[obsdoc] Princeton postdocs

[Reza Samadi <Reza.Samadi@obspm.fr>]

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Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 08:32:22 +0200
From: Yael Naze <naze@astro.ulg.ac.be>
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Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 22:40:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: gk@astro.princeton.edu
To: snyder@astro.uiuc.edu
Subject: Princeton postdocs

Dear Lew:

Please circulate the following among students and colleagues.  

Thanks and very best

Jill 

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      Postdoctoral Fellowships in Astrophysics at Princeton University 
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The Department of Astrophysical Sciences of Princeton University invites
applications for the Lyman Spitzer, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellowship and other
postdoctoral fellowships in a wide variety of areas in observational and
theoretical astrophysics.  The principal selection criteria for all fellowships
will be outstanding research accomplishment and promise of future achievement.

Current research areas at Princeton include the formation and evolution of
planets, stars, and galaxies, theoretical and observational studies of the
interstellar medium, the large-scale structure of the Universe, gamma-ray
bursts, gravitational lenses, galactic and solar system dynamics, accretion
disks, cosmic background radiation, and numerical hydrodynamics. The
department has shared access to the 3.5-meter telescope at Apache Point
Observatory, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a 64-processor SGI Origin 2000
computer, and a Beowulf cluster of 18 dual Pentium III 450 MHz systems.  For
additional information on the Department and its research activities and
facilities, see http://www.astro.princeton.edu.

The expected starting date for all fellowships is 1 September 2002. The
appointments are for one year, renewable annually based on satisfactory
performance, for a total of up to three years.  Applicants should send a
curriculum vitae, bibliography and statement of research interests, and
arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent by 1 December 2001 to
Prof. S. Tremaine, Chair, Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences, Peyton Hall,
Princeton NJ 08544-1001, USA. Please note that applicants will automatically
be considered for all postdoctoral positions in the department. EEO/AAE.

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Lyman Spitzer, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellowship In Astrophysics
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The Spitzer Fellow is expected to carry out original research in astrophysics,
either independently or in collaboration with Princeton faculty, postdoctoral
fellows or students. The Fellowship is intended primarily to support
researchers in theoretical astrophysics, but exceptional candidates in
observational astronomy are encouraged to apply. The fellowship has a 
research fund of $10,000 per year; in addition,
the Department will nominate the Spitzer
Fellow for membership in the new Princeton Society of Fellows.  Princeton
astronomers with research interests in theoretical astrophysics include Neta
Bahcall (large-scale structure, clusters of galaxies), Renyue Cen (large-scale
structure, cosmological simulations), Bruce Draine (interstellar dust,
interstellar medium), Jeremy Goodman (disk dynamics, gamma-ray bursts,
scintillation), J. Richard Gott (cosmology, general relativity), Jeremiah
P. Ostriker (formation and evolution of large-scale structure), Bohdan
Paczynski (gravitational microlensing, gamma ray bursts), David Spergel
(cosmic microwave background, particle astrophysics, cosmology, galaxy
dynamics), Michael Strauss (large-scale structure, quasars), Scott Tremaine 
planetary and galaxy dynamics), Edwin Turner (gravitational lenses), Russell
Kulsrud (primordial magnetic fields, plasma physics), James Gunn (cosmology)
and 8 postdoctoral fellows. The department also maintains close ties with
theoretical astrophysics groups at the Princeton Physics Department and the
Institute for Advanced Study.

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Sloan Digital Sky Survey Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Department of Astrophysical Sciences of Princeton University hopes to
offer a postdoctoral position to an outstanding young scientist to
work on the analysis and interpretation of data from the Sloan Digital Sky
Survey (SDSS), beginning in September 2002.  The SDSS, which will eventually
map 1/4 of the sky in five optical bands to about 23m and obtain redshifts
for approximately one million galaxies and 100,000 quasars, began its five-
year survey in April 2000.  To date, some 2200 square degrees of sky have been
imaged and about 200,000 spectra obtained.  The postdoctoral fellow will work
with Professor Michael Strauss on studies of large scale structure, galaxies,
quasars and clusters of galaxies. The close-knit SDSS group also includes Drs. 
Neta Bahcall, James Gunn, Robert Lupton, Zeljko Ivezic, Jill Knapp, David 
Schlegel, Douglas Finkbeiner, and several graduate students, who carry out
research on galaxy clusters, stellar populations, brown dwarfs, solar system 
objects, peculiar quasars, galactic structure, interstellar extinction, 
gravitational lensing and many other topics with the SDSS data.

