진학프로석·박사 채용 접수 플랫폼

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position on distance measurements with water megamasers in galaxies. This work is part of the ERC synergy RedH0T.

The candidate should have expertise in radio data analysis, and ideally with VLBI observations. The goal is to discover new water masers from existing and future single-dish data and to conduct and analyze VLBI monitoring campaigns of the best masers to determine distances to galaxies in the Hubble flow. Additional expertise with optical interferometry (e.g., VLTI) would be a plus. The main contact is Frédéric Courbin, but close collaboration is expected with Dom Pesce and Mark Reid at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as well as with the teams of Andrea Tarchi in Sardinia and Christian Henkel in Bonn/Effelsberg.

In general, all candidates should be motivated by carrying out collaborative work in a large interconnected topics, in a constructive way and often beyond their own field of expertise.

The position is at Department of Quantum Physics and Astrophysics, ICCUB (Univ. Barcelona) with F. Courbin.

Gross salary per year: 43.649,28€

The application period is from 26 June to 9 July 2026

Skills in the acquisition, reduction and interpretation of single dish spectroscopic radio data as well as in VLBI monitoring. Experience specific with extragalàctic water masers would be a plus, both observations and modeling to infer distances and evaluate sources of systematic errors.

Eligibility criteria

A specific committee will evaluate the applications using the following criteria:

- Suitability of the CV for the job (maximum 40) - Alignment with the project (maximum 20) - Motivation letter (maximum 20) - Experience in the research field (maximum 20) - Minimum score to pass the selection process: 60/100 points.

Selection process

An interview will be conducted if the evaluation committee deems it necessary.

Required documentation:

• CV (include contact details of people from whom references or reports can be requested)

• Motivational letter

• Registration form (online GAIA)

*Be in possession of the doctor's degree at the time of the formalization of the contract.

Additional comments

Duration of the contract of employment: 12 months, renewable up to 31/08/2032.

The candidate proposed for hiring must accept the job offer within 3 working days from the date of notification of the selection.

Priority will be given to people with disabilities (Law 89/2015 of June 2, reserve of quota 2% in favour of people with disabilities in companies of 50 or more people).

Be aware that the starting date sets in this offer is an estimate date. The official starting date will depend on the bureaucratic time that will take the preparation of the labour contract and presentation of the necessary documents to be hired by the selected candidate.

For additional information regards this offer, please, contact Dr. Fréderic Courbin: [email protected]