Details
- Close date
- No date set
- Academic background
- Sciences
- Host campus
- Dunedin
- Qualification
- PhD
- Department
- Physics
- Supervisor
- Professor Craig Rodger
Overview
The Solar Tsunamis Endeavour Programme is an international collaboration led by the University of Otago to understand how New Zealand's energy infrastructure will be impacted by an extreme space weather event. The project was funded in 2021 and continues to late 2025.
Solar Tsunami's research programme information on our website
We seek two PhD candidates to work inside the programme. Three years of scholarship funding is available for each candidate (stipend and fees), at the rate of the University of Otago Doctoral Scholarship (currently NZ$28,600 stipend per annum). Applicants will have completed a BSc(Hons) or MSc in Physics or a closely related discipline in the physical sciences or electrical engineering. They will have a very strong academic record, as will as evidence of a research background at an appropriate level.
We have two projects available, one more suitable for data analysis and the other for theoretical modelling. Both projects will combine aspects of modelling with data analysis, combining datasets from many different sources. We have world leading level access to electrical network data during space weather disturbances, allowing validation of modelling.
We seek a candidate who can start in Dunedin by 1 October 2022, and the other by 1 April 2023.