Join Ben's Research Group

Ben is looking for intelligent, hard-working, and inquisitive people to join his research group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The following positions are open:

Project Administrator for Cosmology@Home
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Cosmology
Undergraduate Research
Feodor Lynen Fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (postdoctorate fellowship for Germans)

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Project Administrator for Cosmology@Home

Please read the Job posting for details.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cosmology

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
Department of Physics
1110 West Green Street
Urbana, Illinois 61801
USA
t. 217.333.9374
f. 217.333.9819
http://www.physics.uiuc.edu | http://www.astro.uiuc.edu
email submission: bwandelt@uiuc.edu
email inquiries: bwandelt@uiuc.edu
Attention: Benjamin D. Wandelt, Professor

Applications are invited from outstanding research cosmologists for at least one postdoctoral position to start in the Fall of 2008. The successful candidate will be working with Professor Wandelt and his group on research projects in physical cosmology, relating to the cosmic microwave background and the Planck mission, dark energy and dark matter, and the study of the initial conditions of the Universe.
Each position comes with a competitive salary as well as travel and research funds.
In addition to diverse programs in Astronomy and Astrophysics, the University of Illinois has a large cosmology group, spanning the Departments of Astronomy and Physics, the Center for Theoretical Astrophysics, NCSA and the Program in Computational Science, with access to one of the premier sets of supercomputing resources and expertise in the world. Cosmologists at Illinois are members of the Dark Energy Survey, LSST, Planck, SDSS, the Square Kilometer Array, and the South Pole Telescope, amongst other collaborations.
As part of an international exchange between the Wandelt group and the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics, funding is available for extended visits to Munich, further enriching the resources and the research environment available to the candidate.
To apply, submit PDF copies of your CV, a list of published and submitted publications, as well as a statement of research interests to the email address above. Arrange for three letters of references to be submitted to the same address to complete the application. Non-electronic submission is discouraged.
The University of Illinois is an equal opportunity employer.

Undergraduate Research

Undergraduates students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with at least Junior standing who wish to pursue independent study courses for academic credid or who would like to engage in research with the goal of writing a senior thesis in physics should contact Ben Wandelt for more information. Research must be related to the topics or research which Ben and his group are currently pursuing.

Feodor Lynen Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Funding opportunity for Germans with Ph.D.s who want to work with Ben.
Humboldt Foundation Fellowships for applicants in Germany

(From the link)
Feodor Lynen Research Fellowships (up to 150 fellowships annually) to highly qualified German scholars younger than 38 (deadline: receipt of complete application before the 38th birthday) and holding a doctorate, enabling them to undertake a long-term period of research at the institute of a former Humboldt guest-researcher abroad.

• Feodor Lynen Research Fellowships (Long-Term Fellowships) enable a longer period of research at the host institute
• Feodor Lynen Research Fellowships (Short-Term Fellowships) enable three short periods of research at the host institute

Note: Foreign research stays for young German scholars and scientists funded by the programs of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation are exempt from the so-called "12 year rule" established within the Framework Act for Higher Education.