Astrophysics: Gamma-Ray Astronomy

Overview Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Reference Code: 0028-NPP-NOV26-GSFC-Astrophys How To Apply All applications must be submitted in Zintellect. Please visit the NASA Postdoctoral Program website for application instructions and requirements: How to Apply | NASA Postdoctoral Program (orau.org). A complete application to the NASA Postdoctoral Program includes: Research proposal Three letters of recommendation Official doctoral transcript documents Application Deadline 11/1/2026 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone Description About the NASA Postdoctoral Program: 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. A continuing research program in medium- and high-energy gamma-ray astronomy focuses on increasing our knowledge of the nature and origin of Galactic and extragalactic gamma rays. The work includes instrument development, data analysis, and theoretical studies. Scientific research covers Galactic diffuse radiation, pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, solar flares, molecular clouds, normal galaxies, active galactic nuclei, and extragalactic diffuse radiation. The results will help us understand high-energy processes in the Sun, in celestial objects, in the interstellar medium, and in extragalactic space. The efforts concentrate on two projects. The first involves participation in the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope mission, with an international collaboration of particle physicists and astrophysicists. This includes simulations, development of data analysis techniques, and science analysis. The second is the development of new instrumentation for gamma-ray astrophysics with three thrusts: 1) Advanced Energetic Pair Telescope (AdEPT) for gamma-ray polarimetry in the 2-200 MeV range; 2) AMEGO, a Compton scattering and pair conversion instrument; and 3) BurstCube, a CubeSat to detect gamma-ray transients in the 10 keV to 1 MeV range. Location: Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Field of Science: Astrophysics Advisors Tonia Venters — View email address on click.appcast.io — View phone number on click.appcast.io Elizabeth Hays — View email address on click.appcast.io — View phone number on click.appcast.io Judith Racusin — View email address on click.appcast.io — View phone number on click.appcast.io Julie McEnery — View email address on click.appcast.io — View phone number on click.appcast.io Jeremy S. Perkins — View email address on click.appcast.io — View phone number on click.appcast.io Regina Caputo — View email address on click.appcast.io — View phone number on click.appcast.io Carolyn Kierans — View email address on click.appcast.io — View phone number on click.appcast.io Tyler Parsotan — View email address on click.appcast.io — View phone number on click.appcast.io Nicholas Cannady — View email address on click.appcast.io — View phone number on click.appcast.io A complete list of Designated Countries can be found at: Applications with citizens from Designated Countries will not be accepted unless they are Legal Permanent Residents of the United States. Eligibility is currently open to: U.S. Citizens; U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR); Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J-1 visa status; and Applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with 1) a valid EAD card and 2) I-485 or I-589 forms in pending status Questions about this opportunity? Please email View email address on click.appcast.io Point of Contact Mikeala Eligibility Requirements Degree: Doctoral Degree. #J-18808-Ljbffr ORAU