Postdoctoral Fellowships in Astrophysics

The Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (IA-UNAM), offers postdoctoral fellowships for one year, renewable for a second year depending on performance. Candidates may apply to work either at the IA-UNAM headquarters in Mexico City or at the headquarters in Ensenada, Baja California. Applications should not be sent to more than one UNAM institute or campus. 
 
Fellows are expected to carry out original research in any area of Astrophysics, collaborating with IA-UNAM researchers and students. Candidates interested in participating in the Young Supernova Experiment project are encouraged to apply. The main selection criteria are outstanding research accomplishments and promise of future achievement. Fellows will have competitive access to the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional in San Pedro Mártir, Baja California (OAN-SPM), the Observatorio Astronómico Guillermo Haro in Sonora, and the Large Millimeter Telescope Alfonso Serrano in Puebla, as well as access via collaboration to several international projects (for more details, see  here).  In addition, the Institute has extensive computing facilities and members of the Institute have access to UNAM’s general supercomputers. 

A full list of faculty members and their research interests can be found on the Institute's website: for the Mexico City headquarters, see here (researchers are separated into four departments) and for the Ensenada headquarters, see here.