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Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position on strong and milli gravitational lensing to constrain Dark Matter substructures.

The position is for 3 months in Barcelona with F. Courbin.

The successful candidate(s) will work on the nature of dark matter through its impact on the formation of structures in lens galaxies and along their line of sight. A background in gravitational lensing is highly desired. Skills in machine learning, inverse problems, data reduction will be seen as a plus. The candidate will work on HST, JWST and VLT-AO data and/or on lens modeling techniques and lens simulations. The candidate will also work with new hydro simulations of galaxies with and without substructures to forecast their detectability with lensing.

F. Courbin is deeply involved in the ESA Euclid satellite mission, as will be the successful applicant.

Skills/Qualifications

The ideal candidate should be familiar with strong lensing at galaxy scale, be able to handle some of the major lens modeling tools and also ne able to manipulate N-body simulations to simulate lensing from the baryonic and dark matter components in the simulations. Being at ease with writing high-quality papers will be a major plus.