<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Dear Pulsars astronomers,</div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Would you be able to circulate the following job add for a postdoctoral fellowship at my home institution, ISSI in Bern, Switzerland (or you may are directly interested to apply)?</div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.issibern.ch/postdoc-application/" style="color: blue;" class="">https://www.issibern.ch/postdoc-application/</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Although the add is phrased in very broad terms, we would be especially interested in hiring a candidate to work with ISSI’s Director for Astrophysics on a topic related to Pulsar astronomy.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""></span></strong></p><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><font color="#919191" face="Arial Narrow" size="2" class="">------------------------------------------<br class="">Prof. Dr. Maurizio Falanga, </font><span style="color: rgb(145, 145, 145); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: small;" class="">Director</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(145, 145, 145); font-family: "Arial Narrow"; font-size: small;" class="">International Space Science Institute</span></div><div><font color="#919191" face="Arial Narrow" size="2" class="">Hallerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland</font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class=""><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 18pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">Post-Doctoral Fellowship Position in Space Sciences</span></strong></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">for a two-year period, ideally starting in April 2022 (or by agreement). The successful candidate should have received a Ph.D. within the last five year in the field related to space sciences. Applications related to space physics, or to solar system sciences, or to astronomy & astrophysics are particularly welcome.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">The successful candidate is expected to pursue their own independent research program and will have the opportunity to participate in ISSI’s research and activities. They are encouraged to collaborate also with the scientific staff of the Institute. ISSI also provides the possibility to participate to or even lead an international team at ISSI. The successful candidate will thus interact at ISSI with a large and varied community of scientists from all over the world. Additionally, ISSI encourages cooperation with Swiss universities.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">Salary and conditions of employment will be similar to those provided by the Swiss NationalScience Foundation (<a href="https://www.snf.ch/media/en/yXApuFw4ml0TPYe2/Annex_XII_Ausfuehrungsreglement_Beitragsreglement_E.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(14, 57, 175); text-decoration: none;" class="">SNSF salary ranges</a>). Nationals from ESA Member States shall have priority.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">Further information may be obtained from and from Prof. Dr. Maurizio Falanga, email: <a href="mailto:mfalanga@issibern.ch" class="">mfalanga@issibern.ch</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">The application (to be submitted as a single pdf-file) should comprise a cover letter (max. 1 page), an outline of the research plan (max. 5 pages), a curriculum vitae, (max. 2 pages), a list of publications, and the names and contact addresses of three potential references. Letters of reference will be requested by ISSI for candidates on the short list.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: "Roboto Condensed"; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" class="">All applications must be received by ISSI no later than <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.4; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" class="">January 31, 2022</span>, </strong>through the online submission form at <a href="https://www.issibern.ch/postdoc-application/" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(14, 57, 175); text-decoration: none;" class="">https://www.issibern.ch/postdoc-application/</a></p>
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