Postdoctoral Researcher: Exoplanets & Galactic Structure

Louisiana State University; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement options

Tuition exemption for qualified posi­t

Training and development opportunities

Employee discounts

Job summary

Louisiana State University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher to work on gravitational microlensing, exoplanet transits, or Galactic structure using data from the Roman Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey.

The successful candidate will join Professor Matthew Penny’s group and contribute to the RGES PIT/TrEXS collaborations, with focus areas including exoplanet detection in microlensing events, transit searches, and Milky Way modeling using Roman and Euclid data.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in physics, astronomy, or a related field.
• Experience coding in at least one programming language.
• Experience using high-performance or high-throughput computing.

Responsibilities

• Publish papers and present at conferences and collaboration meetings.
• Assist in the supervision of graduate and undergraduate students.
• Help in the preparation of proposals and grant applications.
• Contribute to the Roman GBTDS project infrastructure and related collaborations.

Skills

Programming

Education

Ph.D. in physics, astronomy, or related field

Job description

Louisiana State University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher to work on gravitational microlensing, exoplanet transits, or Galactic structure using data from the Roman Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey.

The successful candidate will join Professor Matthew Penny’s group and contribute to the RGES PIT/TrEXS collaborations, with focus areas including exoplanet detection in microlensing events, transit searches, and Milky Way modeling using Roman and Euclid data.