Postdoctoral Research Associate in Planet Formation

Submission Information
Publish Date: 
Friday, January 18, 2019
Archive Date: 
Friday, February 22, 2019
Job Summary
Job Category: 
Post-doctoral Positions and Fellowships
Institution Classification/Type: 
Foreign
Institution/Company: 
University of Tuebingen
Department Name: 
Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
City: 
Tuebingen
State/Province: 
Baden-Wurttemberg
Zip/Postal: 
72076
Country: 
Germany
Announcement
Job Announcement Text: 

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral research position at the institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Tuebingen (IAAT). The city of Tuebingen is a picturesque old town in Southwest Germany with a relatively large student population.

The research activities of the Institute include Astronomy, Instrumental Design/High Energy Physics, Computational Astrophysics and Relativistic Astrophysics. The focus of research of the Computational Astrophysics group lies in the field of star and planet formation, and the physics of accretion disks. The successful applicant will carry out original research in the field of Planet Formation within the Computational Astrophysics group of the IAAT. Funding is from the German Research Foundation (DFG) within a collaborative project on Growth and Evolution of Planets in protoplanetary Disks together with the Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur (France), where a second Postdoc position will be available. Experience in performing hydrodynamical and/or magnetohydrodynamical simulations is highly desirable.

The appointment is initially for two years with possible extension, and paid according to German public service scale (TV-L E13)

Applicants should send a curriculum vitae and bibliography to:
[email protected]. Please ensure that three letters of recommendation are sent directly to the above e-mail address.

The University of Tuebingen seeks to increase the fraction of female scientists in research and teaching and particularly encourages applications from women.

For more information about the institute see: http://www.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de

Application Deadline: 
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Current Status of Position: 
Accepting Applicants
Apply to Job
Attention To: 
Wilhelm Kley
Title: 
Prof.
Institution/Company: 
University of Tuebingen
Department Name: 
Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Street Line 1: 
Morgenstelle 10
City: 
Tuebingen
Zip/Postal Code: 
72076
Country: 
Germany
Inquiries About Job
Attention To: 
Wilhelm Kley
Subject: 
Postdoc 2019