We invite expression of interest in a PhD position at Padova Observatory funded by the He/MSCA Marie Curie Grant N. 10107245.

The goal of the project is the homogeneous characterization of the kinematics, ages and chemical abundances of open clusters and cluster groups of all ages, in the local disk investigating their formation, evolution and relation with the field stars, and with the Galaxy. To this aim, the data of the ESA Gaia space mission will be coupled with high quality spectroscopic ground based data by the new generation spectrograph WEAVE at the WHT. The selected person will be enrolled at the PhD School in Astronomy of the Padova University.

This PhD project is part of the new MWGaiaDN MSCA Doctoral Network, which consists of 10 academic partners across Europe at which 12 PhD students will be active in the network researching a range of topics with Gaia and other data. The network students will be able to participate in a range of cross network training and research events. This project includes a number of secondments at the partner universities of the network.

The project requires handling big data sets, data mining techniques, and the applications of clustering and machine learning methods to large databases. It requires very good software and programming skills. 
The eligible candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Italy for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date.  The deadline for applications is Oct.9, 2023.

The applications should be submitted by email to:

antonella.vallenari@inaf.it

More information, and the application form can be found at:
https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/144387