Tenure-Track Junior Professorship - Multi-wavelength Cosmology

Euraxess research field: Physics

Expected skills :

• Applicants must show a strong interest in teaching as well as a high-level scientific record in accordance with UGA’s ambitions and standard. They must identify with UGA’s values, that is, being open to the world, emphasizing ethics and scientific integrity, showing an interest in teamwork and being committed to the community. They should also have a sense of responsibility, in particular with regards to environmental and social issues.

Teaching profile:

• The successful candidate may take part in physics teaching at all levels, from the first year of undergraduate studies (Licence 1) to the second year of the master's program (Master 2). Their involvement may include both general physics and more specialized courses related to cosmology, numerical methods, and advanced data analysis, including the application of artificial intelligence tools. These courses may be offered in theoretical or practical formats, depending on the needs of the programs and the candidate’s expertise.
• The successful candidate will deliver 96 hours of tutorials (or the equivalent) per year.

Research profile:

• LPSC has long been involved in major international projects aimed at solving the mysteries of cosmology: the nature of dark energy and dark matter, the primordial universe and inflation, and tensions in the standard model of cosmology. The laboratory is involved in the large galaxy surveys conducted by the Rubin Observatory (LSST survey) and the Euclid satellite, with a particular focus on static probes such as the two-point correlation functions of galaxies, gravitational lensing, and the mass and redshift distribution of galaxy clusters. At millimetre wavelengths, the laboratory is working on future observations of the CMB, leading the KAIROS project (development of a small aperture telescope) for the Simons Observatory, and the COSMOCal space calibration project for polarisation; the laboratory is also involved in the CMB-S4 and LiteBird projects. Topics of particular interest at LPSC include the measure of polarisation (B modes), gravitational lensing, and the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect.
• The proposed tenure-track junior professor position aims, first and foremost, to strengthen the LPSC's "Observational Cosmology" team in the scientific preparation and exploitation of these projects (ongoing and future), in order to further constrain cosmological parameters and possible new physics models. This requires expertise in observational cosmology, significant developments in data analysis and modelling, as well as the use of advanced methods (statistics, artificial intelligence, numerical simulations, etc.). Additionally, skills in cross-cosmological analyses — whether multi-probe and/or multi-wavelength and/or inter-survey combinations — would be particularly relevant and complementary to the expertise already present within the team.

Scientific outreach, open science:

• The project is part of an open science approach, both in terms of access to research results and data. The data produced by the observatories in which the successful candidate will be involved are intended to be made available to the entire scientific community through scheduled data releases. Similarly, all data analysis codes will be made accessible via open-source repositories (such as Git).
• The expected results will lead to scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at international conferences.

Information for candidates: 

• Université Grenoble Alpes recruits on the basis of skills and makes use of all talents. It encourages applicants with disabilities to apply for teaching and research positions.
• Senior lecturers and professors are required to reside at the place where they perform their duties (Art. 5 of Decree No. 84-431 of June 6, 1984).

Contacts 

How to apply? 

https://emploi.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/competitive-exams/tenure-track-junior-professor-positions-cpj--1399688.kjsp