Astrophysics: Discovery and Characterization of Transiting Exoplanets

Description The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA’s missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology. Responsibilities / Areas of research transiting exoplanet science using data from space-based facilities (e.g., TESS, HST, JWST) and/or ground-based facilities or data simulations in preparation for Roman; developing tools and techniques for extraction of light curves and for searching light curves for transits; modeling scientific yields and developing methods for assessing the completeness of survey data and for making statistical inferences from survey data; developing plans and techniques for follow-up observations of discovered exoplanets to measure masses and/or atmospheric properties; generating models of the atmospheres of discovered exoplanets and performing retrievals to aid the interpretation of atmospheric observations; performing simulations of transiting exoplanets with Roman and developing light curve detrending and transit search algorithms. For each area, there are opportunities to work with current data and to obtain new observations of transiting exoplanets with ground-based and/or space-based facilities. Interested applicants should reach out to at least one of the advisors listed here in advance of the application deadline to express interest and discuss potential research projects. Location Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Field of Science Astrophysics Advisors Elisa Quintana — View email address on click.appcast.io Knicole D. Colon — View email address on click.appcast.io Avi Mandell — View email address on click.appcast.io Mike McElwain — View email address on click.appcast.io Joshua Schlieder — View email address on click.appcast.io Ravi Kumar Kopparapu — View email address on click.appcast.io Allison Youngblood — View email address on click.appcast.io Thomas Barclay — View email address on click.appcast.io Eric D. Lopez — View email address on click.appcast.io Rob Zellem — View email address on click.appcast.io Eligibility: Applicants may be U.S. Citizens; U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR); Foreign Nationals eligible for a J-1 visa; or applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with specific documentation. #J-18808-Ljbffr ORAU