14.08.2025 Assistant Professor at Department of Astronomy UC Berkeley The Department of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applicants for an Assistant Professorship. This position is open to all subfields of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The department is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. We are also interested in candidates who have had non-traditional career paths or who have taken time off for family reasons, or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academia. The basic qualifications required to be considered for this position are a Ph.D. (or equivalent international degree), or enrollment in a Ph.D. or equivalent international degree-granting…

14.08.2025 Assistant Professor of Practice at University of Arizona The University of Arizona (UA) Physics Department invites applications for a non-tenure-track Assistant Professor of Practice (Teaching Faculty) starting in Spring or Fall 2026. The expected teaching load is two to three courses per semester (with a maximum of five per year), and salary will be commensurate with experience. We are looking for candidates who can motivate and inspire students using active learning and evidence-based approaches in the classroom. While teaching introductory physics will be the primary focus, the ability to teach upper-division courses in a variety of fields will be considered an advantage. The department takes pride in its collaborative…

12.08.2025 PhD positions in Astronomy and Astrophysics IMPRS in Heidelberg The „International Max Planck Research School for Astronomy and Cosmic Physics at the University of Heidelberg“ (IMPRS-HD) invites applications for its PhD program. The school aims to offer outstanding research and training opportunities with excellent instrumental, observational, and theoretical research facilities at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, the Landessternwarte Koenigstuhl, the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, and the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies. Application deadline: November 1st 2025. Read more

12.08.2025 PhD in Astrophysics at IMPRS on Astrophysics at Ludwig Maximilians University Munich The International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics at the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (IMPRS on Astrophysics) is soliciting applications for its PhD program. Students have access to the world largest ground- and spaced-based observatories and instrumentation operated by the participating institutes as well as to supercomputers for advanced numerical simulations and theoretical studies. Application deadline November 1st 2025. Read more

12.08.2025 PhD Scholarship in Asteroseismology / Stellar Astrophysics at University of Southern Queensland The Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Southern Queensland is seeking applications for two fully-funded scholarship PhD positions, to begin between 2025 November and 2026 March (flexible). The stipend totals $38,000 AUD per year for 3 years, plus an allowance for computing and travel. Details on the research interests in our Centre can be found at https://astrophysics.usq.edu.au/. Application deadline: September 3rd 2025. Read more

12.08.2025 Head of Astronomical Data Center (m/f/x) at Deutsches Zentrum für Astrophysik (DZA) The DZA offers, as part of the development, one position located in Görlitz as Head of Astronomical Data Center (m/f/x) (subject to personal qualification, employees are remunerated according to salary group E 15 TV-L) starting as soon as possible. The position is initially limited until December 31, 2025 (time limitation pursuant to TzBfG) with the option of extension/permanence at the DZA after its foundation. Following the institutional establishment, it is planned to transfer the employment contracts to the “Tarifvertrag Bund” of the public sector (TVöD Bund). Balancing family and career is an important issue. The position is…

07.08.2025 PhD position in Theoretical Particle Cosmology at KIT We seek a qualified physics graduate to join as a PhD candidate at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The successful candidate will join Dr. Kim Berghaus‘ research group to work on projects related to Theoretical Particle Cosmology, on topics of the intersection of particle physics and theoretical/observational cosmology such as inflation, dark energy, and the Hubble tension. The position is for 3 years with a flexible starting date from February 1st, 2026 to May 1st, 2026. Application deadline on October 3, 2025. Read more

07.08.2025 KICP Postdoctoral Research Fellow Chicago The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP) at the University of Chicago would like to invite applications for the KICP Postdoctoral Research Fellowship program. Scientists receiving a PhD in physics, astrophysics, astronomy, or related fields between June 2022 and September 2026 are welcome to apply. Successful applicants will conduct original research in experimental, observational, numerical, or theoretical cosmological physics, broadly defined. KICP Fellows are appointed to renewable one-year terms, for up to three years. Our positions carry a salary and benefits package comparable to other prize fellowships. Application deadline: October 31, 2025. Read more

30.07.2025 Scientific Project Coordinator (f/m/d) at AEI Potsdam The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Potsdam is offering an exciting opportunity for a Scientific Project Coordinator to play an integral role in two ERC-funded international research projects, GWSky (Making Sense of the Unexpected in the Gravitational-Wave Sky) and MaScAmp (Mathematics of Scattering Amplitudes). The partner organizations of GWSky are the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, the SISSA (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati) in Trieste, and the University of California, in Los Angeles. The partner organizations of MaScAmp are Trinity College Dublin, the University of Oxford and the University of Uppsala. Application deadline 31 August 2025.…

30.07.2025 Postdoc Position in Multi-messenger Astronomy and Data Science at Johns Hopkins University The William H. Miller III Department of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) invites applications for one postdoctoral fellow position to pursue research in time-domain multi-messenger astrophysics with emphasis on data science and AI. The postdoctoral fellow will lead a project focused on developing optimized strategies for observing, processing, and archiving the datasets from current and future large astronomical facilities, with emphasis on radio interferometric arrays, in the pursuit of multi-messenger transients. Key to this project will be the application of AI techniques to streamline the translation of high-level science objectives into concrete observational and…