Postdoctoral Position in Observational Cosmology at

hace 2 meses


Bellaterra, España IFAE A tiempo completo

Opening Date**:October 17, 2024**
Closing Date**:November 1, 2024**
Ref:IFAE2024/37_COMOSLOGY_Postdoc

**About IFAE**:
The Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) is a public consortium of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Autonomous Government of Catalonia, and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB, a public university) whose main objective is to carry out research and to contribute to the development of high energy physics from a theoretical, experimental and technological point of view. IFAE has the status of a “University Institute" attached to the UAB and its premises are within the campus of the University.

**About the Observational Cosmology group**:
The IFAE Cosmology group is presently formed by 5 faculty, 3 post-docs and 7 PhD students and is a full member of the Dark Energy Survey (DES), the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), the Euclid Consortium and the Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) at the Rubin Observatory. The group plays leading roles in the analysis of DES and DESI, and is preparing for the data exploitation of the Euclid and LSST-DESC surveys.

The ERC-funded COSMO-LYA research group, led by Andreu Font-Ribera. COSMO-LYA is using innovative techniques and new data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) to address some of the open questions in fundamental physics.

**Required skills and evaluation criteria**:

- PhD in Physics or a related discipline
- Knowledge of Linux and strong programming skills (preferentially Python)
- Experience in data analysis of large spectroscopic surveys of galaxies
- Experience in numerical simulations of galaxy surveys
- Experience in Machine Learning algorithms for observational cosmology
- Skills to work in an international environment
- Scientific excellence based on the CV and possible recommendation letters: 30 points
- Adequacy and interest for the offered position: 20 points
- Previous experience in data analysis of spectroscopic galaxy surveys: 20 points
- Previous experience in numerical simulations of galaxy surveys: 20 points
- Previous exposure to international environment: 10 points

**What will be your role?**:
**Offered contract**:

- Full-time contract (40h/week).
- Temporal Contract
- The position will correspond to a Junior Postdoctoral Fellow.
- Salary will be proportional to experience and qualifications within the corresponding category range.

**Application and Selection process**:
In compliance with article 121 of the Spanish Public Sector Legal Regime Act, staff with a pre-existing relationship with the Consortium administration (Generalitat de Catalunya and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) will have priority in the awarding of the position.

**Funding Statement**:
This contract is funded by the ERC Consolidar Grant COSMO-LYA (grant agreement 101044612).



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