The Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), in France, opens an international call to hire a postdoctoral researcher, under a fixed-term contract, whose foreseen activities are centered on the preparation and supply of high-precision photometric data catalogs to the PLATO Input Catalog.
Starting date: 1st September 2019 (or December 2019 at the latest)
Duration of contract: 24 months (with possible 1-year extension)
Salary: €2605.99 per month
The School of Physics & Astronomy is seeking a capable and active Research Fellow to work on the discovery and characterisation of extra-solar planets.
The successful applicant will work with the PLATO team at LAM within the Planetary System group, mainly with Pr. M. Deleuil, and Dr. A. Santerne. She/he will also collaborate with the PLATO Science Management team, and especially the team in Padova in charge of the PIC.
The position comes with project constraints: deadlines, documentation writing, meeting attendance (PLATO weeks or meetings related to workpackages progresses). The successful applicant may use up to 20% of their time to conduct independent research programs related to exoplanets.
How to apply
The candidates can send (in a singe pdf file) a 2-pages CV, a short (3 pages max) description of existing research expertise and interests developed either during the PhD or previous postdoctoral position(s), a complete list of peer-reviewed publications, and a cover letter (1 page) with the names of 2 referees/references. They will then have to submit their application through an online form, to be opened in June 2019.
More information can be obtained by contacting:
- Magali Deleuil: magali.deleuil@lam.fr
- Alexandre Santerne: alexandre.santerne@lam.fr
Further details can be found in this attachment.
platomission.com 
