<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Postdoctoral Researcher in Planetary Science</span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The Astrophysics group at the University of Bristol seeks applicants for an interdisciplinary project to study changes in the bulk composition of the Earth during accretion.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The Research Assistant/Associate will be responsible for (1) conducting numerical simulations of the formation of planetary embryos in the terrestrial region using an N-body code and (2) analyzing these results to determine the compositional differences between embryos and the original planetesimals that could arise because of incomplete accretion. The main focus of this project is to determine if the collisional growth and evolution of the Earth could result in a non-chondritic bulk composition.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The Research Assistant/Associate will be supervised by Dr. Zoë Leinhardt and also collaborate with Prof. Tim Elliott and Prof. Mike Walter at the University of Bristol and Prof. Sarah T. Stewart at Harvard University.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Applicants with interests in computational astrophysics/geophysics and planetary chemistry are strongly encouraged to apply. A Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Geophysics or related field is required.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The appointment is for 30 months. Apply online at </span><a href="http://www.bris.ac.uk/jobs" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">www.bris.ac.uk/jobs</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">(ref:ACAD100184) by 3rd March. Interviews will begin 11th March and continue until the position is filled. For inquiries please email Dr. Leinhardt at </span><a href="mailto:Zoe.Leinhardt@bristol.ac.uk" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">Zoe.Leinhardt@bristol.ac.uk</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thanks.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dr. Zoë Leinhardt</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">STFC Advanced Fellow</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">School of Physics, University of Bristol</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
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<div>Sarah T. Stewart-Mukhopadhyay<div>Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University<br><a href="tel:617.863.0423" value="+16178630423" target="_blank">617.863.0423</a>, <a href="http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~planets/sstewart/" target="_blank">www.shock.eps.harvard.edu</a></div>
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