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PhD Project Template
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Use one form per project
Please complete & submit to international@nuigalway.ie as soon as possible, and by 27/11/2012
In your email, begin the subject line with [SWB] (be sure to use square brackets) to ensure that
your email is filed correctly. Emails will be automatically filed
PI name & contact details:
Mark Lang
School:
School of Physics
Has project been agreed with head (or
nominee) of proposed registration school?
Yes
Research Centre / group affiliation:
Centre for Astronomy
Research group / centre website:
http://astro.nuigalway.ie/
PI website / link to CV:
http://astro.nuigalway.ie/staff/mlang/
Brief summary of PI research / research group / centre activity (2 or 3 lines max):
If you are already involved in relevant scholarly activities relating to Brazil, please mention them here.
The PI has over 25 years experience in the field of ground-based gamma-ray astronomy (h-index=30)
and is a member of the international VERITAS collaboration which operates an array of gamma-ray
telescopes in Arizona.
Title & brief description of PhD project (suitable for publication on web):
“Very-high-energy gamma-ray astrophysics using the VERITAS telescope array.”
About one hundred astrophysical sources of very high energy gamma radiation (E>100GeV) are known,
including nearby supernova remnants and distant active galactic nuclei. The PhD project will involve using the
VERITAS telescope array to study these objects to help uncover how they produce radiation with such
incredible energies.
Unique selling points of PhD project in NUI Galway:
NUI Galway projects should emphasise features that are not typically available in Brazil – specific equipment,
multi-disciplinarity, aspects of structured programme, links with industry, placements, links with other research
groups etc.
The Centre for Astronomy is a dynamic group of researchers with access to state-of-the-art international
facilities such as VERITAS, the most sensitive instrument of its type in the Northern Hemisphere. Galway is a
University city like no other in Ireland and a great place to live and study.
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Name & contact details for project queries, if different from PI named above:
Please indicate the graduates of which disciplines that should apply:
Physics, Astronomy
Ciência sem Fronteiras / Science Without Borders Priority Area:
Please indicate the specific programme priority area under which the proposed PhD project fits- choose only
one (tick box):
Engineering and other technological areas
Pure and Natural Sciences (e.g. mathematics, physics, chemistry)/Physical Sciences (Mathematics,
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Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geosciences)
Health and Biomedical Sciences / Clinical, Pré-clinical and Health Sciences
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Computing
Aerospace
Pharmaceuticals
Sustainable Agricultural Production
Oil, Gas and Coal
Renewable Energy
Minerals, Minerals Technology
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology and New Materials
Technologies for Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Disasters
Bioprospecting and Biodiversity
Marine Sciences
Creative Industry
New technologies in constructive engineering
Please indicate which of the following applies to this project (referring to Science Without Borders
arrangements):
Suitable only as a Full PhD (Y/N): _ _Y___
Available to candidates seeking a Sandwich PhD arrangement (Y/N): __N___
Suitable for either/Don’t know: _____