[Cosmo-pl] cosmology postdocs: Lagrange/ILP w Paris; LERMA/IAP w Paris; LAPP w Annecy

[Boud Roukema]

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1.  Lagrange Postdoctoral Fellowships

     Web: http://ilp.upmc.fr/fellowships/postdoc-fellowships.php

     The ILP  invites applications from  scientists with recent  PhDs for
     several Fellowships beginning in 2017. Lagrange Fellows will receive
     a salary according to experience, and generous travel, research, and
     visitor funds, for 2 years (+ 1).

     The Lagrange Institute further expands  its visitor's program by the
     Lagrange  Awards, enabling  international  leaders  in the  research
     themes of the  Institute and their groups to  spend extended periods
     of  time collaborating  with ILP  fellows and  members in  Paris. In
     addition, the ILP hosts regular workshops and conferences.

     Successful  candidates will  have demonstrated  outstanding research
     creativity and  have the potential  to develop and lead  projects in
     collaboration with ILP members.

     Lagrange fellows will perform their research activities at the ILP's
     member  laboratories (depending  on  research  speciality), will  be
     immersed  in an  internationally visible  research environment  with
     rich intellectual and computational resources, and opportunities for
     involvement   in   the   leading   astronomical   observations   and
     (astro-)particle  physics   experiments  of  the   decade.  Research
     strengths  include   (but  are  not  limited   to)  theoretical  and
     observational cosmology, the cosmic  beginning, dark matter and dark
     energy  research,  theoretical   and  experimental  (astro-)particle
     physics, and  recent advances  in quantum  field theory  and quantum
     gravity. If  desired, Fellows may  attend short courses  on emerging
     research methods.

     Members of the Lagrange Institute are involved in leading capacities
     in  several  international  projects,  including  Planck,  Herschel,
     Euclid, CFHTLS,  TeraPix, BOSS, AUGER, CTA,  VIPER, Square Kilometer
     Array, ATLAS at LHC and HESS.

     Applications should include a research proposal, a statement of past
     research  accomplishments,  a  curriculum vitae  and  a  publication
     list. Candidates should  also arrange for 3 letters  of reference to
     be uploaded to the web application.

     All application  materials including reference letters  will have to
     be  received  by  the  16th  of November,  2016  to  guarantee  full
     consideration.

     Please  note  that  the  number of  fellowships  is  conditional  on
     funding.
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2. 3-year postdoctoral positions in extragalactic / ISM astronomy at
    LERMA (Paris)

    The LERMA, Paris Observatory and  IAP/CNRS are seeking candidates for
    2  post-doctoral   positions  in  (P1)  photo-ionisation   and  shock
    modelling  and (P2)  hydrodynamical simulations  of Cool  Core Galaxy
    Clusters, starting at the earliest in Spring 2017.

    The successful  candidate will carry  out research within  the LYRICS
    project  (https://vm-wordpress-lerma01.obspm.fr/lyrics/),  funded  by
    the french  research agency  (ANR). The  goal of  this project  is to
    study  the  life  cycle  of  gas  in  galaxies  in  the  presence  of
    AGN-feedback,  by   studying  the  filamentary   network  surrounding
    Brightest Cluster Galaxies (BCGs).

    Applicants should have  a PhD in physics or astronomy  by the time of
    the  appointment.  We  encourage  applications  from candidates  with
    strong    expertise    in     photo-ionisation,    shock    modelling
    (e.g.  Meudon-PDR,   CLOUDY,  MAPPINGs)  for  P1   or  hydrodynamical
    simulations  of   galaxies  (e.g.  RAMSES,  Enzo,   Gadget)  for  P2.
    Experience with manipulating multi-wavelength extragalactic data will
    also be considered.

    The LERMA,  Paris Observatory/IAP  maintain a lively  visitor program
    and hosts regular workshops and conferences throughout the year.  The
    successful candidate  will be immersed in  an internationally visible
    research environment in the Paris  Campus, with rich intellectual and
    computational resources.

    The  appointment is  for 2+1  years  with a  salary including  social
    security benefits. Funding will also be allocated for travel.

    Applicants should submit a CV (max.   2 pages), a publication list, a
    short review  of previous  works (2 pages),  a statement  of research
    interests (2 pages)  and 2 reference letters.  Applications should be
    sent to philippe.salome at obspm.fr and dubois at iap.fr

    For  full consideration  materials must  be received  before December
    31st, 2016.

    More details :
Postdoc 1 : https://vm-wordpress-lerma01.obspm.fr/lyrics/open-positions/
Postdoc 2 : https://vm-wordpress-lerma01.obspm.fr/lyrics/open-position-iap/

    Included Benefits:
    French national  medical insurance, Maternity/Paternity  leave, Lunch
    subsidies, Family  supplement for  children, Participation  to public
    transport fees, Pension contributions
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3. Postdoctoral position in Cosmology at LAPP (Annecy)

The Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules (CNRS/IN2P3
- LAPP) has an  immediate opening for a  post-doctoral research position
in cosmology in the framework of  the Excellence Laboratory : ENIGMASS -
http://enigmass.in2p3.fr/

The postdoc will  join a cosmology team based at  both Annecy (LAPP) and
Grenoble (LPSC) and will work within the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
project (LSST)  and the  Dark Energy  Science Collaboration  (DESC). The
successful applicant will  focus their research on  Weak Lensing applied
to Galaxy Clusters  and Cosmic Shear. Code  development and optimization
will be an important part of the work.

The candidate should have a strong background in cosmology, ideally with
experience in  weak lensing  studies. Prior experience  with photometric
datasets  and  strong computational  skills  would  also be  significant
assets.

The position is  available immediately for a period of  three years. The
salary will depend on the working experience of the selected candidate.

The evaluation of the applications (a single pdf file with cover letter,
CV including publications, research  statement, email addresses of three
people   who  can   provide  letters   of  recommendation)   will  start
immediately,  and  will  continue  until the  position  is  filled.

The application documents as well as further questions shall be directed
to Dominique Boutigny, boutigny at in2p3.fr.
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