OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA
Via Brera 28
Milan, 20121
Italy
E-mail Inquiries: gtagliaf@merate.mi.astro.it
Tel: +39-039-9991127 Fax: +39-039-9991160
campana@merate.mi.astro.it
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Attention: Guido Chincarini, Director
We invite applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in High Energy
Astrophysics at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB), starting early
2000. The fellowship is funded by the Italian Ministry of Research as part
of a national project, in collaboration with other Italian institutions.
The duration of the fellowship is of one year (renewable for another one).
The position is intended to exploit the scientific potential of the
Brera Multi-scale Wavelet (BMW) catalog of ROSAT HRI sources.
Applicants should have research interests and experience high energy
astrophysics.
It would be desirable to have experties in the following areas:
- analysis of X-ray data
- databases and managment of large datasets
- detection algorithms
The succesful applicant will join the high energy group at OAB.
She/He will be expected both to pursue a vigorous independent research
program in the aforementioned
fields - and collaborate with the local staff on on-going and new projects.
Interaction with researchers from other partners in the collaboration
on the above topics will also be encouraged.
The gross salary is Lit 30-40 million per year depending on the experience
of the successful candidate.
The OAB houses one of the most active high energy groups in Italy, directly involved in the new NASA MIDEX satellite called SWIFT, dedicated to gamma-ray bursts, as well as in other missions such as PANORAM-X, JET-X and Constellation-X. Together with this, OAB host a very active group working on innovative detection algorithms for X-ray astronomy, based on the wavelet transform, which made possible the creation of the BMW ROSAT HRI source catalog.
Interested individuals should send a Curriculum Vitae, list of publications
(copy of the PhD thesis) and a statement of research interests to the above
address. They should also arrange to have up to three letters of reference
sent directly to the same address (e-mail letters will be accepted at the
e-mail addresses given below).
Applications mailed before XX XX 2000 will be given full consideration.
Please quote reference "Cofin40 - High energy astrophysics Fellowship"
on all correspondence.