IAASARS is looking for an expert to work on the “Scientific Analysis” of very high energy particles. Positions’ code: SPEAR1. Preferably this postdoctoral position seeks for candidates with relevant experience in research projects but also recent graduates, to be included in NOA’s research activities, can apply.

Deadline for expression of interest: 11 April 2024

To express an interest in this job opportunity, please submit a short statement with your CV at spearhead@noa.gr

See details of the call here

The Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens invites applications for 1 PhD position on characterizing evolved, dusty massive stars in nearby galaxies. More information is available here

The Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens invites applications for 1 PhD position on characterizing evolved massive stars in nearby galaxies in the framework of the ERC consolidator grant titled “Episodic Mass Loss in Massive Stars: Key to Understanding the Explosive Early Universe” (ASSESS). More information is available here

PhD positions in astrophysics – H2020 MSCA-ITN Programme BID4BEST

The Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens invites applications for 2 PhD position on supermassive black hole formation in the framework of the H2020 MSCA-ITN Programme “BIg-Data application for Black-Hole Evolution STudies” (BiD4BEST). More information is available here. For informal inquires contact Dr. Antonis Georgakakis (age@noa.gr).

The Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens invites applications for 1 PhD position on identifying and characterizing evolved massive stars in nearby galaxies in the framework of the ERC consolidator grant titled “Episodic Mass Loss in Massive Stars: Key to Understanding the Explosive Early Universe” (ASSESS). More information is available here.

The Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens invites applications for 2-3 postdoctoral positions on identifying and characterizing evolved massive stars in nearby galaxies in the framework of the ERC consolidator grant titled “Episodic Mass Loss in Massive Stars: Key to Understanding the Explosive Early Universe” (ASSESS). More information is available here.

The Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), has an opening of a permanent position at the level of “Senior Researcher (Researcher B’)” in the field of “Observational Astrophysics with emphasis in X-rays and Cosmology”. The position resulted from a request for promotion of an “Associate Researcher (Researcher C)”. The application deadline is July 17, 2017. More information (in greek) is available here.

The Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), has an opening of a new tenure track position at the level of “Associate Researcher (Researcher C’)” in the field of “Heliophysics with emphasis in the study of the Sun and Geospace”. The application deadline is September 22, 2017. More information (in greek) is available here.

The Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), has openings of two permanent positions at the level of “Senior Researcher (Researcher B’)”, which resulted from a request for promotion of two “Associate Researchers (Researcher C)”. The field of the first is “Remote sensing of terrestrial and aquatic environment with emphasis to SAR and hyper spectral sensors”, and the second “Space Physics with emphasis to the Ionosphere of the Earth”. The application deadline is May 5, 2017. More information (in greek) is available here.

The Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications & Remote Sensing (IAASARS) at the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) is advertising a one year scholarship aimed at students currently undertaking a PhD in Οbservational Αstronomy, Space Science or any related field. The scholarship starts at April 2017. The selected candidate will work on the Science Archives Publication System (SAPS) project and will be responsible for the ingestion of new scientific publications into the system, test the system performance and efficiency, verify the consistency of the publications meta-data built by SAPS and report bugs and malfunctions. Knowledge of the structure of the observational data from European Space Agency (ESA) science missions and experience in their analysis, familiarity with the use of the Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and good knowledge of English language are considered prerequisites. In order to apply please sent a CV to Dr. Akylas Thanassis and Dr. Giannakis Omiros. The deadline for the submission is the 24th of March 2017. The applicants should also send the names of two referees who are willing to send a letter in support of their application.

The X-Ray astronomy group of the Institute of Astronomy Astrophysics & Remote Sensing at the National Observatory of Athens is advertising a postdoctoral position for one year that could be renewed up to a period of three years. The selected candidate will work on the derivation of photometric redshifts for X-Ray sources using machine learning techniques. Experience in the derivation of photometric redshifts and possibly experience in X-Ray Astronomy data analysis are prerequisites. Please send a brief CV including research interests to Dr. I. Georgantopoulos before the 31st of January. The candidate should also send two names of referees who are willing to send a letter in support of their application.

The Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), has an opening of a promotion-related permanent position at the level of “Senior Researcher (Researcher B’)” in the field of “Observational Astrophysics in the Optical”. The application deadline is Dec. 4, 2016. More information (in greek) is available here.

The Greek State Scholarship Foundation, IKY, announces two hundred and eighty-nine (289) postdoctoral research positions in three (3) scientific fields, for a maximum duration of 24 consecutive months. More information is available here.

The Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), expects to have openings of several tenure track researcher positions over the next two years. We are interested to recruit motivated individuals with strong publication record, several years of research experience past their PhD, international collaborations, and ability to attract funding. Complementarity with the research areas already pursued at IAASARS/NOA as well as interest to efficiently use or upgrade existing infrastructure is also desired. For more information you may contact the Director of IAASARS/NOA, Prof. V. Charmandaris at charmandaris@noa.gr