The Supernova research group (SNICE) is part of the Department of Cosmology at the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC). Together with the lead researcher, Lluís Galbany, the group is made up of three postdoctoral researchers and six doctoral students. SNICE research ranges from supernova physics, studies of their progenitor stars and their galactic environment, to their use as distance indicators for Cosmology. The group is part of the main international collaborations in the study of supernovae and other transient phenomena (Carnegie Supernova Project - CSP/POISE, Global Supernova Project - GSP, Nordic-optical-telescope Un-biased Transient Survey - NUTS2, extended Public ESO Spectroscopic Survey for Transient Objects – ePESSTO+, La Silla Southern Supernova Survey - LS4, the Electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave sources at the Very Large Telescope - ENGRAVE, and the Keck Infrared Transient Survey - KITS), as well as other international collaborations aimed at using type Ia and type II supernovae as cosmological probes (the Dark Energy Survey - DES, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope supernova Project Infrastructure Team - SNPIT, and the Dark Energy Science Collaboration of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time - DESC/LSST).

We are looking for a candidate who meets the following criteria: (1) has either completed their PhD or will complete it before the contract's starting date, which is October 16th; and (2) is younger than 30 years old on the contract's starting date. The selected person will be integrated into the Supernova group to mainly be part of the HOSTFLOWS project, which aims to reduce the systematic uncertainties in the standardization of the maximum brightness of type Ia supernovae, and thus improve their use as distance indicators. This role is associated with a specific branch of the project, which aims to determine the value of the Hubble-Lemaitre constant using data in the infrared range. The tasks to be developed include the reduction and analysis of spectroscopy data obtained with the Great Canary Telescope (GTC) in the optical and infrared range, and the reduction and analysis of infrared image data. Part of the time can be devoted to projects within the scope of the collaborations in which the research group is present.

If you are interested or know of anyone that fit the requirements, please contact as soon as possible to Lluís Galbany at l.g@csic.es.