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Table of Contents

  • Faculty Positions (visiting & non-tenure) — Time limited position at a university or college. Includes teaching responsibility.
  • Faculty Positions (tenure & tenure-track) — Permanent (or leading to a permanent) position at a university or college. Includes teaching responsibility.
  • Other — Any position that does not seem to fit.
  • Pre-doctoral/Graduate Positions — Typically associated with a Fellowship or other source of funding to support those seeking a degree from an institution of higher education. May also include funding opportunities for exchange programs or other professional development.
  • Post-doctoral Positions & Fellowships — Typically located at a university, college or government lab. Allows recipient to pursue independent research or research support for a specific science program defined by the employer. Is limited to a pre-determined period of time. Usually does not include teaching responsibilities.
  • Science Engineering — Instrument design and development, software development, IT system support, and other project related responsibilities. Open-ended duration of employment.
  • Science Management — Runs projects and programs at universities, government or private industry. Open-ended employment.
  • Scientific/Technical Staff — Includes researchers at science centers, government labs, university, or private industry. May include both user support or project related work and time for individual research. Open-ended duration of employment. Usually does not include teaching. May or may not require PhD.

Notes

  • Some jobs reposted from prior months may have closing dates during the current month. Readers should pay careful attention to the posted closing dates.
  • Jobs marked as new were posted this month.

