Post-Doctoral Positions      

Physical Cosmology Post-Doc(s)

We are seeking qualified candidates for post-doctoral appointments in the broad area of physical cosmology including (i) work targeted at investigations of dark energy using observational probes based on structure formation -- clusters, gravitational lensing, and baryon acoustic oscillations, and (ii) the interface of cosmology and particle physics, including constraints on the neutrino sector and inflation from observations. Los Alamos researchers associated with this particular project include Jim Ahrens, Ujjaini Alam (to join), Sergei Bashinsky, Konstantin Borozdin, Nehal Desai, Leanne Duffy, Salman Habib, David Higdon, Katrin Heitmann, Daniel Holz, Gerard Jungman, Savvas Koushiappas, Charles Nakhleh, Brian O'Shea, Darren Reed, Tom Vestrand, Alexey Voevodkin, Michael Warren, and Przemek Wozniak. Collaborating institutions include the University of Arizona, Caltech, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, Davis, the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Fermilab, the Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Maryland, New Mexico State University, and Simon Fraser University.

The post-doctoral appointee will also be able to participate in the activities of the Astrophysics and Cosmology Center (ACCent) which aims to link Los Alamos with New Mexico universities and research institutions, as well as the University of California system.

Our research in cosmology covers a wide range of interests, including theories of the early Universe and their connection to particle physics, the cosmic microwave background, the formation and evolution of large-scale structure via gravitational clustering, galaxy formation and feedback, cluster physics, dark matter and dark energy, neutrino astrophysics, and large-scale computational astrophysics and cosmology.

Los Alamos is a full member of all three components of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II, the Swift GRB mission, the SNO collaboration, and is home to the Milagro Gamma-ray observatory and the RAPTOR telescopes; interaction with observers and experimentalists is highly encouraged. Extensive world-leading computational support will be available on local clusters as well as supercomputer centers. A Ph.D. is required, but must not have been obtained prior to 2002. Interested applicants should send (i) a CV, (ii) a brief statement of research interests, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to: Salman Habib, MS B285, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545. Applications must be submitted by January 15, 2008; early submissions are highly recommended. Outstanding candidates will be considered for Los Alamos Prize Fellowships. [email: habibatlanl.gov]

Possible Post-Doc in Quantum Dynamical Systems

Qualified candidates are being sought for a possible post-doctoral appointment at Los Alamos in the broad area of quantum dynamical systems. Interests of the applicant should include one or more of the following: continuous quantum measurement, the quantum-classical transition, quantum dynamics of nonlinear systems, and quantum feedback control. A Ph.D. is required, but must not have been obtained prior to 2002. For more information, contact: Salman Habib, MS B285, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545. [email: habibatlanl.gov]

Salman Habib / LANL / revised March 2007