The Low Surface Brightness group at the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) seeks highly motivated candidates for a postdoctoral position to work on intracluster light with Dr. Mireia Montes. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with state-of-the-art cosmological simulations and observational data from space telescopes such as Euclid as well as HST and JWST.

Qualifications:

• A Ph.D. in Astronomy, Astrophysics, or a related field by the start date of the position.
• Candidates with experience in either observational or simulation data processing and low surface brightness emission are particularly encouraged to apply.
• Proficiency in programming languages (e.g., Python).
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

Position Overview:

• The appointment will be for up to two years.
• Application deadline: 21 April 2025.
• Start date: as soon as possible.

Interested candidates should submit the following in a single pdf file.

• A detailed curriculum vitae (CV), including a list of publications.
• A statement of research interests and relevant work to date (up to two pages).
• Names and contact details of 3 referees.

Applications (and informal enquiries) should be sent to Mireia Montes (mmontes@ice.csic.es).

Please include the text “ICE-CSIC Postdoc Application - NAME” (where NAME is your name) in the subject line of the email.

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