Postdoctoral Research Associate (ASTR)

Job Title

Postdoctoral Analysis Affiliate (ASTR)

Company

Texas A&M College

Division

Physics And Astronomy

Proposed Minimal Wage

Commensurate

Job Location

School Station, Texas

Job Sort

Workers

Job Description

Our Dedication

Texas A&M College is dedicated to enriching the educational and dealing surroundings by selling a tradition that respects all views, abilities & identities.  Embracing various opinions and views strengthens our core values that are: Respect, Excellence, Management, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service.

Who We Are

The Division of Physics and Astronomy is residence to internationally main analysis in utilized physics, astronomy, atomic physics, quantum optics, condensed matter physics, excessive vitality physics, nuclear physics, and associated areas. We provide our college students quite a lot of graduate and undergraduate diploma choices.  Many extra college students from all disciplines obtain primary coaching in sciences in our state-of-art educating services.  Our division is dedicated to giving again to society by way of our in depth outreach program.

What We Need

The Postdoctoral Analysis Affiliate will likely be chargeable for performing astrophysical analysis. Analysis will embody subjects assigned by the Precept Investigator, in addition to subjects of your selecting. The chosen candidate will even have the chance to mentor graduate and undergraduate college students on their very own analysis. If the outline sounds thrilling to you, we invite you to use to be thought-about for this chance to affix our workforce.

What You Have to Know

Wage: Compensation will likely be commensurate primarily based on the chosen candidate’s schooling and expertise.

Location: That is an in-person place positioned in School Station, Texas, USA.

CV/Resume: Candidates are inspired to submit a single pdf with CV, record of publications, and a short (most 5 pages) assertion of present and future analysis plans and pursuits.

Required Training and Expertise: 

• Acceptable PhD

Most popular Training and Expertise: 

• PhD in astronomy, astrophysics, or physics associated to astronomy

• Expertise in astronomical knowledge discount, time area evaluation of excessive vitality sources, and/or ground-based interferometric knowledge

• Data pertaining to AGN suggestions and/or accretion disk physics

• Knowledge discount abilities utilizing Fermi, JVLA, TESS, NICER, or Swift pipelines

Tasks:

• Analysis, assigned: Performs astrophysical analysis, as assigned by PI, together with writing proposals and publishing peer-reviewed articles.

• Analysis, unbiased: Performs astrophysical analysis on subject of selection.

• Mentorship: Mentors graduate and undergraduate college students on their analysis, in addition to performing different duties as assigned.

Why Texas A&M College? 

Texas A&M College is dedicated to enriching the educational and dealing surroundings by selling a tradition that respects all views, abilities & identities.  Embracing various opinions and views strengthens our core values that are: Respect, Excellence, Management, Loyalty, Integrity, and Selfless Service.

We’re a prestigious college with sturdy traditions, Core Values, and a neighborhood of caring and collaboration.  Facilities related to a serious college, resembling sporting and cultural occasions, state-of-the-art recreation services, the Bush Library and Museum, and way more await you.  Expertise all {that a} massive metropolis has to supply however with an inexpensive cost-of-living and no lengthy commutes. 

• Well being , dental , imaginative and prescient , life and long-term incapacity insurance coverage with Texas A&M contributing to worker well being and primary life premiums

• 12-15 days of annual paid holidays 

• As much as eight hours of paid sick go away  and not less than eight hours of paid trip every month

• Mechanically enrollment within the Trainer Retirement System of Texas 

• Well being and Wellness: Free train packages and launch time

• Skilled Improvement: All workers have entry to free LinkedIn Studying  coaching, webinars, and restricted monetary help to attend conferences, workshops, and extra 

• Worker Tuition Help and Instructional Launch time   for finishing a level whereas a Texas A&M worker

Directions to Candidates: Functions acquired by Texas A&M College should both have all job software knowledge entered or a resume hooked up. Failure to supply all job software knowledge or an entire resume may end in an invalid submission and a rejected software. We encourage all candidates to add a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to pre-populate the web software.

All positions are security-sensitive. Candidates are topic to a prison historical past investigation, and employment is contingent upon the establishment’s verification of credentials and/or different info required by the establishment’s procedures, together with the completion of the prison historical past examine.

Equal Alternative/Affirmative Motion/Veterans/Incapacity Employer.