Offer Description
The Moritz Schlick early-career programme at the University of Vienna supports early- stage postdocs with high potential for an academic career. Participants in the programme receive outstanding financial support as well as training and mentoring to allow them to develop their full potential.
The Department of Astrophysics is offering a Moritz Schlick position (4+2 years) in the Dynamics of Stellar Systems research group of Prof. Glenn van de Ven.
We seek an outstanding candidate to take a leading role in our research team in developing and applying novel techniques to state-of-the art photometric and spectroscopic observations of nearby galaxies to uncover their formation history. In particular, you will be part of the Vienna core team in charge of our pioneering code for orbital modelling of stellar systems which today is publicly released under the name DYNAMITE.
We offer a stimulating research environment with staff working in various areas of astrophysics. Our team has privileged access to the Vienna Scientific Cluster super- computing facility. As a member state of ESO and ESA, Austria has access to their first- class observing facilities. A one-time €75,000 research fund will be made available.
You should have a Doctoral/PhD degree in astronomy or astrophysics with affinity for programming, or in computer science or applied mathematics with affinity for astronomy. Excellent communication and very good programming skills in English are required, while expertise in dynamical modelling and stellar spectroscopy are assets. Participation in teaching and supervision of students is requested, while very good organizational skills are highly desirable.
Skills
Required qualifications are:
- Doctoral/PhD degree in astronomy or astrophysics with affinity for programming, or in computer science/applied mathematics with affinity for astronomy/astrophysics
- Excellent command of written and spoken English
- Excellent abilities to work in a team and to express yourself
- Very good programming skills
- Main-author publications in renowned subject-relevant media
Further desirable qualifications are:
- Very good organizational skills
- Experience in teaching and training
- Experience in (co-)supervising students
- Experience in (co-)organising events
Specific Requirements
The position will involve the extension and synergy of our Schwarzschild orbit-superposition and discrete chemo-dynamical numerical codes. The combination of computationally intensive stellar population and dynamical models applied to state-of-the-art spectroscopic data will require novel optimisation algorithms and efficient programming. Therefore, it is an asset if the successful candidate has:
- Experience in stellar dynamical modelling
- Experience in stellar population modelling
- Experience in stellar spectroscopy
Organisation
University of Vienna
Location
Research field
Deadline
31st October 2022
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