CareerPlan

Research Associates (m/f/x) within CRC 1491 (27,8725 h)

Bochum, NORDRHEIN_WESTFALENFull-time2026-10-14 → 2026-10-25

Core

Doctoral researcher analyzing radio continuum, optical, and simulation data to study cosmic ray transport, star formation, and magnetic fields in galaxies.

Role type

doctoral researcher (IC)

Builds

research findings on galaxy evolution and foreground predictions for DM annihilation searches

Domain

Astrophysics / Cosmology

Deliverable

research

Required skills

data reduction and analysis, coding, understanding of galaxy evolution physics, analysis of simulation and observational data

Preferred skills

experience in radio continuum and polarization data, experience in deep optical imaging data, experience in magnetohydrodynamic models

Technologies

radio continuum data, optical imaging data, magnetohydrodynamic simulations

Responsibilities

data reduction and analysis of radio continuum and polarization data, studies of cosmic ray transport and star formation, comparison of observations to MHD simulations, development of foreground predictions for DM annihilation search

Seniority

Junior, doctoral researcher