Interdisciplinary Postdoc for Star-Planet Chemical Interplay

Applicants are invited for a postdoctoral or senior postdoctoral position within the research group of Prof. Natalie Hinkel at Louisiana State University (lsu.edu/physics/people/faculty/hinkel.php). The group has broad interests involving the chemical link between stars and planetary interiors (nataliehinkel.com) as well as research that leverages the Hypatia Catalog stellar abundance database (hypatiacatalog.com).

Depending on the applicant's research interests and qualifications, possible research topics may include, but are not limited to: [1] stellar abundances, involving spectroscopy and/or working with Hypatia Catalog data; [2] determining M-dwarf abundances in the infrared; [3] data science, visualization, and statistics (including access to the LSU high performance computer, hpc.lsu.edu); [4] geophysical modeling of planetary interior structure and mineralogy (with application to astronomy); [5] cosmochemistry/chemical processes within protoplanetary disks and planet formation, or [6] some combination thereof. The successful candidate is encouraged to develop their own research project within this general framework, which may be discussed with Natalie Hinkel ([email protected]). The postdoctoral researcher is expected to pursue independent and collaborative research, regularly publish papers, travel to and present at conferences/workshops (US and international), and assist in the preparation of proposals. They are also encouraged to help train under/graduate students. Senior postdoctoral researchers will be asked to lead various aspects of the project and/or proposals, and also will be expected to supervise under/graduate students.