hi cosmo-pl

Here are three cosmo/extragalactic postdoc positions as advertised by the French PNCG (Programme National - Cosmologie et Galaxies).

Cheers Boud

6. Post-doctoral position on ERC ByoPiC, IAS (Orsay)

7. Postdoctoral fellowship for Cosmological simulations, ICE-Barcelona

8. Post-doctoral position in observational cosmology, IPNL, Lyon

------------------------------------------------------------------------ *6. Post-doctoral position on ERC **ByoPiC, IAS(Orsay*)

The ByoPiC (The Baryon Picture of the Cosmos) team, funded by an advanced ERC grant, invites applications for two postdoctoral positions at the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (for details see https://byopic.eu/job_opportunities).

The successful candidates will work on:

* the development and optimisation of statistical methods 1) for global identification, supervised classification and reconstruction of the cosmic web; and/or 2) for the detection of cosmic filaments and super-clusters/voids. * the study and characterisation of cosmic web elements, in particular filaments and super-clusters, from hydrodynamical simulations.

Candidates are invited to submit their application at (https://byopic.eu/form/job-submission). The anticipated starting date is September 2018, but earlier dates can be envisaged. For full consideration, applications should be received by Dec. 15, 2017.

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------------------------------------------------------------------------ *7. Postdoctoral fellowship for Cosmological simulations, ICE-Barcelona*

Position: Postdoctoral fellowship for Cosmological simulations Location : ICE-Barcelona Length of contract: 1 year + up to 2 years Contact: Pablo Fosalba (fosalba ice.cat)

The Observational Cosmology and Extragalactic astrophysics group at the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE) seeks to appoint one Postdoctoral fellow. Priority will be given to candidates with a good background on computational astrophysics/cosmology. The candidate is expected to be mainly involved in the development of cosmological simulations and galaxy mock catalogs for the ESA Euclid mission (www.euclid-ec.org http://www.euclid-ec.org) and the Dark Energy Survey (www.darkenergysurvey.org http://www.darkenergysurvey.org) in which the group is actively involved leading the development of simulations for these international projects.

Related to this activity, the fellow will have the opportunity to actively participate in the MICE project (maia.ice.cat/mice http://maia.ice.cat/mice), working on the development and scientific exploitation of large numerical simulations of structure formation (see also the local CosmoHub website for mock data distribution, cosmohub.pic.es http://cosmohub.pic.es).

The group has wide access to local supercomputing facilities: the new 166,000 core and 11 petaflops peak performance Marenostrum supercomputer, the ICE computing cluster, the Port d’Informacio Cientifica , and other high-performance computing facilities. Senior members of the group include: F.Castander, M.Crocce, P.Fosalba and E.Gaztanaga. The eligible candidate will also have the possibility to develop independent research on different aspects of observational cosmology (galaxy clustering, galaxy formation, lensing, cross-correlations with the CMB) with a focus on large astronomical surveys in which the group is involved (DES, PAU, Euclid, DESI, LSST), and participate in the LACEGAL galaxy formation network activities. We expect to offer an appointment for 1 year, renewable for up to 2 more years depending on performance and funding, with a starting date around September 2018.

Deadline for applications is December 15, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. To apply, please send CV, publication list, no more than three pages of research proposal, and 2 recommendation letters to Pablo Fosalba (fosalba ice.cat).

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------------------------------------------------------------------------ *8. Post-doctoral position in observational cosmology, IPNL, Lyon*

I would like to advertise that a ERC funded postdoctoral position in Type Ia Supernova Cosmology is currently open.

It is hosted by the IN2P3 in France: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/259456 (original source: https://www.ipnl.in2p3.fr/spip.php?article2133)

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