<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Dear colleagues and friends,</div><br><div>We are looking for a candidate for a Ph.D. degree. The three years fellow is guaranteed by the QUEST Initial Training Network project, founded by EU ( additional information can be found at the following URL: <a href="http://www.quest-itn.org/" eudora="AUTOURL">http://www.quest-itn.org</a> ). The indicative title of the Ph.D. project is: " Dynamic modeling of earthquake source: different physical mechanisms and earthquake energy balance ".</div><br><div>The candidate should have a strong motivation in assessing problems in Seismology, with a specific emphasis on the physics of the seismic source, as well as programming skills. He/she has to be a citizen of a European country (but not Italian -- the fellow cannot be attributed to a citizen of the same country that formally pay the fellow ).</div><div><br></div><div>During the three - years time window the candidate will have the possibility to spend a part of the time at the Sezione di Bologna of the INGV ( Bologna, Italy ) and at the University of Napoli ( Napoli, Italy ). He will be jointly mentored by Dr. Andrea Bizzarri and by Dr. Gaetano Festa.</div><br><div>CVs can be sent to Andrea Bizzarri ( <a href="mailto:bizzarri@bo.ingv.it">bizzarri@bo.ingv.it</a> ) and to Gaetano Festa ( <a href="mailto:festa@na.infn.it">festa@na.infn.it</a> ). Interested students are welcome to contact us directly for more information.</div><br><div>Friendly regards and many thanks.</div><br><div>Andrea Bizzarri</div><div>and Gaetano Festa</div><br><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><br><br><br><br><b><i>Dr. Andrea Bizzarri, Ph.D.<br><br></i></b><i></i>Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia<br>Sezione di Bologna<br>Via Donato Creti, 12<br>40128 Bologna<br>Italy<br><br>tel. +39 051 4151432<br>fax +39 051 4151499<br><br><a href="mailto:bizzarri@bo.ingv.it">bizzarri@bo.ingv.it</a><br><font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://www.bo.ingv.it/~bizzarri" eudora="autourl">http://www.bo.ingv.it/~bizzarri</a></u></font></body></html>