진학프로석·박사 채용 접수 플랫폼

Applications are invited for 1 full time postdoctoral position at the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Science Academy (CAMK PAN), in Warsaw, Poland, in the field of extragalactic distance scale.

CAMK PAN is the leading astrophysical institute in Poland, hosting about 50 staff researchers and 30 PhD students. CAMK PAN scientists participate in many international projects. 

A successful applicant will work with Prof. Grzegorz Pietrzynski as the Principal Investigator on the project “Precision calibration of the cosmic distance scale. In a search for a new physics ?”. The position will be funded from a Polish National Science Centre (NCN) MAESTRO research grant (UMO-2025/58/A/ST9/00437). Funding for travel and excellent working environment is secured. 

The scope of the work will be the calibration of the surface brightness color relation and Cepheids.  She/he will be a part of the Araucaria group, which dedicated the last 20 years to distance determinations with different distance indicators in order to significantly improve the Hubble constant determination with Cepheids and SN Ia. Currently the whole scientific group consists of some 15 astronomers in CAMK and another 20 in several different countries. Our group operates a collection of small telescopes located in Cerro Murphy Observatory, Chile, just in front of the construction place of the E-ELT. Exceptional weather conditions make this observatory an excellent tool for our research project. The observatory is currently being significantly expanded through the construction of new telescopes, including a 2.5-metre telescope. Therefore candidates with observing / instrumental skills would find an excellent environment.