Postdoctoral fellow in Astronomy - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

We announce a postdoctoral fellow position for two years at the Department of Astronomy and Theoretical Physics. The research involves work on the connection between black holes, globular clusters and binary star systems.  We are particularly interested in the connection between black hole binaries in globular clusters and intermediate-mass black hole formation, and in the properties of interacting binary systems in globular clusters. 

We wish to mine information from existing databases of stellar cluster models to investigate different astrophysical scenarios connected to the possible formation of intermediate-mass black holes in stellar clusters and how that connects to the observed binary populations that they contain, as well as to compute our own N-body models of stellar clusters.  

Work duties
Independent researcher with emphasis on modelling stellar cluster evolution and the implications for the formation of interacting binaries and intermediate-mass black holes.  50% of time will be spent on own research and a track record of established collaborations is necessary. The researcher is expected to collaborate widely within the department and apply their methodological knowledge to different astrophysical problems. Supervision of master students can be part of the work tasks.

Qualifications
Postdoctoral fellow positions are research-focused appointments intended to form early stages of a scientific career. The applicant should hold a PhD in astronomy not older than 3 years at the application deadline. The applicant must have good knowledge in the extraction of information from simulations of globular clusters and application to astrophysical problems. The researcher shall have completed or have ongoing projects related to computing N-body models of globular clusters. Experience of analysis using databases of stellar cluster models is required. Knowledge of machine learning techniques is an additional merit.  

A track record of collaboration in teams of a few researchers, both as leading author and as a collaborator on projects lead by others, is necessary. Good scientific merits, in the form of well-cited refereed journal articles, is a strong merit.  

It is desirable that the candidate has experience of research education in the form of supervising master projects.

Terms of employment
This is a full-time, fixed-term employment of a maximum of 2 years. The period of employment is determined in accordance with the agreement “Avtal om tidsbegränsad anställning som postdoktor” (“Agreement on fixed-term employment as a post-doctoral fellow”) between Lund University, SACO-S, OFR/S and SEKO, dated 4 September 2008.

Application procedure
The application should consist of a short description of current research (max 1 page), CV, copy of PhD diploma and publication list.