PhD fellowship within POLKA (an EU funded MSCA ITN) at University of Genova 
(UNIGE), Italy

A position is available in the beautiful coastal city of Genova 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa) in the frame of the EU project POLKA 
(POLlution Know-how and Abatement), a multi-site Early Stage Training Program 
headed by Keele University (UK) and involving academic and industrial partners 
in Europe and India. The ESR (Early Stage Researcher) to be employed is expected 
to carry out theoretical and numerical research on thermo-acoustic instabilities 
within model combustion chambers of gas turbines, using tools such as 
hydrodynamic stability theory and adjoint-based analysis. As part of the project 
the fellow is also expected to spend part of her/his time at a partner 
institution within the Polka consortium. More information on the Polka project 
is available on https://www.polka-eu.org/project-consortium/keele-uni.htm

The ESR to be recruited for a period of three years is expected to have a M.S. 
degree from a leading university in applied mathematics, physics or engineering. 
ESR shall, at the time of recruitment by UNIGE, be in the first four years 
(full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have 
not been awarded a doctoral degree. The appointed researcher must not have spent 
more than 12 months in Italy in the 3 years immediately prior to recruitment.

Employment contract is offered for three years, with competitive salary. POLKA 
has a balanced consortium, both in terms of gender (5 female and 6 male main 
supervisors), and in terms of sector (6 academic and 4 industrial beneficiaries) 
and we particularly encourage women to apply for this PhD fellowship.

Deadline for application: january 19th 2021 (formal application via a
dedicated UNIGE web site). Starting date: March 1st, 2021.

Send CV, transcripts, names/contacts of two references, and one-page motivation 
letter to alessandro.bottaro@unige.it and jan.pralits@unige.it