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**Fixed term for 3 years** Reporting to Associate Professor James Bryson, the post holder will be a member of the Planetary Magnetism research group with the responsibility of carrying out research for as part of the UKRI Frontier Research Guarantee grant entitled MMESSH (Utilising Meteorite Magnetism to Elucidate Early Solar System History). The post holder will provide guidance to less experienced members of the research group, including postdocs, research assistants, technicians, and PhD and Masters project students if required. The post holder will build numerical models that incorporate several recent breakthroughs in our understanding of the dynamics of gas, dust, and solids in protoplanetary disks. These include: pressure maxima and barriers in disks; the temporal evolution of these features and of disk dynamics; natural variations in dynamic parameters as functions of space and time. The model will be built in collaboration with researchers at the University of Chicago and MIT. The post holder will work with researchers at these institutes to create the models. The postholder will manage and conduct research and administrative duties regarding disk modelling as part of the MMESSH grant. They will write, optimise, and utilise the models required to access the necessary predictions and work with collaborators at the University of Chicago and MIT to build the required models. They will also write and publish any relevant scientific research papers on modelling disk dynamics and the magnetic field in the protoplanetary disk and will act as a source of information and advice to other group members on scientific protocols and modelling approach as necessary. **About you** You will hold, or be close to completion of (i.e., submitted thesis at the time an offer is made), a relevant PhD/DPhil, together with relevant experience. This experience should include some aspect of protoplanetary disk modelling and/or modelling planet building and/or modelling planetesimal formation. You will possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to work within established research programmes. You will have the ability and desire to incorporate the results of laboratory measurements into models and work alongside experimentalists, and have the ability to manage your own academic research and associated activities in a productive and independent manner. You must have excellent communication skills including the ability to write for publication, present research proposals and results, and represent the research group at meetings. You will also ideally have experience in numerical models of disk dynamics and modelling streaming instability/pebble accretion. You will also ideally have experience of independent explicit management of a discrete area of a research project and actively collaborating in the development of research articles for publication. For further details of the role please see the job description. The deadline for applications is **midday on 27 October 2023** You will be required to upload a CV and a Supporting Statement as part of your application. **Please do not attach any manuscripts, papers, transcripts, mark sheets or certificates as these will not be considered as part of your application.** Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and ethnic minority candidates, who are under-represented in research posts in the Department.
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The University of Oxford Department of Earth Sciences EARTHSCIENCES Job Description and Selection Criteria Job title Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Modelling Dynamics in the Protoplanetary Disk Division MPLS Department Earth Sciences Location South Parks Road, Oxford Grade and salary Grade 7 (£37,099 – £38,205 per annum) Hours Full time Contract type Fixed-term for 3 years Reporting to Dr James Bryson Vacancy reference 165530 Additional information The post is able to start from March 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter Research topic Modelling the Dynamics of the Protoplanetary Disk to Elucidate Planet Building Principal Investigator / supervisor Associate Professor James Bryson Project team Planetary Magnetism Funding partner The funds supporting this research project are provided by UKRI as part of the Frontier Research Guarantee scheme. Recent publications DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731491 Job description Overview of the role Reporting to Associate Professor James Bryson. The post holder will be a member of the Planetary Magnetism research group with the responsibility of carrying out research as part of the UKRI Frontier Research Guarantee grant entitled MMESSH (Utilising Meteorite Magnetism to Elucidate Early Solar System History). The post holder will provide guidance to less experienced members of the research group, including postdocs, research assistants, and PhD and Masters project students as required. The post holder will build numerical models that incorporate several recent breakthroughs in our understanding of the dynamics of gas, dust, and solids in protoplanetary disks. These include: pressure maxima and barriers in disks; the temporal evolution of these features and of disk dynamics; and natural variations in dynamic parameters as functions of space and time. These models will yield the most reliable predictions to date of the possible dynamic regimes that exist in disks, which will be used to calculate intensity profiles of the magnetic field that threaded our disk. These field profiles will then be compared to the paleointensities measured from meteorites as part of this project (by other PRDAs) to elucidate the formation environments of chondrules and planetesimals. The various dynamic regimes predicted by the suite of models will be coupled with the recovered formation environments and compared to ground-breaking measurements of isotopic compositions of meteorites to recover the specific dynamic regime that operated in our disk. These dynamics will then be fed into cuttingedge holistic models of planet building to decipher the mechanisms by which planets formed throughout our solar system. This will shed invaluable light on the processes involved in the formation of Earth and the pathway by which it became habitable. The model will be built in collaboration with researchers at the University of Chicago and MIT. The post holder will work with researchers at these institutes to create the models. Hazard-specific/ Safety-critical duties This job includes the following hazards or safety-critical activities which will require successful pre-employment health screening through our Occupational Health Service before the successful candidate will be allowed to start work:  Travel outside of Europe or North America on University Business Responsibilities/duties  Manage and conduct research and administrative duties regarding disk modelling as part of the MMESSH project.  