Jan 10, 2024
The TITANs Millennium Nucleus seeks to hire two postdoctoral researchers for a period of two years, with the possibility of extension and/or other longer term fellowships. TITANs research focuses on black hole growth and the innermost structures of single and binary supermassive black holes, via variability (ZTF, 4MOST, Vera Rubin) and imaging (EHT). The positions can be hosted at any of the TITANs member universities (located in Concepción, Santiago, Valparaíso, and Viña del Mar) depending on the applicant’s focus. Applications will be reviewed starting January 15th 2024.
The main focus of both positions will be:
a) Theoretical approaches geared toward understanding the link between single and binary SMBHs and their immediate environments. Successful proposals are expected to incorporate (GR/radiation/magneto) hydrodynamical simulations of accretion flows around single and binary SMBHs and/or N-body simulations of galactic nuclei.
b) AGN variability studies exploiting photometric and spectroscopic data from different observational facilities (ZTF, LSST, SDSS-V, and 4-MOST). We are interested in analyzing large data sets to detect Extreme Variability AGN, New Born AGN, Tidal Disruption Events, and binary SMBH. Applicants are expected to have previous expertise in AGN variability and managing large datasets. Experience with relevant scripting for data management and machine learning algorithms for automated classification are desirable.
Please find here full details.
Additionally, University Adolfo Ibáñez in Viña del Mar has short-term (March–December 2024) postdoctoral positions open, with the aim of applying for a 3-year National fellowship. If interested please contact Jorge Cuadra
(https://jrcuadra.github.io/plaga) well before the January 23rd deadline.