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Job Vacancies in Research Training Network:
Turbulent Boundary Layers in Geospace Plasmas
HPRN-CT-2001-00314;  

Research Training Network “Turbulent Boundary Layers”, sponsored by the European Commission, invites applications for research positions at the following locations:

1. Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala, Sweden, 
2. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK,
3. Ruhr Universitaet Bochum, Germany, 
4. Space Research Centre, Warsaw, Poland, 
5. Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l’Environment, Orleans, France, 
6. Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario, Roma, Italy. 

The main objective of the network is to study physical mechanisms for transport of mass, energy and momentum at boundary layers which separate plasmas of different origin in geospace. The network will use available space measurements to assess the role of turbulence and other mechanisms in the transfer processes at the magnetopause. The scientific research programmes are focused on space observations and their understanding by means of computer simulations and theoretical approaches. The research methods include modern techniques of data analysis and visualization, advanced analytical methods, multi-dimensional computer simulations for non-uniform magnetized systems, statistical approach to time series analysis, and complex system physics. The network will organize regular workshops in different countries, about two per year where the young researchers will play a major role in arranging the venue, agenda and presenting their work. The training programme will also include presentation techniques, project management tools, internet publishing and software tools. 

The positions for postdocs are for one up to two years starting  September, 2002. In strongly motivated cases, outstanding PhD students may be considered. The applicants must be aged 35 years or less (with dispensation for compulsory military or civil service and childcare) and hold citizenship of an EU or EU associate country, or be residents of the EU for at least the last 5 years.  Women  are encouraged to apply, as are young researchers from less favoured regions of the EU. Applications can only be made to one of the laboratories established in a state which is (i) different from your nationality and (ii) where you have not spent more than 12 of the last 24 months. 

More information on the network can be obtained from World Wide Web pages at http://cluster.irfu.se/rtn/.  Applications should include CV with a list of publications, copies of undergraduate and PhD degree certificates, names of and contact info for two professional references. Applications and inquiries should be sent to the network co-ordinator, Kristof Stasiewicz (http://cluster.irfu.se/ks/) with a copy to the appropriate contact person listed on the network pages http://cluster.irfu.se/rtn/contacts.html. 

       an European   network