PhD in Experimental Astrophysics

The experimental and instrumentation Astrophysics group at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel invites applications for its PhD program.

Our group aims to offer outstanding research and training opportunities with excellent instrumental and observational facilities. Main projects and research topics carried out by our group are:

1. Stellar activity studies with multi object high-R spectroscopy and in the future with the wide-FoV NUV ULTRASAT space borne telescope (to be launched in 2024).
2.  Compact object transit searches with the new Large Array Survey Telescope currently being commissioned in the south of Israel.
3. Development of the novel Multi Aperture Spectroscopic Telescope.
4. Large scale instrumentation for Magellan/GMT.

Two positions are available with a fellowship of 7500 NIS ($2000) monthly average net income.

Interested students are invited to apply by October 30, 2021, with positions starting on January 1, 2022. An earlier start of the thesis research is possible.

Applicants must have a Master's degree (or equivalent) in Physics/Astronomy including a corresponding thesis and a very good physics background.