19 Mar 2024
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
Universitat de Barcelona- Department
OPIR- International Research Projects office- Research Field
Astronomy- Researcher Profile
Recognised Researcher (R2)- Country
Spain- Application Deadline
5 Apr 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid)- Type of Contract
Temporary- Job Status
Full-time- Hours Per Week
37,5- Offer Starting Date
1 Sep 2024- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
HE / ERC- Reference Number
Nº GA 101042610- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description
We are offering a 3-year (1 year renewable) post-doctoral position in time-domain astronomy at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences at the University of Barcelona (ICCUB), Spain. The postdoctoral researcher will join the research group led by Prof. Nadejda Blagorodnova, funded by the European Research Council (ERC) Project CET-3PO .
The successful candidate will focus on the study of stellar merger transients and their remnants in the NIR and mid-IR wavelengths. To this end, the postdoctoral researcher will lead targeted follow-up campaigns with ground-based and space-based (HST, JWST) facilities, and analyse the observational data with dust radiation transfer codes (e.g. DUSTY, RADMC-3D, DAMOCLES) to derive the formation timescales, composition and mass of dust formed in the remnants. The researcher will also have privileged access to data and observational facilities available to the BlackGEM survey consortium and will be involved in the large international collaborations of Transients and Variable Stars Science (LSST), and ZTF.
Applicants must hold a PhD in Physics, Astrophysics, or related fields by the time the contract starts. Previous experience in binary evolution, observational time-domain astronomy, large transient surveys, and modelling of infrared data will be regarded as a plus, as well as the motivation to learn new skills and work independently.
Social security and public healthcare benefits, covering spouse and children. A generous research and travel allowance is also provided.
Applications should be include cover letter, CV, publication list, statement of research interests (max 2 pages), and the details of at least two referees.
We regard diversity as an asset within a team, and welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
The ICCUB is an interdisciplinary center hosting a vibrant fundamental research program in cosmology, astrophysics and particle physics, with a strong technology unit supporting our participation in international collaborations in observational astronomy and experimental particle physics.
Gross salary per year: 40.000 €.
Requirements
- Research Field
- Astronomy
- Education Level
- PhD or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
- Observational time-domain astronomy.
- Modelling of IR data.
- Binary stellar evolution.
Specific Requirements
- Proficiency in Python programming.
- Expertise with astronomical data reduction software.
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Excellent
- Research Field
- Astronomy
- Years of Research Experience
- 4 - 10
Additional Information
Eligibility criteria
- Suitability of the CV (max 30 points)
- PhD in astrophysics (20), other discipline (10 points)
- Cover letter (10 points)
- Research statement (20 points)
- References (20 points)
Minimum score to pass the selection process: 75/100 points.
Additional comments
Duration of the contract of employment: 12 months, renewable up to 30/09/2027.
The candidate proposed for hiring must accept the job offer within 5 working days from the date of notification of the selection.
Priority will be given to people with disabilities (Law 89/2015 of June 2, reserve of quota 2% in favour of people with disabilities in companies of 50 or more people).
Be aware that the starting date sets in this offer is an estimate date. The official starting date will depend on the bureaucratic time that will take the preparation of the labour contract and presentation of the necessary documents to be hired by the selected candidate.
For additional information regards this offer, please, contact Dr. Nadejda Blagorodnova Mujortova: [email protected]
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Universitat de Barcelona
- Country
- Spain
- State/Province
- Barcelona
- City
- Barcelona
- Postal Code
- 08028
- Street
- Martí i Franquès, 1-11
- Geofield
Where to apply
- Website
https://t.ly/a_CIq
Contact
- State/Province
Barcelona- City
Barcelona- Website
http://www.ub.edu/opir- Street
Martí i Franquès, 1-11- Postal Code
08028
[email protected]
STATUS: EXPIRED
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