IAC POSTDOCTORAL CONTRACT IN COSMOLOGY

The IAC (Tenerife, Spain) invites applications for ONE Postdoctoral contract to work on topics of “Astrostatistics of the cosmological large-scale structure”. This contract is financed by the "SEVERO OCHOA PROGRAM" (SEV-2015-0548), supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. It follows the selection of the IAC as a Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence by the Spanish Government in 2015, a prestigious recognition awarded for the second time to the IAC as a leading research institute in Spain.

Research topics at the IAC include most areas of astrophysics: solar physics, planetary systems, stellar and interstellar physics, galactic formation and evolution, and cosmology and astroparticles. These research lines are supported by an ambitious instrumentation program. Further information about the IAC's research programme, its Observatories and the 10.4m GTC is available at the IAC's web page (http://www.iac.es/).

Duties: The selected candidate is expected to actively participate in one or several of the following collaborations: EUCLID, eBOSS, JPAS, 4MOST, and will pursue research related to one or several of the following fields:

• Mock galaxy catalogues for the next generation of surveys; covariance matrices; effective galaxy bias models; redshift space distortions; cosmological parameter estimation; higher order statistics of the large scale structure; cosmic voids; reconstructions of the primordial fluctuations of the Universe and cosmic flows.

Expertise in the following topics will be highly valued:

• Cosmology; astrophysics; efficient data mining techniques including Bayesian inference, MCMC, etc.; N-body simulations; analysis of galaxy surveys 

Position requirements: The candidates must have a solid track record of research and are expected to have a strong publication record in the field of cosmological large scale structure.

Qualification requirements: To be eligible for admission, applicants must have obtained a Ph.D. degree in Astrophysics or Physics, within the application deadline (January 15, 2017). A copy of your degree or corresponding stamped certificate (issued on behalf of the University where you have obtained the degree), must be included.  If the applicant has not completed the Ph.D. degree within the application deadline, will not be considered.

Remuneration: The gross annual salary is 33,215 Euros, subject to up to 20% tax and Social Security deductions (depending on the personal situation of the candidate). Medical insurance will be provided for the candidate and their family (if relevant).

Duration: The appointment will be for a period of 2.5 years with a possible extension.  The position have a flexible starting date, with a preferred starting date April 2017.

Relocation allowance: This call includes a relocation allowance only for the selected candidate comprising: the cost of your flight ticket (booked and issued by the IAC), your stay for up to two weeks (organised by the IAC) and per diem rate up to two weeks. The maximum IAC will reimburse is 2,000 Euros.

All application materials must be submitted using the online application system and received by the application deadline (January 15, 2017).  The CV, publication list, statements of research and suitability for the Job and copy of your Ph.D. degree, must be converted into a single PDF file. 

Late applications or those which do not include the mandatory application form (Annex I), will not be considered for admission.  Incomplete applications will have a period of five (5) days, starting from the day after publication of the provisional list of accepted and excluded candidates, to provide missing documentation. 

Contact: For scientific enquires please contact Dr. Francisco Kitaura ([email protected]).

Details of the selection process, including the list of applicants, will be published on the web; successful candidate will also be informed by email.