Assistant Research Professor Position in Support of JWST Debris Disk Programs

Submission Information
Publish Date: 
Saturday, January 22, 2022
Archive Date: 
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Job Summary
Job Category: 
Post-doctoral Positions and Fellowships
Institution Classification/Type: 
Large Academic
Institution/Company: 
University of Arizona
Department Name: 
Steward Observatory
Street Line 1: 
933 N. Cherry Avenue
Street Line 3: 
85721
City: 
Tucson
State/Province: 
AZ
Zip/Postal: 
85721
Country: 
United States of America
Announcement
Job Announcement Text: 

Steward Observatory seeks to fill an Assistant Research Professor position to support the NIRCam and MIRI teams for JWST, subject to available funds. The scientific focus will be to support an approved HST program and guaranteed time programs with JWST. Experience in reducing high contrast observations of debris disks and in modeling the resulting resolved images of them is a high priority. The position will be immersed within a rich astrophysical environment. SO is a member of the interdisciplinary Theoretical Astrophysics Program. The new University-wide Research Data Center provides access to high-end, local supercomputing resources (up to ~ 380TFLOPS) including distributed, shared-memory, and GPU architectures. Observational facilities at SO include the 2x8.4m Large Binocular Telescope, the 6.5m MMT, and the twin 6.5m Magellan telescopes. Send application materials to [email protected], who will provide further application instructions.

Included Benefits: 

The position is at a salary from $70,000 to $75,000, depending on qualifications and experience.

Application Deadline: 
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Selection Deadline: 
Friday, March 4, 2022
Current Status of Position: 
Accepting Applicants
Apply to Job
Attention To: 
Dr. George Rieke
Title: 
Regents' Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences; Astronomer, Steward Observatory; & Professor, Lunar and Planetary Lab
Institution/Company: 
University of Arizona
Department Name: 
Steward Observatory
Street Line 1: 
933 N. Cherry Avenue Suite N205A
City: 
Tucson
State/Province: 
AZ
Zip/Postal Code: 
85721
Country: 
United States of America
Inquiries About Job
Attention To: 
Dr. George Rieke
Subject: 
req7875