Application Deadline: January 2, 2009

A Post Doctoral Fellow position is available at Northwestern University in support of a DOE funded JDEM project to advance our understanding of the power of weak-lensing to delimit the nature of Dark Energy. The position is for 1 year with the possibility of continued funding. The Post Doc will carry out photometric observations, reduction, and photo-z calculations with collaborators at the Laboratoire d'Astrophsique de Marseille. These results will then be combined with the weak lensing signals derived from HST images reduced by the Ohio University partner team lead by Doug Clowe. The Northwestern and Ohio University teams will together work on the derivation of the resulting cosmological world model parameters and comparing these results with simulations.

Applications along with two letters of recommendation should be sent to:

Prof. Melville P.Ulmer
Dept of Physics & Astronomy
Northwestern University
Evanston IL, 60208-2900 USA

or

m-ulmer2@northwestern.edu

or

(0)1-847-491-3135 (fax).

Northwestern is an AA/EEO employer; applications from women and members of minority groups especially welcome. The position will be filled as soon as a qualified applicant accepts the position. The salary is $45,000 and the person is eligible for the normal full-time-staff benefits package.

    Application Deadline: 12/1/2008

Several postdoctoral positions in theoretical astrophysics may be available in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northwestern University, starting in Fall 2009. The Theoretical Astrophysics Group at Northwestern currently includes Profs. Vicky Kalogera, Fred Rasio and Ron Taam, eight postdocs (Chris Deloye, John Fregeau, Loren Hoffman, Ilya Mandel, Soko Matsumura, Stefan Umbreit, Marc van de Sluys, and Bart Willems), as well as ten graduate students. We are interested in candidates with prior experience in any area of theoretical/computational astrophysics, but particularly the following: extrasolar planetary systems, compact objects, X-ray binaries, gravitational wave astrophysics and data analysis, and dense star cluster dynamics. Applications from women and minority candidates are especially encouraged.

Applicants should send their CV, list of publications, a brief statement of research interests (up to four pages), and arrange for a minimum of three recommendation letters to be received by December 1, 2008. Email submissions are preferred. Later applications will be considered until all positions are filled.

Applications and letters of recommendation should be sent to:

William Finney
Research Program Coordinator
Dept of Physics & Astronomy
Dearborn Observatory
2131 Tech Dr.
Northwestern University
Evanston IL, 60208-2900 USA

or

w-finney@northwestern.edu



Northwestern is an AA/EEO employer; applications from women and members of minority groups especially welcome.