<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Dear Colleagues,<div><br></div><div>Please forward this PhD position announcement to potentially interested students. </div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely, </div><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>—<br>Pierre<br><br>………………………………………………<br>Pierre HENRI <br><br>Laboratoire Lagrange - Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA), Univ. Côte d'Azur, CNRS<br>Deputy Director <br>96, Bd de l'Observatoire - CS 34229<br>06304 NICE Cedex 4 - FRANCE <br>pierre.henri@oca.eu<br><br>LPC2E - CNRS, Univ Orléans, CNES<br>3A avenue de la Recherche Scientifique<br>45071 Orléans Cedex 2 - FRANCE<br>pierre.henri@cnrs-orleans.fr <br>………………………………………………</div></div></div>
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<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">=======================</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">=======================</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">=======================</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">=======================</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><b><span style="line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Helvetica;">A PhD position is open at CNRS</span></b><span style="line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Helvetica;"> in instrumental space plasma physics, under joint supervision between two laboratories: LPC2E, Orléans, France and LAPLACE, Toulouse, France, to directly contribute to various planetary exploration space missions (including BepiColombo, JUICE and M-MATISSE). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Helvetica;">The goal of the PhD research project is two-fold: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Helvetica;">(i) contribute to the space exploration of Mercury and Jupiter and its icy moons by preparing and/or contributing to the scientific exploitation of electric instruments that carry out plasma diagnostics (e.g. density and temperature) on board the BepiColombo and JUICE space missions; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Helvetica;">(ii) contribute to the development of an instrument combining different in situ diagnostic methods for space plasmas density and temperature, based on the use of electrical sensors, for future space missions, such as e.g. M-MATISSE at Mars. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Helvetica;">The PhD student will use a complementary methodology based on (i) advanced numerical modeling to develop instrumental models, (ii) space data analysis from planetary exploration missions, (iii) laboratory experiments, using a plasma chamber that reproduces space plasma conditions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Helvetica;"><i>Prerequisites:</i> applicants should have an outstanding CV background in plasma physics, space physics and/or astrophysics. They are also expected to possess a good working knowledge of data analysis and/or numerical development.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Helvetica;">Applications (including a CV, a cover letter, and the contact information of two references) should be made through the CNRS portal: </span><a href="https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctorant/UMR7328-PIEHEN-003/Default.aspx?lang=EN" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Helvetica;">https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Doctorant/UMR7328-PIEHEN-003/Default.aspx?lang=EN</span></a><span style="line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Helvetica;"> Full details on the position are available at this address. <b>Deadline for applications: Nov 4th 2024</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Helvetica;">Contact information: Pierre HENRI (</span><a href="mailto:pierre.henri@cnrs-orleans.fr" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><span style="line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Helvetica;">pierre.henri@cnrs-orleans.fr</span></a><span style="line-height: 16.866667px; font-family: Helvetica;">). </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">=======================</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">=======================</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">=======================</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">=======================</span></div></div></div></div></body></html>