Postdoctoral Fellow at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics in Stellar or Galactic Astronomy

The Institute 

The ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) is a leading research school in Australia in the field of astronomy and astrophysics. Our staff and students have made major contributions to astronomy, mapping the structure and formation of the Milky Way, discovering planets orbiting other stars, measuring dark matter both within our Galaxy and in the wider Universe, and discovering the accelerating expansion of the Universe. Our astronomers include winners of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science and the Nobel Prize.

The vibrant and diverse astronomical research community at RSAA has access to a broad array of facilities and  RSAA leads the GALAH and SkyMapper surveys. ANU is a partner in the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) project and has a leading role in developing the MAVIS instrument to be installed on the ESO Very Large Telescope UT4. RSAA hosts the Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre, which is a national facility established to support the development of the next generation of instruments for astronomy and space science. We have access to excellent computational facilities through the National Computational Infrastructure supercomputers, as well as in-house computer clusters. Australia has access rights to the LSST survey and is a strategic partner of ESO, an arrangement that provides access to all ESO telescopes at Paranal and La Silla. 

The Opportunity

This is a research-focused postdoctoral position for a three year term, working in the area of galactic archaeology with Professor Melissa Ness. 

Candidates with experience in any of the following are encouraged to apply: stellar spectroscopy and stellar abundances, stellar structure and stellar evolution, chemical evolution modelling, large survey data, statistics and machine learning, galaxy formation and simulations, integral field unit observations. Applications are encouraged from researchers who wish to undertake novel and collaborative research as part of their program. 

Starting salary is from $80,914 - $101,560 AUD per annum plus 17% superannuation.

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