Postdoctoral Position at the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Closing date: March 31, 2025

The Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Ondřejov, Czech Republic, invites applications for a postdoctoral position (at the Prague worksite of the Institute), which will be open from July 1, 2025 in the scope of the project “Plasma turbulence in the solar wind”funded by the Czech Science Foundation.

The successful candidate will work under the leadership of Petr Hellinger (petr.hellinger@asu.cas.cz) on properties of plasma turbulence in the solar wind, performing numerical simulations of decaying turbulence in weakly collisional solar wind plasmas, analyzing their results using advanced techniques (such as those based on the Kármán-Howarth-Monin or spectral transfer equations), and comparing these results with in-situ observations.

Astronomical Institute is a Public Research Institution and the largest professional astronomical organization in the Czech Republic. It is located at the Ondřejov Observatory and also partly in Prague (see http://www.asu.cas.cz/en/).
The appointment is initially for one year; an extension for another year and half (until the end of 2027) is expected upon satisfactory scientific performance. A necessary condition is to satisfy legal requirements for employment in the Czech Republic (EU member state). Salary will be based on the domestic level (cca 1800 EUR/month before taxes) and it includes health insurance. The starting date of employment is expected to be the 1st of July 2025, but it is negotiable. For informal inquiries about the position please feel free to contact Petr Hellinger.

Successful candidates must hold PhD degree not older than 8 years at the time of start of the employment (in case of maternity leave or long-term illness, these periods are not counted into the limit). Applications can be submitted before finishing PhD, in which case a statement from the supervisor stating the planned date of the defense should be included.

Applications must contain Curriculum Vitae, list of publications, and a specification of the research topic the applicant plans to contribute to. The applications are to be submitted by email to:

info@asu.cas.cz (subject: GACR-SWT postdoc).

Please, arrange for a minimum of two letters of reference to be sent directly to the same electronic address (and the subject) as above. The letters may be issued up to 9 months before the application deadline.

To receive full consideration, the application deadline is Mars 31, 2025 till the end of the day (Prague/Central Europe timezone). The receipt of applications will be acknowledged by email. Once the evaluation process is completed, applicants will be notified about the result. The institute reserves the right not to take any of the candidates.