Postdoctoral Positions, University of Turku, Finland (2017)

Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA) is a national research institute in Finland, with headquarters in the University of Turku. It takes care of Finnish co-operation with the European Southern Observatory (ESO); practises and co-ordinates high quality astronomical research, and technological development work related to ESO; participates in researcher training; and promotes co-operation of Finnish universities in astronomy.

Applications are invited for postdoctoral researcher positions at FINCA to work on ESO-related activities. The work place of the positions can be any of the participating universities of FINCA (Aalto, Helsinki, Oulu or Turku).

The start of employment is negotiable, but earliest on 1 September 2017 and latest on 31 December 2017. The appointments are for a period of two years, with a trial period of four months and with the possibility of an extension to third year.

Postdocs are expected to pursue their own independent research program, in one of the areas related to FINCA’s main research themes, participate in teaching, and supervise undergraduate or graduate students. FINCA's current areas of research (including those of participating universities; see links at the bottom of the FINCA WWW front page) cover a large range in contemporary astronomy, from observational cosmology, active galaxies, and galaxy formation and evolution, through studies of the structure, kinematics, stellar populations and star formation of nearby galaxies, to supernovae and their use as probes of their host galaxies, binary stars, stellar magnetic activity, interstellar medium, and star formation.

The positions require a PhD in astronomy or a closely related subject. Experience in observational astronomy with large international facilities is essential and experience with ESO an advantage. The applicant must have completed her or his doctorate before September 1, 2017, and no more than four years before the application deadline.

Further details:
http://academicpositions.eu