Postdoctoral Fellow — AI-Enhanced Rubin Observatory Cosmology

Harvard University; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvard University’s Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on calibration, optimization, and data exploitation from the Rubin Observatory. The role emphasizes addressing questions in fundamental physics through flux calibration, image quality, and data-analysis methods, including AI approaches.

20% time may be used for topics of personal interest.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in physics or astronomy by start date is required.
• Experience with optical astronomy methods for frontier physics questions is required.
• Experience with AI tools is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Calibrate, optimize, and exploit Rubin Observatory data for physics questions.
• Contribute to advancing flux calibration, atmospheric transmission, and instrumental sensitivity analyses; explore AI methods.

Skills

AI tools experience

Observational astrophysics

Data analysis

Education

Ph.D. in physics or astronomy

Tools

Rubin Observatory data familiarity

Job description

Harvard University’s Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on calibration, optimization, and data exploitation from the Rubin Observatory. The role emphasizes addressing questions in fundamental physics through flux calibration, image quality, and data-analysis methods, including AI approaches.

20% time may be used for topics of personal interest.