Write, optimise, and utilise the models required to access the necessary predictions.  Act as a source of information and advice to other group members on scientific protocols and the modelling approach as required.  Work with collaborators at the University of Chicago and MIT to build the required models. 2  Write and publish any relevant scientific research papers on modelling disk dynamics and the magnetic field in the protoplanetary disk.  Communicate research findings to the research group and at external meetings/seminars, and possibly represent the group and the MMESSH project at these conferences. Selection criteria Essential  At the time an offer is made, the candidate must either hold a relevant PhD/DPhil, together with having relevant experience, or have submitted a thesis on a relevant PhD/DPhil, together with having relevant experience. This experience must include some aspect of protoplanetary disk modelling and/or modelling planetesimal formation and/or modelling planet building.  Ability and desire to incorporate the results of laboratory measurements into models and work alongside experimentalists.  Possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to work within established research programmes.  Ability to manage own academic research and associated activities in a productive and independent manner.  Previous experience of contributing to publications and presentations.  Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publication, present research proposals and results, and represent the research group at meetings. Desirable  Experience in numerical models of disk dynamics.  Experience in modelling streaming instability and/or pebble accretion.  Experience in modelling the transition from planetesimals to planets.  Experience of independently explicit management of a discrete area of a research project.  Experience of actively collaborating in the development of research articles for publication. 3 About the University of Oxford Welcome to the University of Oxford. We aim to lead the world in research and education for the benefit of society both in the UK and globally. Oxford’s researchers engage with academic, commercial and cultural partners across the world to stimulate high-quality research and enable innovation through a broad range of social, policy and economic impacts. 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Fixed term for 3 years Reporting to Associate Professor James Bryson, the post holder will be a member of the Planetary Magnetism research group with the responsibility of carrying out research for as part of the UKRI Frontier Research Guarantee grant entitled MMESSH (Utilising Meteorite Magnetism to Elucidate Early Solar System History). The post holder will provide guidance to less experienced members of the research group, including postdocs, research assistants, technicians, and PhD and Masters project students if required. The post holder will build numerical models that incorporate several recent breakthroughs in our understanding of the dynamics of gas, dust, and solids in protoplanetary disks. These include: pressure maxima and barriers in disks; the temporal evolution of these features and of disk dynamics; natural variations in dynamic parameters as functions of space and time. The model will be built in collaboration with researchers at the University of Chicago and MIT. The post holder will work with researchers at these institutes to create the models. The postholder will manage and conduct research and administrative duties regarding disk modelling as part of the MMESSH grant. They will write, optimise, and utilise the models required to access the necessary predictions and work with collaborators at the University of Chicago and MIT to build the required models. They will also write and publish any relevant scientific research papers on modelling disk dynamics and the magnetic field in the protoplanetary disk and will act as a source of information and advice to other group members on scientific protocols and modelling approach as necessary. About you You will hold, or be close to completion of (i.e., submitted thesis at the time an offer is made), a relevant PhD/DPhil, together with relevant experience. This experience should include some aspect of protoplanetary disk modelling and/or modelling planet building and/or modelling planetesimal formation. You will possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to work within established research programmes. You will have the ability and desire to incorporate the results of laboratory measurements into models and work alongside experimentalists, and have the ability to manage your own academic research and associated activities in a productive and independent manner. You must have excellent communication skills including the ability to write for publication, present research proposals and results, and represent the research group at meetings. You will also ideally have experience in numerical models of disk dynamics and modelling streaming instability/pebble accretion. You will also ideally have experience of independent explicit management of a discrete area of a research project and actively collaborating in the development of research articles for publication. For further details of the role please see the job description. The deadline for applications is midday on 27 October 2023 You will be required to upload a CV and a Supporting Statement as part of your application. Please do not attach any manuscripts, papers, transcripts, mark sheets or certificates as these will not be considered as part of your application. Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and ethnic minority candidates, who are under-represented in research posts in the Department.
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