PhD Opportunities in Astronomy & Radio Astronomy Engineering at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), Curtin University node

We invite well-qualified students of any nationality to apply to the PhD program at the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA), based at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. This program focuses on radio astronomy and radio astronomy engineering in support of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). We have a wide range of potential PhD projects to choose from (nominally for three years with a possible six-month extension).

CIRA forms one half of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), a joint venture between Curtin University and The University of Western Australia, supported by the Western Australian Government. CIRA operates the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), the precursor to the low frequency component of the SKA, and supports a large research group spanning Galactic and extragalactic radio astronomy, pulsars, accretion physics, studies of the Epoch of Reionisation (EoR), and radio astronomy engineering research, including significant participation in developing systems (hardware and software) for the SKA. Construction of the SKA began last year and CIRA has close connections with the SKA Observatory and the Australian SKA Regional Centre. Perth has a vibrant astronomy community with astronomers from four different institutes working closely together.