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Post-Doc in Planetary Science at Mullard Space Science Lab, UK - due 7 Oct
UCL Department of Space & Climate Physics
Mullard Space Science Laboratory
Salary: RA1A scale, point 6 (22,289) - point 13 (30,002)
Start date: 1 December 2005, or as soon as possible thereafter.
Location: Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, UK.
The UCL/MSSL Planetary Science Group has a vacancy for a post-doctoral scientist (initially for 2 years) to join our team which is actively engaged in exploiting data from the ongoing Cassini-Huygens mission. We are lead co-investigator group for the electron spectrometer, part of the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer (CAPS) instrument. The successful applicant will be engaged in analysis studies of the Saturnian magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar wind, and with Titan, the rings and icy satellites. He/she will join an active team working on CAPS-ELS science and operations. He/she would most likely participate in collaborations both within and outside of the MSSL group. We would also expect him/her to take the lead in defining and pursuing some of their own research goals. The minimum qualification, which should be obtained before taking up the post, is a Ph.D. in physical sciences, preferably in planetary magnetospheres, space plasma physics or a related area. Experience in space plasmas data analysis in general, or planetary magnetospheric physics in particular, is desirable.
MSSL is a multi-disciplinary laboratory, with a long track record in the design, build, operation and exploitation of space and astrophysics instrumentation. As well as Cassini-Huygens, we have provided or had involvement with charged particle instrumentation for Giotto, Mars Express, Venus Express, Cluster, Double Star, Polar, CRRES, AMPTE and GEOS. The successful applicant will also be able to get involved in scientific studies leading to prospective MSSL involvement in future missions.
Further information about MSSL in general can be obtained at http://www.mssl.ucl.ac.uk, while questions regarding this opportunity in particular should be addressed to Dr. Andrew Coates (ajc@mssl.ucl.ac.uk). Applicants should provide a CV and an up-to-date publication list, together with a brief description of both their research experience and future research aspirations. They should also supply the names and email addresses of 3 professional referees. These documents should be sent to:
Mrs E.A. Daghorn (ead@mssl.ucl.ac.uk),
University College London
Department of Space & Climate Phyiscs
Mullard Space Science Laboratory,
Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking,
Surrey, RH5 6NT.
Closing date for applications is 7th October 2005.
-- Revised 04 Oct 2005 by emery@ucar.edu
