finished (2022/02/15, finished 2022/08/03, listed until 2022/08/15)| Position ID: | Caltech-PMA-PD [#21191] |
| Position Title: | Postdoctoral Position in Instrumentation for mm/submm Astronomy/Cosmology |
| Position Type: | Postdoctoral |
| Position Location: | Pasadena, California 91125, United States [map] |
| Subject Area: | Radio/mm/submm Astrophysics and Cosmology incl. instrumentation development |
| Appl Deadline: | 2022/04/01 11:59PM finished (2022/02/15, finished 2022/08/03, listed until 2022/08/15) |
| Position Description: |
We are seeking to hire a postdoc to participate in the development of millimeter and submillimeter detectors. The successful applicant would have the opportunity to work on the development of detector technologies for continuum imaging and low-resolution spectroscopy in the 30-420 GHz range, possibly higher, for the study of CMB polarization, galaxy clusters via the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect, thermal sources such as dusty, star-forming galaxies and star forming regions and the ISM in our galaxy, and spectral line emission, including:
For more details, see doi:10.1117/12.2056777, arXiv:2112.05366. The successful applicant may also join our effort on etched silicon metamaterial optics for these frequencies (doi:10.1364/AO.57.005196, doi:10.1007/s10909-019-02294-4, doi:10.1007/s10909-019-02255-x) or observational work on the thermal and kinetic SZ effects in galaxy clusters (e.g., doi:0.3847/1538-4357/ab29ef, doi:10.1093/mnras/stab1542). Applicants should have:
The position is for a term of 1 year with the possibility of two or more one-year reappointments assuming satisfactory performance and availability of funding. Applications received by April 1, 2022 will receive full consideration, but review of the applications will continue until the position is filled. The successful applicant may start at any mutually agreeable date in 2022.
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