Postdoctoral Researcher – Protoplanetary Disks and Planet Formation
Core
Conduct hydrodynamic simulations and first-principles calculations to study how embedded planets, binary companions, and streamers affect protoplanetary disks, generating theoretical predictions testable by observations.
Role type
Postdoctoral researcher in astrophysics (planet formation)
Builds
Theoretical predictions for protoplanetary disk evolution and planet formation
Domain
Astrophysics / Exoplanetary science
Deliverable
research
Required skills
hydrodynamical simulations of protoplanetary disks, first-principles calculations, post-processing of continuum/line/scattered light emission data
Preferred skills
experience with mock observation generation
Technologies
hydrodynamic simulation codes, spectral analysis tools
Responsibilities
Run hydrodynamic simulations of protoplanetary disks; perform first-principles calculations on disk-planet interactions; develop independent research program in collaboration with Prof. Zanazzi; generate theoretical predictions for observational testing.