PhD Scholarship in Asteroseismology / Stellar Astrophysics

The Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Southern Queensland is seeking applications for two fully-funded scholarship PhD positions, to begin between 2025 November and 2026 March (flexible).  The stipend totals $38,000 AUD per year for 3 years, plus an allowance for computing and travel.  Details on the research interests in our Centre can be found at https://astrophysics.usq.edu.au/

Australia’s University of Southern Queensland is a top-100 Young University Rankings multi-campus institution with a dedicated Centre for Astrophysics within the Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences. 

For this special call, funding is provided through Dr Gang Li’s DECRA award from the Australian Research Council, and the University of Southern Queensland.  

The two available projects will be jointly supervised by Dr Gang Li and A./Prof Simon Murphy. Students will be expected to work on the pulsations of intermediate-mass stars and their use in improving age estimates for both star clusters and field stars. The roles will focus on the analysis of public data sets from space telescopes, and there will also be opportunities to plan and analyse astrophysical observations.

Interested candidates should send a CV and contact details for one reference to A./Prof Simon Murphy ([email protected]) by September 3rd for full consideration. UniSQ is committed to enhancing diversity in astrophysics, and we particularly welcome applications from women and traditionally under-represented groups. 

Enquiries about the research in the Centre for Astrophysics can be directed to [email protected]