Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF), now part of CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS), regularly offers postdoctoral fellowships in astrophysics and related areas. These are widely advertised every year, e.g., in the AAS Job Register and in CSIRO Career Opportunities.

For further information on the ATNF Bolton Fellowship as well as other Postdoctoral and Research Fellowships please follow the links and contact the named members of the Astrophysics Group.

Interested in a postdoc position at CASS-ATNF ? Please email us; contact details are given below. We are looking forward to hear from you :)

Current Advertisements (6)

Indefinite Position in Radio Astronomy at CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science (CASS)

Contact: Simon Johnston
Closing Date: 18 Nov 2012 --- Applications closed
CSIRO Job Ref: NSW12/03385
AAS Job No: 42992

We invite applications for an indefinite staff position. We are seeking someone with an outstanding track record in radio astronomy science and associated techniques to be involved in the scientific commissioning and exploitation of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder as it comes on-line over the next few years. We expect the appointee to carry out world-class research closely aligned with ASKAP, to supervise and mentor students and postdocs and engage in international collaborations.
CSIRO is Australia's leading research organisation and the Division of Astronomy and Space Science (CASS) is Australia's premier radio astronomy institute with a world-class reputation. The Astrophysics Group at CASS currently consists of 9 indefinite staff, 18 postdocs and 35 co-supervised PhD students.
The successful candidate will be based at the CASS headquarters in Sydney, Australia, within a lively research environment, as part of the astrophysics group. Sydney is a cosmopolitan, multi-cultural city of about 4 million people located on one of the world's most beautiful harbours and with beaches within an easy commute from many suburbs. The Sydney astronomical community is large and vibrant, consisting of researchers at CASS, the Australian Astronomical Observatory and 4 major teaching Universities.
The position comes with a generous discretionary research allowance, the possibility of attracting postdocs through CSIRO and ARC schemes and access to a large pool of astronomy students nationally and internationally.
Two Postdoctoral Fellowships in Extragalactic HI Surveys

Contact: Baerbel Koribalski
Closing Date: 18 Nov 2012 --- Applications closed
CSIRO Job Refs: NSW12/03390 and NSW12/03388.
AAS Job No: 42990

We are seeking enthusiastic and skilled researchers to work with OCE Science Leader Dr. B. Koribalski and her team on current and future extragalactic HI surveys. The research positions are located at the ATNF Headquarters of CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science (CASS) in Sydney, Australia. The team will be part of our vibrant Astrophysics Group, supplemented by co-supervised students and visiting researchers. With engineering and soon science commissioning of the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) progressing well, this is an exciting time to be at CASS and play a leading role in the extragalactic HI Survey, WALLABY.
- 3-year postdoc position: junior researcher no more than 3 years since award of PhD; experience and interest in radio interferometry, HI imaging, and galaxy studies (Ref. No: NSW12/03390).
- 5-year research position: research astronomer with excellent publication record, demonstrated experience and interest in radio interferometry, HI imaging, and galaxy studies (Ref. No: NSW12/03388).
- short-term scientific programmers (3-6 months) to work on specific collaborative projects such as the creation of databases, software tools, and 3D visualisations of galaxy data (please contact B. Koribalski directly).
Two Postdoctoral Fellowships in Pulsar Astronomy

Contact: Simon Johnston and George Hobbs
Closing Date: 18 Nov 2012 --- Applications closed
CSIRO Job Refs: NSW12/03383 and NSW12/03384.
AAS Job No: 42996

CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science, based in Sydney Australia, seeks to appoint two Postdoctoral Fellows. Both are 3 year positions: (1) to study pulsar timing noise and (2) to carry out research relating to the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (PPTA) project. The successful applicants are expected to conduct independent research and to collaborate with members of the CSIRO astronomy team and the PPTA team. The appointees will have access to Parkes pulsar data sets obtained for the Fermi-support mission and from the PPTA project.
For the first position, the successful candidate will study timing noise in young and millisecond pulsars, search for mode-switching processes, predict the likely affect of timing noise on gravitational-wave detection experiments over decadal timescales and attempt new techniques to remove the timing noise. (Ref. NSW12/03383)
For the second position, the appointee will lead one aspect of the PPTA project. The exact choice of topic will depend upon the skills and science interests of the candidate but may be related to 1) gravitational wave detection, 2) searching for evidence of coalescing supermassive black hole systems, 3) developing pulsar-based timestandards, 4) high-precision millisecond pulsar timing or 5) searching for unknown objects in the solar system. (Ref. NSW12/03384)
2013 Bolton Fellowship

Contact: Naomi McClure-Griffiths and Ray Norris
Closing Date: 18 Nov 2012 --- Applications closed
CSIRO Job Ref: NSW12/03268
AAS Job No: 42944

CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science invites applications for the 2013 Bolton Fellowship. The Bolton Fellowship is Australia's longest standing prize fellowship and provides an outstanding opportunity for post-doctoral astronomy research in Australia. The Bolton Fellowship is designed to help young scientists establish their research careers by undertaking independent research and/or development projects in any area relevant to the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) observational capabilities. - This is a 3-year position.
Other Fellowships
If you are interested in taking the following Fellowships at ATNF, please contact us.
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