Scholarship / Research Assistant Position in ASIAA

We are looking for students (graduate or undergraduate) or research assistants (B.S. or M.S.) to join our research group of protoplanetary disks and planet formation at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ASIAA).

Thousands of exoplanets have been discovered. These exoplanetary systems have diverse properties. It remains unclear as to how and when planets form. Protoplanetary disks around young stars are believed to be nurseries of planets. In order to understand the planet formation process and the origins of the diverse properties of exoplanetary systems, it is essential to study the dynamics as well as physical conditions in protoplanetary disks with observations and numerical simulations, and to observationally search for young planets embedded in protoplanetary disks.

Our research group aims to measure kinematics and gas and dust distributions in protoplanetary disks under the influence by possible young planets embedded in the disks with data obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and to compare observational results with numerical simulations using the FARGO3D code.

In this project, students or research assistants will be under co-supervision by Dr. Hsi-Wei Yen and Dr. Pin-Gao Gu, and are expected to perform hydrodynamic simulations of a protoplanetary disk with an embedded gas giant planet, analyze the gas motions and density distributions of gas and dust in the simulations, and then compare the simulation results with observational measurements obtained with ALMA.

For the Position of Scholarship:

Graduate or undergraduate students majoring in astronomy, physics, or any related topics on science with basic knowledge of physics are all considered.

Experience in Linux/Unix systems and programming is desirable but not required.

For the Position of Research Assistants:

B.S. or M.S. degree in astronomy, physics, computer science, or related field and

experience in Linux/Unix systems and programming are required.

For applicants who do not hold citizenship of the Taiwan (the Republic of China), an MS, MSc, MEng equivalent or higher academic degree is mandatory.

In accordance with Academia Sinica system, depending on the degree of qualification.
The minimum Starting Salary for research assistants position:

• Bachelor's Degree Entry Level Salary: NT$32,515
• Master’s Degree Entry Level Salary: NT$37,300

For more information, please contact Dr. Hsi-Wei Yen (hwyenasiaa.sinica.edu.tw).