Organisation/Company Universitat de Barcelona Department OPIR Research Field Astronomy Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Positions Postdoc Positions Application Deadline 9 Jul 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37,5 Offer Starting Date 1 Sep 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe - ERC Reference Number Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position on distance measurements with water megamasers in galaxies. This work is part of the ERC synergy RedH0T.

The candidate should have expertise in radio data analysis, and ideally with VLBI observations. The goal is to discover new water masers from existing and future single-dish data and to conduct and analyze VLBI monitoring campaigns of the best masers to determine distances to galaxies...