A 1-year postdoctoral position is available within the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) project.
The IRIS small explorer was launched successfully in June 2013 and is focused on studying the physics of the interface region between the photosphere and corona. The IRIS science investigation combines a high-resolution ultraviolet spectrograph with advanced numerical modeling to study which types of non-thermal energy dominate in the chromosphere and beyond, how the chromosphere regulates the mass and energy supplied to the outer solar atmosphere, and how magnetic flux rises through the solar atmosphere and powers flares and coronal mass ejections.
The postdoctoral fellow will work with researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center and Lockheed Martin’s Solar & Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL, which leads the IRIS mission and is also involved in Hinode, SDO and STEREO), and be part of the IRIS team (see http://iris.lmsal.com for details). The work will involve a combination or subset of: analysis of IRIS data, calculation of non-LTE diagnostics from advanced numerical radiative MHD simulations of the solar atmosphere, and comparison between observations and numerical simulations. The candidate is also expected to assist in planning of IRIS science operations. Candidates should have a PhD (or expect to complete a PhD in the next 3 months) in solar physics, plasma physics or a closely related field. The applicant is expected to have experience in data analysis of solar data, and/or theoretical or numerical modeling.
The initial position is for a 1 year period and will start as soon as possible after March 1, 2014. The postdoctoral fellow will be employed by the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute through a NASA Cooperative Agreement. The salary range is $70 to $75K. The job benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, short-term and long-term disability insurance, a 403b defined contribution plan for which employer contributes 10% of gross salary, eligibility for participation in optional 403b tax-deferred annuity plan, 10 paid holidays, and accrual of 10 hours of vacation and 8 hours of sick-time per month.
Closing date for applications is 15 February, 2014.
The Bay Area Environmental Research Institute at: iris_project@baeri.org
Attention: Dr. Bart De Pontieu
Lockheed Martin Solar & Astrophysics Lab,
3251 Hanover St., Org. A021S, Bldg. 252,
Palo Alto, CA 94304
bdp@lmsal.com
Phone 1-650-424-3094 / Fax 1-650-424-3994
More information can be found at: http://www.baeri.org