[AAA] Noticias

[Andres Piatti]

    Postdoctoral Fellowship in Astronomy
  PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

No. 20778
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Astronomy
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Ave. Vicuna Mackenna 4860
Casilla 306
Santiago, 22
Chile
Tel: 56-2-3544940
FAX: 56-2-3544948
URL1:http://www.astro.puc.cl
/(Departamento de Astronomia y Astrofisica)/
URL2: http://www.ctio.noao.edu/~wsne <http://www.ctio.noao.edu/%7Ewsne>
/(ESSENCE Project Web Page)/
Email Submission Address: gladys en astro.puc.cl <mailto:gladys en astro.puc.cl>
Email Inquiries: aclocchi en astro.puc.cl <mailto:aclocchi en astro.puc.cl>*
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<mailto:aclocchi en astro.puc.cl>
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/Attention: Alejandro Clocchiatti, Professor/

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The ESSENCE Project and the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics of 
Pontificia Universidad Catolica invite applications for a fellowship in 
observational astronomy, to begin in September, 2004. The appointment 
for this jointly funded postdoctoral position is for two years. The 
successful candidate is expected to join the research of the ESSENCE 
Project as a full member of the team. This collaboration, involving 
scientists from the USA, Europe, Australia and Chile, is pursuing an 
NOAO survey to establish whether the dark energy of the universe is 
consistent with a cosmological constant or not (see 
www.ctio.noao.edu/~wsne/). The post will be based with Universidad 
Catolica in Santiago. The Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (see 
www.astro.puc.cl) provides an international environment with over a 
dozen active researchers. Chile has the greatest concentration of large 
telescopes in the southern hemisphere. While resident in Chile, the 
fellow will qualify as a member of the Chilean community, being eligible 
to propose for observing time on all telescopes in the country, 
including ESO's 3.5m NTT and 4x8m VLT, the CTIO 4m Blanco and 4.1m SOAR, 
the Gemini 8m, and Carnegie's 2.5m and two Magellan 6.5 m telescopes, 
among others.

Further information can be obtained from A. Clocchiatti 
(aclocchi en astro.puc.cl <mailto:aclocchi en astro.puc.cl>), L. Infante 
(linfante en puc.cl <mailto:linfante en puc.cl>), C. Smith (csmith en noao.edu 
<mailto:csmith en noao.edu>), N. Suntzeff (nsuntzeff en noao.edu 
<mailto:nsuntzeff en noao.edu>) or C. Stubbs (cstubbs en fas.harvard.edu 
<mailto:cstubbs en fas.harvard.edu>). Applicants should send a curriculum 
vitae, bibliography, and research plan, and arrange for three 
recommendation letters to be sent to the above address by June 15th, 2004.

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