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Dr J Oliveira
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Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are the nearest templates for the detailed study of star formation under metal-poor conditions. These galaxies mirror the conditions typical of galaxies during the early phases of their assembly, providing a stepping stone to understand star formation at high redshift where such processes can not be directly observed. Furthermore, they provide the exciting new opportunity of bridging the gap between star formation processes on large galactic-wide scales and on the small scales of individual young
stellar objects.
Dr. Joana Oliveira is an expert on star formation studies in these galaxies. Her research lends itself to observational PhD projects addressing different facets of the star formation process. One is the study of the detailed chemistry of gas, dust and ice in the environments of young massive stars in both Magellanic Clouds. The other makes use of galaxy-wide photometric surveys to constrain the Initial mass function and star formation rates across the whole system in order to link the environmental conditions to the star formation outcomes. A PhD student would have the opportunity to work with data from state of the art facilities like the Herschel and Spitzer Space Telescopes, ESO/VLT, VISTA etc.
stellar objects.
Dr. Joana Oliveira is an expert on star formation studies in these galaxies. Her research lends itself to observational PhD projects addressing different facets of the star formation process. One is the study of the detailed chemistry of gas, dust and ice in the environments of young massive stars in both Magellanic Clouds. The other makes use of galaxy-wide photometric surveys to constrain the Initial mass function and star formation rates across the whole system in order to link the environmental conditions to the star formation outcomes. A PhD student would have the opportunity to work with data from state of the art facilities like the Herschel and Spitzer Space Telescopes, ESO/VLT, VISTA etc.
Funding Notes
This 3-year studentships is available from September 2013 (tuition fees and stipend at Research Council rate). UK & EU nationals qualify for funding (see advert for details).
Candidates must hold at least an upper second-class Bachelors degree or 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, quoting reference EPSAM 2012-4. Full details of the application procedure are available on the Keele website http://www.keele.ac.uk/pgresearch/howtoapply/
Candidates must hold at least an upper second-class Bachelors degree or 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, quoting reference EPSAM 2012-4. Full details of the application procedure are available on the Keele website http://www.keele.ac.uk/pgresearch/howtoapply/
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