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PhD position to work on Active Galactic Nuclei at Universidad Diego Portales (Santiago de Chile)

Centro/Institution: 
Universidad Diego Portales (Santiago de Chile)
Tipo/type: 
Predoctoral
País/Country: 
Chile
Fecha inicio solicitud: 
Vie, 20/12/2019
Fecha límite solicitud: 
Mié, 15/01/2020

Descripción/Description: 

opening two positions in my group at UDP to work on accreting supermassive black holes, one for a postdoc (2 years) and the other one for a PhD student. I would be very grateful if you could pass this email along to any qualified candidates you may know. Details on both positions can be found below.

- A 2-year postdoctoral research position. The candidate is expected to have experience in the study of AGN, and familiarity with X-ray data reduction will be considered an asset. A fraction of time will be available for independent research. Deadline: January 30 2020.
https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/0f0cca1f

- A joint PhD position with the Department of Physics and Astronomy of George Mason University (USA). The student will be expected to spend ~50-60% of her/his time in Chile. Deadline: January 15 2020.
https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/cdb9d153

Santiago hosts a large and vibrant scientific community working on AGN, with ~45 scientists distributed in four universities and three institutes (see https://user.puc.rediris.es/fmlurlsvc/?fewReq=:B:JVUzOD0+My9/NDgnOS9gbTQ5ODM5OC96YG5naH18e2w0O2xrbTE8bzhrPD85Om1sbWhsbzo7am84aDs8Pj8wOTtqPzgwPjxoOC99NDg8Pj8+PD0wPj4veGBtNHFLQ0tAeEdxOTo4PD48JHFLQ0tAeEY4OTo4PD48L3tqeX00amh7e2x7aG9JYG9qaCd8Z2BqaGcnbHovajQ8Ow==&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.agnsantiago.cl ). While at UDP, successful candidates will qualify as members of the Chilean community, and will be eligible for the 10% privileged access to all telescopes in Chile, including ALMA, Gemini South, VLT, Magellan, CTIO, SOAR, La Silla, APEX, and ASTE, as well as to future facilities such as LSST.