Postdoctoral Positions at CEICO, Prague

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Michal Vrastil
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Postdoctoral Positions at CEICO, Prague

Post by Michal Vrastil » May 14 2017

The Central European Institute of Cosmology and Fundamental Physics (CEICO), at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, welcomes applications for Senior and Junior Postdoctoral Researcher positions.

CEICO is a new research centre, established with funds from the Czech Academy of Sciences, the Czech Science Foundation, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the European Commission. The international team of experts is headed by Martin Schnabl and Costas Skordis and comprises staff members Michael Prouza, Ignacy Sawicki and Alex Vikman, senior scientists Ted Erler and Joris Raeymaekers and another ten postdoctoral researchers and graduate students. The team’s areas of research are: cosmology, gravity, string field theory, and instrumentation for cosmological observations.

Further information about CEICO and its research programmes may be found at http://www.ceico.cz.

We are currently recruiting for the positions of

* 5-year CEICO Senior Postdoctoral Researcher in Photosensors and Cosmology
* 3-year CEICO Junior Postdoctoral Researcher in Photosensors and Cosmology

Candidates are expected to become (if not already) active in the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) project and/or Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC). The LSST is a telescope currently under development in Chile and is designed to conduct a ten-year survey of the Universe. DESC is preparing for LSST science analyses, make synergistic connections with ongoing cosmological surveys and provide the dark energy science community with state of the art analysis tools.

Further information about LSST and DESC can be found at https://www.lsst.org/ and at http://lsst-desc.org/

Please see http://www.ceico.cz/jobs for detailed information on the positions offered and the requirements, and to apply online.

The deadline for all application material (including reference letters) is 15 October 2017.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Michael Prouza, <[Log in to view email]>.

CEICO values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity. Applications from female physicists are strongly encouraged.

Michal Vrastil
Posts: 3
Joined: May 13 2017
Affiliation: Institute of Physics ASCR

Postdoctoral Positions at CEICO, Prague

Post by Michal Vrastil » August 21 2017

Job offer updated!

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