Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Stellar Astronomy/Astrophysics

Job Description

About Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University:

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is an independent, culturally diverse institution providing quality education and research in aviation, aerospace, engineering, and other related fields with residential campuses located in Daytona Beach, Florida and Prescott, Arizona. The University's Worldwide campus provides educational opportunities online and at approximately 130 locations throughout the United States, Asia, Europe, and Central/South America.

As the largest and most comprehensive aviation and aerospace-focused university in the world, Embry-Riddle is a unique institution. Over the past 90 years, the University has evolved with industry to break new ground and produce top-level graduates who serve the ever-changing needs of aviation and aerospace and other STEM-related disciplines. Embry-Riddle offers programs in seven primary fields of study including: Applied Science; Aviation; Business; Computers and Technology; Engineering; Safety, Security, and Intelligence; and Space.

For Academic Year 2021-22, there were over 11,100 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students that attended the University's residential campuses and approximately 20,195 students in total enrolled with the University around the world.

The Opportunity:

Applications are invited for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate position in observational stellar astronomy. The successful candidate will work with the stellar astrophysics group at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and collaborators at Florida Gulf Coast University on an investigation of the empirical rotation vs. age relation among wide noninteracting late type main sequence binary stars, using data from NASA’s Kepler, K2 and TESS missions. The primary responsibility of the position will be to assist our comparisons of competing “gyrochronology” models to the available observational data. Other duties may include managing the software pipeline for light curve analysis, acquisition and reduction of new photometric and/or spectroscopic observations, and the publication and presentation of results. Experience with Python, astrostatistics and/or mining NASA and ESA data archives would be a plus.

Qualifications

A Ph.D. in astronomy or astrophysics is required by the date of employment. The term of employment is initially for one year. It may be renewable for up to three years, depending upon performance and the availability of funding.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to participate in the Department’s graduate and/or undergraduate teaching and outreach activities. They will also have access to the SARA telescopes at Kitt Peak, Cerro Tololo and La Palma (www.saraobservatory.org ) as well as the 1?m telescope on the ERAU campus (https://daytonabeach.erau.edu/about/labs/telescope ).

Please apply online at http://careers.erau.edu, requisition R305295, and include a curriculum vita, publications list, a summary of research experience and interests, and contact information for three professional references. The position is available immediately and will remain open until filled.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

Email inquiries should be directed to terry.oswalt@erau.edu .