Call for applications to doctoral program 2022B in UST-KASI

Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) School via the University of Science and Technology (UST) is offering doctoral (direct and integrated) and master scholarships starting from September 2022. PhD scholarships are provided with a competitive salary of about $1100-$1600 per month for the master program and of . about $1500-$2000 per month for the doctoral program. KASI is located in Daejeon, a high tech, educational and research oriented city. Convenient accommodation would be provided to students for the first 3 years in the campus.

KASI is actively involved in various fields of astronomy and astrophysics, from astronomical instrumentation to observation and theory, and participates in international collaborative and stand-alone projects including GMT, ALMA, SDSS4, DESI, LSST, KMTNet, and KVN. This semester KASI is accepting applications for the following research areas:

• Space Science (supervisor: Prof. Yukinaga Miyashita (miyasita@kasi.re.kr)

• Cosmology (supervisor: Prof. Arman Shafieloo (shafieloo@kasi.re.kr)

• Astrophyscis (supervisor: Prof. Thiem Hoang (thiemhoang@kasi.re.kr) 

and for the detailed description of the specific research topics, see the list attached or in our major homepage (https://www.kasi.re.kr/eng/pageView/140)

We encourage qualified international students to apply. Competent students with BSc degrees can apply for an MSc program or an integrated PhD program. Students with MSc degrees may apply directly to the PhD program.

Questions on each research area should be sent to each assigned professor, while other questions are sent to the Chief Major Professor (Sang-Sung Lee, sslee@kasi.re.kr). For more information of application, please see the UST web page (https://ust.ac.kr/admission_eng.do). Applications are considered only if they are submitted during March 16 to April 6 (17:00 KST).

Best regards,

Sang-Sung Lee

Chief Major Professor

1. Prof. Yukinaga Miyashita (miyasita@kasi.re.kr)

PhD project: This project is for a PhD or integrated PhD student.

In Space Weather Research Group, Space Science Division, we are looking for competent and enthusiastic PhD candidates to undertake research in the area of magnetospheric physics and space plasma physics. A successful candidate will be involved in a project to study space weather (near-Earth space environment) and solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, including onset and development mechanisms of space storms and substorms, and associated dynamic auroras. This project will involve analyzing various kinds of in situ and remote-sensing observation data from multiple satellites (e.g., MMS, THEMIS, ERG, and upcoming SNIPE) and ground-based instruments (e.g., auroral cameras, magnetometers, and radars). The student will learn a wide range of this research area and choose and find research topics related to storms, substorms, and/or other magnetospheric phenomena for their dissertation. 

MSc project: This project is for a MSc student.

In Space Weather Research Group, Space Science Division, we are looking for strongly motivated candidates for an MSc course student to undertake research in the area of magnetospheric physics and space plasma physics. A successful candidate will be involved in a project to study space weather (near-Earth space environment) and solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, including onset and development mechanisms of space storms and substorms, and associated dynamic auroras. This project will involve analyzing various kinds of in situ and remote-sensing observation data from multiple satellites (e.g., MMS, THEMIS, ERG, and upcoming SNIPE) and ground-based instruments (e.g., auroral cameras, magnetometers, and radars). The student will learn a wide range of this research area and choose a research topic related to storms, substorms, and/or other magnetospheric phenomena for their master’s thesis.

2. Prof. Arman Shafieloo (shafieloo@kasi.re.kr)

This project is for a PhD or integrated PhD student. 

We are looking for competent and enthusiastic PhD candidates to work on physical cosmology and studying dark energy using multi-messenger astronomy. A successful candidate will work on a project to use gravitational wave sources at low and intermediate redshifts (standard sirens) to study dark energy and model independent estimation of Hubble constant. Project would include theoretical analysis, simulations, as well as electromagnetic follow up observation of gravitational wave sources using multiple facilities followed by data reduction and interpretation. Successful candidate would work on projects at Center for the Gravitational-Wave Universe and KASI and can get also officially involved with DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument) and Rubin (formerly known as LSST) international surveys. Developing advanced statistical methods of data analysis (data mining, machine learning, regression approaches) might be a major part of the research activities during the PhD project or integrated-PhD.  

3. Prof. Thiem Hoang (thiemhoang@kasi.re.kr)

This project is for a PhD or integrated PhD student.

We are looking for strongly motivated candidates for a PhD or an Integrated-PhD position in the Theoretical Astrophysics group at Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (TagKASI) under the supervision of Prof. Thiem Hoang. The successful candidate will work with Prof. Hoang to study the properties of dust and magnetic fields and their effects on the dynamics and chemistry of circumstellar environments. She/he will perform numerical modeling of dust emission and polarization by grain alignment and rotational disruption, and use the modeling results to interpret multi-wavelength dust emission/polarization observational data and to constrain the properties of dust and magnetic fields. Students will be trained to master a wide range of research skills, including analytical and theoretical ability, numerical modeling, and observational data analysis.