Guest Scientist

The Solar System Physics and Space Technology research programme at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics in Kiruna invites applications for a Postdoctoral position in Space Physics, related to the ESA Rosetta mission to comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Rosetta is the first mission to follow a comet for an extended time, from low activity far from the sun to high activity around perihelion.

The Rosetta mission is now in an intensive data analysis phase, following the ending of the mission in September 2016. Applications are invited for a guest scientist position lasting at most until the end of 2020.

The advertised position is a research position for studies of the cometary plasma environment and its interaction with the solar wind primarily using ion data from the Ion Composition Analyzer (ICA) on board Rosetta but also using data from the other instruments that form the Rosetta Plasma Consortium (RPC). Work using numerical models of different aspects of the comet plasma environment is also part of the data analysis effort.

Previous experience of working with plasma and/or particle data from space missions is required. Relevant experience using plasma data from the environment around comet 67P is a merit.

The position, placed in Kiruna, is funded by the Swedish Research Council and is at most until the end of 2020.

For further information please contact:
Dr. Hans Nilsson, e-mail: [email protected], +46-980-79 127

Trade union representative:
Uwe Raffalski, SACO-S, e-mail: [email protected], +46-980- 790 21
Ashkan Ekhtiari, ST, e-mail: [email protected], +46-980-790 78

Closing date for applications is 18 February 2019.

Applications should include a CV, a short letter (one page) stating research interests and relevant experience, copies of academic transcripts and contact information for two professional references.

Applications should be submitted, preferably by email, to:

Swedish Institute of Space Physics,
Registrar,
Box 812,
SE-981 28 Kiruna, Sweden

or by email to:
[email protected]

Closing date: 18 February 2019.

Please quote reference number: 2.2.1-28/19

If your application is sent by e-mail you should get a confirmation that we have received it. If you do not get the confirmation within three days, please contact the registrar: +46 980-790 00.