PostDoc - Circumbinary Planetary Systems

University of Warwick

Coventry, UK

 

Description

 

Application are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant position to work with Prof's Don Pollacco and Stephane Udry and based at the Department of Physics, Warwick University, UK. The successful candidate will participate in the detection and characterisation of circumbinary planetary systems from both photometric and spectroscopic datasets with a view to understanding their dynamical histories and formation. The post is funded through the EtaEarth consortium under the European FP7 initiative and aims to exploit exoplanet candidates from NASA's Kepler mission, using a range of facilities including HARPS-North based at the TNG on La Palma. The position will be funded through Queens University Belfast but will be based at the University of Warwick where Prof Pollacco has recently relocated.

 

Requirements

 

Applicants should have a PhD in Astrophysics (or related subject) and preferably exoplanet experience. They should have recent experience of photometry and/or photometry at optical or IR wavelengths and experienced in data reduction techniques. The position is available immediately.

 

More information and applications

 

Salary: GBP 30,424 - GBP 39,649 per annum (including contribution points).

Further details on the application process are available from:

http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJobVacancies/OtherJobs/ResearchJobs/

(See Research Fellow, Ref. 13/102621)
Enquiries: Prof Don Pollacco on +44 (0)24765 74329 (d.pollacco@warwick.ac.uk)
Closing date for applications is the 27th May 2013