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2 PhD studentships

We are looking for 2 PhD students to work on the SHYNE project

1) Convection in stars: developing synergy between 1D and 3D models:

One PhD project will focus on convection in stars. The successful candidate will analyse results of 3D simulations using both numerical and theoretical frameworks in order to establish new prescriptions for convective boundary mixing to be used in 1D models. She/he will learn key computing skills and be exposed to the industry, which will give her/him a strong skills set for both an academic and an industrial career.

This 4-year studentship is available from September 2013 (start date flexible) for UK/EU students only.   Candidates must hold at least a first-class Bachelors degree or an appropriate Masters qualification in a physics related subject or its equivalent. In order to be considered for a studentship you must complete an application form for PhD study, please indicate ERC-SHYNE studentship ref EPSAM 2012-2.

2) Life and death of stars

This PhD project will focus on calculating grids of stellar evolution models in order to determine the properties and fate of massive and intermediate-mass stars. The successful candidate will model the evolution of massive stars from birth till death using state-of-the-art 1D stellar evolution codes while studying the effects of rotation, magnetic fields and improved treatment of convective boundary mixing. In particular, the candidate will calculate progenitor models of core-collapse supernovae and more exotic explosions (gamma-ray bursts, electron-capture supernovae and pair-creation supernovae). She/he will learn key computing skills and be exposed to the industry, which will give her/him a strong skills set for both an academic and an industrial career.

This 4-year studentship is available to UK/EU students only.  Candidates must hold at least a first-class Bachelors degree or an appropriate Masters qualification in a physics related subject or its equivalent. In order to be considered for a studentship you must complete an application form for PhD study, please indicate ERC-SHYNE studentship ref EPSAM 2012-3

Details of the application procedure for study are on the Keele website http://www.keele.ac.uk/pgresearch/howtoapply/ .

For enquiries about the project, contact epsam.enquiries@keele.ac.uk.

For informal enquiries, contact Dr Hirschi by email: r.hirschi@epsam.keele.ac.uk.