PROJECT - The postdoc will work full-time on the spatially-resolved modelling of near-IR-to-cm spectral energy distributions (SED) of nearby galaxies. The goal of the project is to infer constraints on the evolution of interstellar grains in different environments. The data used will be part of the European consortium of the NIKA2 Guaranteed Time program, IMEGIN (P.I. Madden; [1]), currently acquiring 1 and 2 mm continuum maps of nearby galaxies at the IRAM-30m telescope. This dataset will be complemented by the multi-wavelength images of the DustPedia sample [2]. The SED modelling will be performed with the THEMIS dust evolution model (Jones et al., 2017; [3]) within the hierarchical Bayesian SED fitting code HerBIE (Galliano, 2018; [4]).



INSTITUTE - The postdoc will split his/her time between the Department of Astrophysics (DAp; [5]) at CEA-Saclay and the nearby Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS; [6]) in Orsay, located 25 km from Paris, France.



QUALIFICATION - We are looking for a researcher, with a PhD at the time of the start of the project, having some expertise in at least one of the following fields:

 + processing and analysis of multiwavelength observations;

 + spectral energy distribution fitting;

 + dust evolution modelling.



DURATION - 2 years, non renewable.

START OF POSITION - no later than May 2021.

APPLICATION MATERIAL - the applicants are invited to send Drs. Frédéric GALLIANO and Anthony JONES (in PDF format, by email: frederic.galliano@cea.fr, anthony.jones@ias.u-psud.fr):

 1. A curriculum vitae;

 2. A statement of current research and future research plans (up to 4 pages);

 3. Names and emails of 3 references.



APPLICATION DEADLINE - December 18, 2020.



[1] http://irfu.cea.fr/en/Phocea/Vie_des_labos/Ast/ast_visu.php?id_ast=4645 [irfu.cea.fr]

[2] http://dustpedia.astro.noa.gr/ [dustpedia.astro.noa.gr]

[3] https://www.ias.u-psud.fr/themis/ [www.ias.u-psud.fr]

[4] https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018MNRAS.476.1445G/abstract [ui.adsabs.harvard.edu]

[5] http://irfu.cea.fr/en/index.php [irfu.cea.fr]

[6] https://www.ias.u-psud.fr/en [www.ias.u-psud.fr]

The Institute of Astrophysics of the Foundation for Research and Technology -- Hellas (IA-FORTH) announces the availability of PhD fellowships in the four research topics described bellow under the supervision of Dr. Tanio Diaz Santos (tanio@ia.forth.gr). The selected student(s) will be registered in the PhD program of the Dept. of Physics of the Univ. of Crete and are expected to commence by the end of 2020 or early 2021. The net monthly fellowship stipend is 750 Euros.



IA-FORTH is located in Heraklion, at the island of Crete, Greece. It was founded in 2018 and offers a stimulating research environment, access to unique research facilities, including Skinakas Observatory, as well as international collaborations with leading astrophysics groups at institutes and universities across the globe. A presentation of the activities of IA-FORTH is available at:



http://www.ia.forth.gr



To apply, send your CV and a research statement specifying the project(s) of interest (see below), to: info@ia.forth.gr. The applications will be reviewed over the following months, with a hard deadline for submitting the documents on July 31, 2020. For more information on the application process, please contact Ms. Eleftheria Tsentelierou (info@ia.forth.gr, phone: +30-2810-394200).



For a more detailed description of the four research topics offered:



A. Star formation across the merger sequence of luminous infrared galaxies

B. Physical properties of hot dust-obscured galaxies (Hot DOGs)

C. The APEX/LABOCA FAr-IR mJy Observations of the RBGS (ALFAJOR) Survey

D. The Hot Activity in Dusty Environments Survey (HADES)