Postdoctoral Research Associate - WFS Reconstruction & Post Processing

The University of Arizona (UA) Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory (SO) are excited to invite applications for Postdoctoral Research Associates interested in research related to image post processing for high-contrast imaging with a focus on speckle calibration and point spread function reconstruction from wavefront sensor data.

As a Postdoctoral Research Associate, you will have the opportunity to work closely with faculty including Prof. Olivier Guyon and Dr. Jared Males. You will be part of the Extreme Wavefront Control Lab in the Center for Astronomical Adaptive Optics (Tucson, AZ) and the Subaru Telescope Coronagraphic Extreme AO (SCExAO) team (Hilo, HI).  Your research will be conducted using the cutting edge MagAO-X and SCExAO instruments, and you will assist with experiments in NASA’s Decadal Survey Testbed.

Throughout your postdoctoral journey with us, you will be encouraged to conduct your own independent research, as time permits, and will be able to apply for time on any Steward facility directly as a PI.  You will be expected to lead high-profile, independent research in high-contrast imaging post-processing and PSF reconstruction as well as collaborate with SO faculty and scholars in the Department of Astronomy.

UA/SO offers a world-class research environment in space science and astrophysics with strong interdisciplinary instrumentation programs across the Departments of Astronomy, Physics, Optical Sciences, and Planetary Sciences. We provide direct access to various world-class observational and computational facilities for ground-based radio and optical/IR observing and instrumentation.

Additional information about the Department, Steward Observatory, its personnel, and its facilities can be found here: https://astro.arizona.edu. 

Information about being a postdoc at Arizona is available here: https://astro.arizona.edu/academics/postdoctoral-program.