Research Associate (Galaxy Evolution with ALMA and JWST)

The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) is a Western Australian State funded high profile equal joint venture established in 2009 between Curtin University and The University of Western Australia (UWA). The Centre’s headquarters are located at UWA, with research nodes at both UWA and Curtin. ICRAR is one of the lead Australian organisations participating in the international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Project. ICRAR has been further funded from 2019 to 2024 with $60 Million by the WA State Government and equal contribution from the Joint Venture Universities.  ICRAR is one of the largest astronomy organisations in Australia.

As a Research Associate based at ICRAR-UWA, you will work on multi-wavelength observations of distant galaxies, mainly from the Atacama Large Millimetre/Sub-millimetre Array (ALMA) and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), to understand galactic evolution from cosmic dawn to cosmic noon. This is supported by the Australian Research Council through the Discovery Project “Galaxy evolution in high definition using the world’s largest telescopes”.

Under the supervision of Principal Research Fellow, Associate Professor Elisabete da Cunha, you will join one of the most active and rapidly growing institutes in Australia and contribute to the scientific exploitation of state-of-the-art multi-wavelength surveys from ALMA and JWST.

The appointment will be for three years, and the successful candidate is expected to undertake core science for the ARC Discovery Project, as well as to pursue their own research interests in closely related topics.

Full details of the position's responsibilities, the selection criteria and application procedure can be found at the URL provided.