Postdoctoral Position on Experimental Cosmology at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Submission Information
Publish Date: 
Friday, January 28, 2022
Archive Date: 
Friday, February 25, 2022
Job Summary
Job Category: 
Post-doctoral Positions and Fellowships
Institution Classification/Type: 
Large Academic
Institution/Company: 
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Department Name: 
Institute of Astrophysics
Street Line 1: 
Av. Vicuna Mackenna 4860
City: 
Santiago
State/Province: 
RM
Zip/Postal: 
7510216
Country: 
Chile
Announcement
Job Announcement Text: 

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research position the field of Cosmic Microwave Background experiments with Professors Rolando Dünner, at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC), and Cristobal Sifón, at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaiso (PUCV). The successful applicant will join the Simons Observatory (SO) team, accessing the new data from SO (https://simonsobservatory.org/) after it comes on-line in March 2023, and will have access to a supercomputer with more than 1000 CPUs and 3000 GPUs at PUC. The postdoc will also have access to 10% of the observing time of all other telescopes installed in Chile, including ALMA, Gemini, Magellan, VLT, and many others.

The successful applicant is expected to contribute in the development of a new data reduction pipeline for fast mapping and follow-up of point-like extragalactic sources and galaxy clusters, implementing new techniques for speeding up data selection, calibration and map making, participating in the analysis of CMB polarized maps, including thermal and kinetic Sunyaev Zel’dovich effect and radio source detections, with special focus on follow-up observations using other telescope facilities in the country. 

The successful applicant should have a PhD in Astronomy or Astrophysics or related fields, or have submitted their PhD thesis by the time they take up the post. Suitable candidates should demonstrate proven research ability, with a good publication record in the field of CMB studies, and with experience in data processing reduction techniques. Programming skills and team work capabilities are important.

Starting in April 2022, the initial appointment will be for 2 years.

To apply, please send a curriculum vitae including statements on education and research experience, plus three letters of recommendation, to the given email address by February 25, 2022.

Pay Compensation
Salary Min: 
$26000.00 (USD)
Salary Max: 
$28000.00 (USD)
Compensation Notes: 
Salary is in chilean pesos and conversion to dollars depends on the exchange rate.
Included Benefits: 

The position includes:

1.- Yearly travel and registration expenses for a single international conference or alike.

2.- Publication fees in specialized journals.

3.- General research expenses.

4.- Medical insurance.

Application Deadline: 
Friday, February 25, 2022
Selection Deadline: 
Monday, March 7, 2022
Current Status of Position: 
Accepting Applicants
Apply to Job
Attention To: 
Rolando Dunner
Title: 
Professor
Institution/Company: 
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Department Name: 
Institute of Astrophysics
Street Line 1: 
Av. Vicuna Mackenna 4860
City: 
Santiago
State/Province: 
RM
Zip/Postal Code: 
7510216
Country: 
Chile
Phone: 
982498194
Institution/Company Job ID or Reference Code: 
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Inquiries About Job
Attention To: 
Rolando Dünner
Subject: 
Postdoctoral position on experimental cosmology