Postdoctoral Fellow

Submission Information
Publish Date: 
Friday, January 28, 2022
Archive Date: 
Friday, February 25, 2022
Job Summary
Job Category: 
Post-doctoral Positions and Fellowships
Institution Classification/Type: 
Large Academic
Institution/Company: 
The Australian National University
Department Name: 
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, College of Science
Street Line 1: 
142 Mills Road,Jaeger 8
City: 
Acton
State/Province: 
Australian Capital Territory
Zip/Postal: 
2601
Country: 
Australia
Announcement
Job Announcement Text: 

Classification: Academic Level A
Salary package: $76,271 - $95,732 per annum plus 17% superannuation
Term: Full time, Fixed Term (2 years)

  • Flexible work arrangements
  • On campus childcare facilities
  • Support network and mentoring program for early career academics

The Position

The Postdoctoral Fellow will join the Astro-Machine-Learning group that specialises in the study of wide range topics (Galactic Archaeology, star formation and cosmology) in big-data astronomy through lens of statistics and machine learning.

The Person

To excel in this role you will have:

  • A PhD (or awarding of a PhD within six months of appointment commencement) in astronomy/computer science, or equivalent qualifications and experience in a related area
  • Proven ability to conduct high quality research, evidenced by peer-reviewed publications and conference presentation.
  • Experience that is relevant to research in some or all of the following areas:
    • astronomy, statistics, and machine learning.
    • specific research experience in galactic archaeology and cosmology (astronomy), computer vision, and natural language processing (computer science) would be an advantage but is not essential.
  • Excellent oral and verbal communication skills

Application Information

Please use the below link to apply:

https://jobs.anu.edu.au/cw/en/job/543838/postdoctoral-fellow

Applications close: 21 February 2022 11:55:00 PM AUS Eastern Daylight

Pay Compensation
Salary Min: 
$54046.00 (USD)
Salary Max: 
$67836.00 (USD)
Included Benefits: 

The Australian National University is a world-leading institution and provides a range of lifestyle, financial and non-financial rewards and programs to support staff in maintaining a healthy work/life balance whilst encouraging success in reaching their full career potential. For more information, please click this link: https://www.anu.edu.au/jobs

Application Deadline: 
Monday, February 28, 2022
Selection Deadline: 
Monday, March 7, 2022
Current Status of Position: 
Accepting Applicants
Apply to Job
Attention To: 
Yuan-Sen Ting
Title: 
Associate Professor
Institution/Company: 
The Australian National University
Department Name: 
Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics
City: 
Canberra
State/Province: 
Australian Capital Territory
Country: 
Australia
Institution/Company Job ID or Reference Code: 
543838
Inquiries About Job
Attention To: 
Yuan-Sen Ting
Subject: 
Postdoctoral Fellow_Job number 543838