The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) invites applications for postdoctoral positions in solar physics. The successful candidates will join the SOLMAG project based on an ERC Advanced Grant and led by Sami K. Solanki. The project will follow an integral approach for understanding the physics underlying the structure and dynamics of the solar magnetic field combining new observational facilities, novel instruments currently being developed at the MPS and the next generation of inversion techniques for data analysis and state-of-the-art MHD simulations.
Correspondingly we are searching for postdocs within a wide range of expertise comprising instrumentation, ground-based observations, data calibration and reduction, image restoration, analysis of spectrapolarimetric data, inversion techniques, radiative transfer, MHD simulations, solar irradiance modelling, and magnetic field extrapolation.
The SOLMAG project will reside in the solar department of the MPS, one of the largest groups in solar physics worldwide with leading participations in many of the major solar space missions as well as in ground based and balloon-borne observational programs. The institute is located in Goettingen (Germany), a lively and scenic university town, in a striking new building in the immediate vicinity of the Institute for Astrophysics of the University.
Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in physics, astrophysics or a closely related field. They should have an outstanding research record. Relevant experience in at least one of the fields listed above will be of advantage. The positions are available as early as 1.10.2016 and are offered for a period of two or three years. An extension is possible depending on performance. Salary will be according to grade E13 of the TVöD scale of the German public services.
Applications including a CV, a statement of research experience and interests, and a publication list should be sent to pds@mps.mpg.de. In addition, applicants should arrange to have three letters of reference sent separately to Sami K. Solanki (solanki-office@mps.mpg.de). Review of applications will begin July 15, 2016 and continue until the positions are filled.
The Max Planck Society is an equal opportunity employer and particularly encourages applications from women and persons with disabilities.
For further information please contact Sami. K. Solanki (solanki@mps.mpg.de) or Johannes Stecker (stecker@mps.mpg.de).