Postdoctoral fellowship positions in the astronomy department of Shanghai Jiao Tong University

The department of Astronomy (DoA) at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) is seeking to fill up to 8 postdoctoral positions in extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. CAA itself is involved in several international observational and numerical projects. Comprising 10 faculty members and a fast growing group of postdocs, the research team at DoA is very diverse and international, spanning across theoretical, numerical, and observational frontiers of galaxy formation and cosmology. More information can be found at http://astro.sjtu.edu.cn/.

DoA is involved in several international observational and numerical projects. Data access includes, the Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS), Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), and also major observational facilities, directly or through collaborations (Subaru, CFHT, MMT, Magellan, JCMT, etc.). Available computing resources include our institute computer cluster with 1000 CPU cores, a SGI with 256 cores and 4T shared memory, access to the SJTU High Performance Computing Center Supercomputer (HPCC) with 5000 CPU cores, and to national supercomputer centers with higher capacity. In addition, the DoA has ample research and travel funds, and an active visitor program.

The successful candidates will have the opportunity to work on broad areas of interest in the context of (1) galaxy formation and evolution, (2) numerical cosmological simulations, (3) weak gravitational lensing, redshift space distortion and other large scale structures of universe, (4) observational cosmology and data analysis, and (5) theoretical cosmology.

The appointment is initially for 2 years, extendable by another year. Salary depends on qualifications and experience, but will be competitive internationally. In addition, the University offers very generous housing subsidies annually.

Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae and a brief research summary, and arrange three reference letters to be directly sent to: [email protected].

For further inquiries please contact individual professors of interest (De-Chang Dai, diedachung@*; Yipeng Jing, ypjing@*; Bin Wang, wang_b@*; Xiaohu Yang, xyang@*; Yu Yu, yuyu22@*; Jun Zhang, betajzhang@*; Le Zhang, lezhang@*; Pengjie Zhang, zhangpj@*; Ying Zu, yingzu@*. @*[email protected])

Applications will be considered until the positions are filled. For full consideration, the applications should arrive before January 15, 2018.

Included Benefits:

Comprehensive medical insurance and travel allowance comes with this position.