Aryal > Subject: Humble Request From Binil, Kathamdu, Nepal > Date: 6 May 2015 03:00:24 GMT-4 > > Dear friends, > > I am Binil, actively working Astrophysicists of Nepal. Right now I am Head of my the Central Department of Physics. If you remember, me and my students had put lots of efforts to make Kathmandu Black Hole Conference successful. > > Personally me and my family is OK, trying to be normal after facing a very strong Earth Quake (my home is almost damaged, my institute is partially cracked/ our computation lab have almost gone). > > My computation lab (particularly for astrophysics group) and solar energy back-up facility at the department have almost gone because of the massive fall of the walls of the building due to Earth Quake. > > I had worked hard to build that computation facility in my department since last 7 years. I supervised more than 90 M.Sc. students in that laboratory for their masters' dissertation and now 18 MSC students are working. In addition, 4 Ph.D. students were working under my supervision in that laboratory. Almost 85% CPUs were crashed because of the fall of the wall/selves/windows in my department. Yesterday we tried hard to check all CPUs, Power Storage Battery, Solar panel, projectors and monitors. Country's situation is very bad. Government can not support research stuff, immediately. We badly need support from friends and wishers. > > I request you to circulate this disaster-news to as many as people in your University so that we can get support to immediate make-up the following (so that research activities in Nepal can not be stopped): > > (1) Few used/old laptops (at least 20 / because we have about 90 graduate students including 18 dissertation and 4 Ph.D. students) > (2) 3KW power Solar Panel + Battery (It will cost about 5000 US Dollar) > (3) 1KW Inverter + Battery (It will cost about 1300 US Dollar) > (3) Two used projectors / Two Cathode Ray Oscilloscopes / Dizital Oscilloscopes > > I can send bank account of my department if you are interested to donate. Your small contribution will be a GREAT for me and my students. If I could not manage support I will be helpless/jobless and can not do more for my students. > > Regards > Binil > > -- > ------------------------------ > Prof. Dr. Binil Aryal > Head > Central Department of Physics > Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, NEPAL > Tel. 00977 9803221911 (mobile) > 00977 14912801 (home) > 00977 14331054 (office) > Web: http://astronepal.webs.com > ------------------------------ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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