Location: | Birmingham |
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Salary: | Full time starting salary is normally in the range £34,980 to £44,263 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 17th June 2024 |
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Closes: | 21st July 2024 |
Job Ref: | 104065 |
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to October 2027
Closes: 21/07/2024
Role Summary
The Sun, Stars and Exoplanets research group at the University of Birmingham invites inventive and talented individuals to apply for a postdoctoral research position for an ERC/UKRI funded project entitled “CandY: Circumbinary AND rockY” that starts on 01 November 2024 and finishes on 31 October 2029.
The successful candidate will join a vibrant group of astronomers. The Sun, Stars, and Exoplanets group consist of six permanent researchers: Amaury Triaud, Guy Davies, Annelies Mortier, Anjali Piette, Bill Chaplin and Yvonne Ellsworth, along two main research themes: exoplanets and asteroseismology. Members of the group have responsibilities in SPECULOOS, ASTEP, BiSON, TESS, Kepler and the PLATO mission. The group benefits from newly refurbished offices at the heart of a beautiful campus.
The successful applicant will work primarily with Prof. Amaury Triaud as part of the CandY project. We particularly welcome applicants with a proven track record of analysing high-resolution spectra to extract accurate and precise radial velocities, measure stellar activity and retrieve molecular features in exoplanet atmospheres at high-resolution. Experience with N-body integrators, and atmospheric retrieval are also very welcome. Candidates will be asked to go on observing missions in France and Chile.
Person Specification
Applications should include a CV (max 2 pages) with a list of publications (as long as necessary), and a two-page statement describing your research interests and plans, and important a description of what expertise and skills you bring to the project, and also to the wider research group. Applicants should also provide contact details for 3 referees. Complete applications should be received by 21 July 2024 for full consideration.
In the application form, you will get a question asking to specify your reasons to apply. You should just point to your uploaded documents.
We anticipate interviews will take place the week starting on 12 August 2024.
Informal enquiries to Amaury Triaud, A.Triaud@bham.ac.uk.
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