Current Job Ad Listing

IDTitleInstitution/OrganizationPosted
Faculty Positions (visiting & non-tenure)
New #41547Junior Professorship in Radio AstronomyBielefeld UniversityFeb 2012
#41468Visiting Professor of Astronomy/AstrophysicsOhio UniversityJan 2012
Faculty Positions (tenure & tenure-track)
New #41449Lecturer in Astronomy and Astrophysics Macquarie University & Australian Astronomical ObservatoryFeb 2012
New #41621Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in ExoplanetsThe University of Western OntarioFeb 2012
New #41634Associate Professor at NAOJ ALMA Project OfficeNational Astronomical Observatory of JapanFeb 2012
#41441Three lectureships in astronomy at the University of EdinburghUniversity of EdinburghJan 2012
#41457Physicist/Astronomer (Reference 12-01)Max Planck Institute for AstronomyJan 2012
Post-doctoral Positions & Fellowships
New #41574Postdoctoral position in molecular astrophysicsLeiden ObservatoryFeb 2012
New #41577Analysis and interpretation of Planck Data at IAP IAP - Institut d'Astrophysique de ParisFeb 2012
New #41583Valparaiso University ALMA Postdoctoral Position on Galactic Star Cluster FormationUniversidad de ValparaisoFeb 2012
New #41586Postdoctoral Position - VVV Brown DwarfsValparaiso UniversityFeb 2012
New #41520Postdoctoral positions in theoretical astrophysics at Purple Mountain ObservatoryPurple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of SciencesFeb 2012
New #41549Postdoctoral position in Observational Extragalactic AstronomyUniversidad Catolica del NorteFeb 2012
New #41562Postdoctoral Position for Hard X-Ray Imaging Hardware Development and AGN Survey AnalysisNASA/Goddard Space Flight CenterFeb 2012
New #41596Post-Doctoral Research Associate - High-Contrast Imaging and Adaptive OpticsPrinceton UniversityFeb 2012
New #41599Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Galactic DynamicsMax-Planck-Institut for Extraterrestrial PhysicsFeb 2012
New #41689TWO postdoctoral contracts EVOLUTION OF GALAXIES I & II 2012.INSTITUTO DE ASTROFISICA DE CANARIASFeb 2012
New #41607Postdoctoral Positions in High-Energy AstrophysicsMax Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics Feb 2012
New #41610Optical engineer / Astrophysicist for ERASMUS-FLeibniz-Institut fuer Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)Feb 2012
New #41613Postdoctoral FellowshipSpace Telescope Science InstituteFeb 2012
New #41616Postdoctoral Position in Galactic Plane SurveysUniversity of HertfordshireFeb 2012
New #41618Research Associate (Postdoctoral Fellow)National Radio Astronomy ObservatoryFeb 2012
New #41624Post-doctoral and PhD Positions in Cosmology Ecole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneFeb 2012
New #41637Postdoctoral contracts (5 yrs) at SIM – Laboratory for Systems, Instrumentation and Modeling in Science and Technology for Space and the EnvironmentSIM -- Laboratory for Systems, Instrumentation and Modeling in Science and Technology for Space and the EnvironmentFeb 2012
New #41641Postdoctoral position in astronomyRadboud University NijmegenFeb 2012
New #41648Postdoctoral position in computational star formation (2 years)LERMA - ENS ParisFeb 2012
New #41666Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Solar PhysicsQueen Mary, University of London Feb 2012
New #41675Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Associate in the Laboratory Astrophysics and Cluster Physics Group of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) in JenaMax-Planck-Institute for AstronomyFeb 2012
New #41677Postdoctoral Fellow in Precision Radial Velocity and AsteroseismologyMacquarie UniversityFeb 2012
New #41681Postdoctoral Scholar Position in CosmologyUniversity of California, IrvineFeb 2012
#41314Postdoctoral positions at the Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics at UW-MilwaukeeUniversity of Wisconsin - MilwaukeeJan 2012
#41340Postdoctoral FellowshipSpace Telescope Science InstituteJan 2012
#41363Postdoctoral Positions in Theoretical Astrophysics (1-3 years)ENS-Lyon (France) and U. Exeter (UK)Jan 2012
#41375EACOA FellowThe East Asian Core Observatories AssociationJan 2012
#41434Postdoctoral Position in Computational AstrophysicsUniversity of GeorgiaJan 2012
#41439Postdoctoral and faculty positions in extragalactic astronomy, cosmology, or instrumentationNational Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of SciencesJan 2012
#41455COSMOLOGY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP – ID# 11665University of HawaiiJan 2012
#41464post-doctoral position in exoplanet research (Leuven, Belgium)Leuven University, BelgiumJan 2012
#41475Chile-Germany Fellowship in Stellar MagnetismPontificia Universidad Catolica de ChileJan 2012
#41500Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Solar Spectroscopy and Related Experimental Columbia University Astrophysics Laboratory Jan 2012
#41518Postdoctoral Position in Galaxy Clusters and High Energy AstrophysicsSmithsonian Astrophysical ObservatoryJan 2012
#41534ONE postdoctoral contract STRIPE_82INSTITUTO DE ASTROFISICA DE CANARIASJan 2012
#41543ONE postdoctoral contract PARSECS PN 2012INSTITUTO DE ASTROFISICA DE CANARIASJan 2012
#41290Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computational Astrophysics of Star Formation Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Dec 2011
#41140Postdoctoral Research Associate, Extragalactic AstronomyThe Ohio State UniversityDec 2011
#40683NASA Postdoctoral FellowshipsNASANov 2011
Pre-doctoral/Graduate Positions
New #41603PhD Scholarships in Observational, Computational & Theoretical AstrophysicsSWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYFeb 2012
New #41639PhD position in extra-galactic astronomyToulouse UniversityFeb 2012
New #41644PhD position in astronomyRadboud University NijmegenFeb 2012
#413482012 Carnegie Observatories Graduate Research FellowshipCarnegie ObservatoriesJan 2012
#413522012 Carnegie Observatories Graduate Research FellowshopCarnegie ObservatoriesJan 2012
Science Engineering
New #41629Assistant EngineerCalifornia Institute of TechnologyFeb 2012
New #41650Electrical / Detector EngineerCalifornia Institute of TechnologyFeb 2012
New #41656ELECTRONICS ENGINEERW. M. Keck ObservatoryFeb 2012
Science Management
New #41672Adaptive Optics Scientist/Astronomer, Group LeadLarge Binocular Telescope ObservatoryFeb 2012
New #41699Director of Public PolicyAmerican Astronomical SocietyFeb 2012
New #41056Program DirectorNational Science FoundationDec 2011
Scientific/Technical Staff
New #41569Research Support SpecialistStony Brook UniversityFeb 2012
New #41626Palomar Observatory Electronics TechnicianCalifornia Institute of TechnologyFeb 2012
New #41653Statistical/Clinical Programmer AnalystDataCeutics, Inc.Feb 2012
New #41664Director of Information Technology ServicesSpace Telescope Science InstituteFeb 2012