This page is for advertising positions related to CMB research broadly defined, e.g., postdocs, faculty, laboratory and technical positions. To post positions, please send the description and link to C. Reichardt.
- Postdoc at Michigan State University, July 20, 2021
- Postdoc in Experimental Cosmology at Caltech, Sep 1, 2021
- Staff scientist in Experimental Cosmology at Caltech, Sep 1, 2021
- Fellowship at NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions, Sep 21, 2021
- Staff Physicists at Argonne National Laboratory, Aug 31, 2021
- Postdoc at University of Ferrara, Sep 30, 2021
Postdoc at Michigan State University, July 20, 2021
Michigan State University invites applications for a postdoctoral position on the South Pole Telescope (SPT) Experiment, with additional work on the forthcoming CMB-S4 project. The recently-deployed (2018) SPT-3G receiver will provide maps of Cosmic Microwave Background intensity and polarization with unprecedented sensitivity at small angular scales, enabling a wide variety of science, in particular the measurement of the properties of light relativistic particles such as neutrinos in the early universe. MSU plays a leading role in the SPT experiment in data analysis and participates in the project at all levels.
The successful applicant will work in the research group of Prof. Nathan Whitehorn. The position will include analysis of data from the SPT-3G receiver recently deployed to the telescope, as well as forecasting and pipeline development for the forthcoming CMB-S4 project.
Postdoc in Experimental Cosmology at Caltech, Sep 1, 2021
The Caltech experimental cosmology group seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar to advance CMB observations and technology for BICEP Array and CMB-S4. The BICEP-Keck program is producing deep CMB polarization measurements and placing field-leading constraints on Inflationary B-mode polarization. The newest BICEP Array stage of the program is funded and currently in implementation. When fully fielded, BICEP Array will operate over 30,000 detectors in 6 frequency bands, deploying and observing over the next 5 years from the South Pole. The project has begun joint observations and analysis with the 10m South Pole Telescope to improve measurements of gravitational lensing that are essential for stronger constraints on Inflationary physics. Candidates will play a leading role in designing, testing, fielding, and analyzing data from the new BICEP Array receivers. The highest frequency receiver will demonstrate new TKID technology being developed at Caltech/JPL for large, highly-multiplexed CMB arrays. Candidates may choose to join local efforts towards the CMB-S4 project, including developing new detector arrays. The successful applicant will have access to data accumulated to date from the BICEP-Keck program, as well as access to collaborative programs with the South Pole telescope covering a wide range of scientific topics. .
Staff scientist in Experimental Cosmology at Caltech, Sep 1, 2021
The Caltech experimental cosmology group seeks a Staff Scientist to advance CMB observations and technology for BICEP Array and CMB-S4. The BICEP-Keck program is producing deep CMB polarization measurements and placing field-leading constraints on Inflationary B-mode polarization. The newest BICEP Array stage of the program is funded and currently in implementation. When fully fielded, BICEP Array will operate over 30,000 detectors in 6 frequency bands, deploying and observing over the next 5 years from the South Pole. The project has begun joint observations and analysis with the 10m South Pole Telescope to improve measurements of gravitational lensing that are essential for stronger constraints on Inflationary physics. Candidates will play a leading role in designing, testing, fielding, and analyzing data from the new BICEP Array receivers. The highest frequency receiver will demonstrate new TKID technology being developed at Caltech/JPL for large, highly-multiplexed CMB arrays. Candidates may choose to join local efforts towards the CMB-S4 project, including developing new detector arrays. The successful applicant will have access to data accumulated to date from the BICEP-Keck program, as well as access to collaborative programs with the South Pole telescope covering a wide range of scientific topics
The NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) is one of the inaugural NSF AI research institutes. The IAIFI will enable physics discoveries and advance foundational AI through the development of novel AI approaches that incorporate first principles from fundamental physics. AI is transforming many aspects of society, including the ways that scientists are pursuing groundbreaking discoveries. For many years, physicists have been at the forefront of applying AI methods to investigate fundamental questions about the Universe. Further progress will require a revolutionary leap in AI, as both the complexity of physics problems and the size of physics datasets continue to grow.
The goal of the IAIFI is to develop and deploy the next generation of AI technologies, based on the transformative idea that artificial intelligence can directly incorporate physics intelligence. IAIFI researchers will use these new AI technologies to tackle some of the most challenging problems in physics, from precision calculations of the structure of matter, to gravitational wave detection of merging black holes, to the extraction of new physical laws from noisy data. IAIFI researchers will also transfer these technologies to the broader AI community, since trustworthy AI is as important for physics discovery as it is for other applications of AI in society. To cultivate human intelligence, the IAIFI will promote training, education, and outreach at the intersection of physics and AI. In this way, the IAIFI will advance physics knowledge – from the smallest building blocks of nature to the largest structures in the Universe – and galvanize AI research innovation.
Staff Physicists at Argonne National Laboratory, Aug 31, 2021
The High Energy Physics (HEP) Division at Argonne National Laboratory has several openings for Staff Physicist positions and invites applications from outstanding candidates. The HEP division has experimental research programs in collider, neutrino and precision muon physics, and in cosmology with involvement in major experiments such as ATLAS at the LHC, CMB-S4, DUNE, LSST, Mu2e, Muon g-2, NOvA, and SPT-3G.
At this time, we seek candidates to play leading roles in one or more of these experimental research thrusts, by engaging in data analysis, detector construction and operation. There will be various opportunities for the successful candidates to join other inter-disciplinary activities at Argonne, such as in applications of AI/ML methods and High-Performance Computing (HPC). We are primarily interested in candidates at the Assistant Physicist level (RD2: comparable to tenure-track assistant professor level) but outstanding candidates will be considered at Physicist level (RD3: comparable to tenure-track professor level) or higher. Preference will be given to applicants with expertise and experience in detector design and instrumentation, development, construction, commissioning and operation as well as data analysis.
Postdoc at University of Ferrara, Sep 30, 2021
The Cosmology group at the Department of Physics and Earth Science, University of Ferrara (UNIFE), Italy, invites expressions of interest for a fixed-term staff position* from outstanding candidates with a strong research record in cosmic microwave background (CMB) and large scale structure (LSS) data analysis and interpretation. The research topics include: pipeline development for next generation CMB experiments, cross-correlation of CMB data with large-scale-structure surveys, likelihood analysis, cosmological model building and investigation of fundamental physics with upcoming cosmological datasets.
The Cosmology group at UNIFE is active on several complementary aspects of the research in cosmology, covering a wide range of activities, from cosmo-particle projects with a mostly-theoretical flavour to the development and validation of data analysis pipelines. The group is deeply involved in several scientific collaborations such as LiteBIRD, Euclid, LSPE, Simons Observatory, CMB-S4.