Postdoc Research Associate Activity on Sun and Solar-like Stars

id="offer-description" class="ecl-u-type-heading-2 ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l">Offer Description Full-time 3-year fixed term position, located in the School of Physics, Camperdown Campus . Research opportunity in solar and stellar astrophysics . Base Salary Level A $117,936 - $125,896 + 17% superannuation . About the opportunity . The Postdoctoral Research Associate in Activity on the Sun and Solar-like stars will use theory, data analysis, and computation to improve our understanding of solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and their counterparts on solar-like stars. Flares and CMEs are the most energetic events in the solar system and are drivers for space weather events which directly affect the Earth. This project will involve developing new and improving existing methods of modelling and analysis of solar active regions, the source regions for flares and CMEs, and applying the results also to stellar flares. The work will involve collaboration with domestic and international researchers. Your key responsibilities will be to: . work closely with Professor Michael Wheatland on all aspects of the project. perform data analysis with a range of solar data, and develop theory and computational methods for understanding and modelling flare and CME activity. collaborate with other researchers at the University of Sydney and elsewhere, and assist students in research projects. undertake domestic and international travel to meet the goals of the project. publish results in