Research Assistant.8808010

Research Assistant
About Khalifa University
Khalifa University is ranked 181st in the QS World University Rankings 2023, and the top University in the UAE, with a range of research and academic programs designed to address the entire range of strategic, scientific and industrial challenges facing our rapidly evolving world.

Its world-class faculty and state-of-the-art research facilities provide an unparalleled learning experience to students from the UAE and around the world. Our research and academic activities cover a broad range of disciplines in engineering, science and medicine through our three colleges.

Khalifa University’s research relates to key focus sectors of relevance to the UAE’s strategic economic growth and the technology platforms that serve as foundations for these sectors. The University’s research priorities are addressed in two categories — “verticals” and “horizontals” — which jointly cover specific industry and sector needs, technical platforms and expertise.

KU’s focus sectors are Clean and Renewable Energy, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production, Water and Environment, Healthcare, Aerospace, and Supply Chain and Logistics. Research in these sectors is enhanced by our research platforms of Robotics, AI and Data Science, Information and Communication Technologies, and Advanced Materials and Manufacturing as well as Fundamental Sciences.


Position Overview
KU is seeking a highly motivated Research Assistant to work on cosmic-ray propagation in the intermediate energy regime where the transition from Galactic to extragalactic cosmic rays occurs. Specifically, to test how the escape time of cosmic rays from the Galaxy depends on the energy of cosmic rays, for different Galactic magnetic field models. This will be done with two different methods: simulations of single-particle propagation, and solving diffusion equations. These two different approaches will be compared with each other, leading to a better understanding of the validity of the approaches, and of the transition from Galactic to extragalactic cosmic rays.

As part of the project, the researcher will get an opportunity to work alongside researchers and graduate students from various backgrounds as part of a wider team.