Postdoctoral researcher in nuclear astrophysics, beginning September 3, 2020 or as agreed, for a fixed-term of two years.          

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic postdoctoral researcher to join our research group to work in the ERC Consolidator Grant project “Masses, Isomers and Decay studies for Elemental Nucleosynthesis” (MAIDEN) at the Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä. In this project, nuclear properties are studied to better understand nucleosynthesis in stars, in particular the rapid neutron capture process (the r process). The MAIDEN project started in 2018 and experimental data have already been gathered, mainly at the IGISOL facility in the JYFL Accelerator Laboratory at the University of Jyväskylä. We are now seeking for a postdoctoral researcher to focus on nuclear astrophysics aspects in our international research team.

The postdoctoral researcher is expected to study the impact of the experimental results on the calculated r-process abundances and compare to different theoretical models. She/he is expected to contribute significantly to the nuclear astrophysics programme of the project. The postdoctoral researcher is also encouraged to propose her/his own research ideas that would strengthen the project and nuclear astrophysics research in general at the University of Jyväskylä.