Research Fellow
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 02 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £35,116.00 i £45,413.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 30 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Warwick, Warwickshire |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | University of Warwick |
| Math o swydd: | Dros dro |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 110647-0725 |
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For informal enquiries, please contact David Armstrong (Associate Professor) d.j.armstrong@warwick.ac.uk
We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.
Fixed term contract until 14th December 2027. The role can start immediately.
The Department of Physics seeks to appoint a motivated and driven Research Fellow within the Astronomy and Astrophysics Group. Funding is immediately available for a start at the earliest convenience of the candidate. Applications for a part-time position will be considered.
Candidates should submit with their application an up-to-date CV complete with publication list (maximum 2 pages plus publication list) and supporting cover letter. As part of the cover letter, please include a research statement describing past research, future research plans, and how they link to this project (one-two pages). Applications from underrepresented minorities are particularly encouraged.
The successful candidate will work with the group of Dr David Armstrong on the project “Investigating the nature and origins of planets in the Neptunian Desert”. The post can flexibly focus on a number of relevant topics in the exoplanet field, including transits, radial velocities, planetary internal structure and population studies, including the effects of stellar activity on these areas, but should be focused towards building an understanding of Neptunian planets, particularly those in and near the Hot Neptune Desert.
The overall goal of the project is to build an unbiased statistical understanding of the planet population in and around the desert, in terms of planet radius, density, internal structure and potential formation and evolution pathways. Several new, extremely dense Neptune-size planets have been found in the desert and their formation pathways are unknown. The research undertaken in this project will enable observational constraints to be placed on the evolution pathways of those planets, as well as planet formation more widely, by studying the extreme outcomes of the planet formation process.
The ideal candidate will have or be about to complete a PhD in Astrophysics or a relevant scientific discipline, be a strong communicator and be capable of working effectively both independently and as part of a research team. We are looking for solid planning and time management skills to ensure the research objectives are achieved effectively. Independent research and existing collaborations are encouraged. The successful candidate will have access to a wide network of collaborators, spanning international institutions.
Experience with any aspects of exoplanet detection, characterisation, modelling or population studies is an advantage. The group makes use of probabilistic machine learning algorithms to investigate the Desert population; experience with machine learning and/or Neptune-like planets specifically is also an advantage.
If you have not yet been awarded your PhD but are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant on level 5 of the University grade structure. Upon successful award of your PhD and evidence of this fact, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.
Fixed term contract until 14th December 2027. The role can start immediately.
The Department of Physics seeks to appoint a motivated and driven Research Fellow within the Astronomy and Astrophysics Group. Funding is immediately available for a start at the earliest convenience of the candidate. Applications for a part-time position will be considered.
Candidates should submit with their application an up-to-date CV complete with publication list (maximum 2 pages plus publication list) and supporting cover letter. As part of the cover letter, please include a research statement describing past research, future research plans, and how they link to this project (one-two pages). Applications from underrepresented minorities are particularly encouraged.
The successful candidate will work with the group of Dr David Armstrong on the project “Investigating the nature and origins of planets in the Neptunian Desert”. The post can flexibly focus on a number of relevant topics in the exoplanet field, including transits, radial velocities, planetary internal structure and population studies, including the effects of stellar activity on these areas, but should be focused towards building an understanding of Neptunian planets, particularly those in and near the Hot Neptune Desert.
The overall goal of the project is to build an unbiased statistical understanding of the planet population in and around the desert, in terms of planet radius, density, internal structure and potential formation and evolution pathways. Several new, extremely dense Neptune-size planets have been found in the desert and their formation pathways are unknown. The research undertaken in this project will enable observational constraints to be placed on the evolution pathways of those planets, as well as planet formation more widely, by studying the extreme outcomes of the planet formation process.
The ideal candidate will have or be about to complete a PhD in Astrophysics or a relevant scientific discipline, be a strong communicator and be capable of working effectively both independently and as part of a research team. We are looking for solid planning and time management skills to ensure the research objectives are achieved effectively. Independent research and existing collaborations are encouraged. The successful candidate will have access to a wide network of collaborators, spanning international institutions.
Experience with any aspects of exoplanet detection, characterisation, modelling or population studies is an advantage. The group makes use of probabilistic machine learning algorithms to investigate the Desert population; experience with machine learning and/or Neptune-like planets specifically is also an advantage.
If you have not yet been awarded your PhD but are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant on level 5 of the University grade structure. Upon successful award of your PhD and evidence of this fact, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.