This position is offered subject to the availability of funding. For
additional information on the SDSS, see http://www.astro.princeton.edu.

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Postdoctoral Prize Fellowship in Astronomy - PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
AND PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE


The Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics of Pontificia Universidad Catolica 
and the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University invite
applications for a prize fellowship in observational or theoretical astronomy, 
sponsored by Fundacion Andes, to begin in September, 2002. The appointment is 
for one year, renewable annually based on satisfactory performance, for up to
three years. The appointment for the first two years will be with Universidad
Catolica in Santiago, with the option of an initial stay of up to three
months at Princeton (in housing provided by the Dept of Astrophysical 
Sciences). The third year of the appointment will be with Princeton. The
fellow will join Drs. Gabriela Mallen-Ornelas, Patrick Hall and Andrew
Stephens as Catolica Prize Fellows.

Chile has the greatest concentration of large telescopes in
the southern hemisphere. Foreign-owned telescopes in Chile must grant 10%
of their observing time to the small community of Chilean astronomers. While
resident at Universidad Catolica, the fellow will qualify as a member of
this community and will be eligible to propose for observing time on all
telescopes in Chile, including ESO's 3.5m NTT and 4x8m VLT, the Gemini 8m, 
Carnegie's 2.5m and Magellan 6.5m, and the 15m SEST. Collaboration with 
astronomers at Catolica and Princeton will be welcomed but not required.

The fellow will have a salary of US$40,000 for the first year, with
a research budget averaging US$15,000 per year. The selected candidate
is expected to apply to Chilean sources for additional funding.  Additional
information on research support and on Chile, the Pontificia Universidad
Catolica and on Chilean society and lifestyle, can be obtained from
L. Infante (linfante@astro.puc.cl) or http://www.astro.puc.cl.

We are seeking an individual with exceptional scientific promise from any
field of astronomy, although preference will be given to those areas
in which Princeton and Catolica staff already have active research
interests. Selection, by a joint Princeton-Catolica committee, will be on the
basis of demonstrated excellence. Preference will be given to candidates who
received their Ph.D within the past four years.  Additional information may be
found at http://www.astro.princeton.edu.  These websites also contain 
information on the first joint PUC/Princeton astrophysics conferences, 
held in Pucon, Chile in January 1999, in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, in
July 2000 and to be held in Pucon, Chile in April-May 2002.

Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, bibliography, and research plan,
and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to BOTH Princeton
and Catolica by 1 December 2001.  The research plan should address how the
applicant intends to use the facilities available to both Princeton and
Catolica. Applicants will automatically be considered for other Princeton
postdoctoral positions, but should clearly state in the cover letter that they
wish to be considered for the Princeton/Catolica Prize Fellowship.
Applications should be sent to the following addresses: Prof. S. Tremaine,
Chair, Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences, Peyton Hall, Princeton NJ
08544-1001, USA; and L. Infante, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, P.
Universidad Catolica, Casilla 306, Santiago 22, Chile (e-mail address:
postdoc@astro.puc.cl).  EEO/AAE.
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Theoretical Cosmology
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The Department of Astrophysical Sciences of Princeton University hopes to
offer a postdoctoral position to an outstanding young scientist to
work on questions in theoretical cosmology with Professor David Spergel,
beginning in September 2002.  With the successful launch of the 
Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) in June 2001, a new era in the 
analysis of fluctuations in the microwave background on small and large
scales, and the derivation of the primordial power spectrum and the 
structure and formation of the early Universe, begins.  The fellow will
work with Professor Spergel and other members of the MAP team on 
the interpretation of the MAP data and its implications for cosmology.
While the postdoctoral fellow will not be a member of the MAP science
team, he/she will have the opportunity to work closely with the results
as the data become publically available.
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Theoretical Astrophysics: Gravitational Lensing
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The Department of Astrophysical Sciences of Princeton University will
offer a postdoctoral position to an outstanding young scientist to
work on theoretical studies of gravitational lensing  with Professors
David Spergel and Uros Seljak, beginning in September 2002.  The
fellow will work with Drs. Spergel and Seljak, and other postdoctoral
fellows and faculty, on studies of the effect of lensing on the 
propagation of light from the distant Universe, with particular attention
to the effect on the microwave background and on comparing the expected
mass distributions with those revealed by large-scale redshift surveys,
such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Deep Lensing Survey.
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