Joint Observational Astronomy Postdoc: Exoplanets

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interfolioPasadena (CA)

Astronomers Space Research and Technology

SENIORITY

Mid

SALARY

$18,500 yearly

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About the role

Carnegie Institution for Science and Caltech invite applications for a joint postdoctoral fellowship in observational astronomy in Pasadena, CA. The fellow will begin in fall 2027, for three years, splitting time between Carnegie and Caltech campuses. Applicants must have a Ph. D. by January 2026 or later. The program emphasizes exoplanet, stellar, galactic, extragalactic, and transient-object astronomy, with a starting salary of $87,500 and a $18,500 yearly research budget.

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