In the Dark

It’s been a couple of weeks since I announced a job opportunity in the form of Professorial position in Observational Astrophysics or Cosmology at Maynooth University. After a short bureaucratic delay the announcement has just appeared on the AAS Jobs Register here, which gives me an excuse to post about the poistion again. The deadline is 31st March 2025. I hope readers of this blog will help spread the news of this opportunity through their own networks.

The strategic case for this Chair revolves around broader developments in the area of astrophysics and cosmology at Maynooth. Currently there are two groups active in research in these areas, one in the former Department of Experimental Physics (which is largely focussed on astronomical instrumentation) and the other, in the former Department of Theoretical Physics, which is theoretical and computational. We want to promote closer collaboration between these research strands. The idea with the new position is that the holder will nucleate and lead a research programme in the area between these existing groups as well as getting involved in outreach and public engagement.

It is intended that the position to appeal not only to people undertaking observational programmes using ground-based facilities (e.g. those provided by ESO, which Ireland recently joined), or those exploiting data from space-based experiments, such as Euclid, as well as people working on multi-messenger astrophysics, gravitational waves, and so on.

P. S. For those of you reading this from outside Ireland the job includes a proper public service pension, a defined benefit scheme way better than the UK’s USS.

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