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3-yr senior postdoc position (min 6 yrs of research including PhD)
We are looking for a researcher to work preferentially with ultra-low frequency data (<100 MHz) in the framework of the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR; www.lofar.org). The candidate will work with massive amounts of data from the LOFAR LBA Sky Survey (including deep fields) and with the planning of the LOFAR 2.0 expansion of the survey. The candidate will help developing advanced data reduction techniques to solve direction dependent systematic effects and tackle the use of LOFAR international stations. The candidate has freedom to combine the technical part of the project with science cases that they wish with preference on the study of the large-scale structure, galaxy clusters and/or AGN.
ENG: https://info.ira.inaf.it/opportunities/fellowship-code-2023-03-ira-ar-english-version/
ITA: https://info.ira.inaf.it/opportunities/selezione-2023-03-ira-ar/
Deadline: 30th November 20233-yr postdoc position (min 3 yrs of research including PhD)
We are looking for a postdoc to work on topics including the large-scale structure, AGN and galaxies in clusters and/or the non-thermal components of galaxy clusters. The candidate will explore the radio emission generated by these phenomena possibly in connection with emission at other wavelengths. The candidate should work preferentially but not uniquely with Low Frequency Array (LOFAR; www.lofar.org) data from surveys or dedicated proposals. An interest in the developing of novel techniques for the use of international stations and/or the exploration of the ultra-low frequencies (<100 MHz) is an asset.
ENG: https://info.ira.inaf.it/opportunities/fellowship-code-2023-04-ira-ar-english-version/
ITA: https://info.ira.inaf.it/opportunities/selezione-2023-04-ira-ar/
Deadline: 30th November 2023
Radio Mega-Halos covering a galaxy clusters as seen with LOFAR (Cuciti et al. 2022, Nature, 609, 911–914)
The ultra-low frequency group
Francesco de Gasperin (Staff Scientists, INAF IRA)
Cluster-scale radio emission, low-frequency interferometry, and radio surveys. PI of the ULU project.
PostdocsThomas Pasini (Postdoc, INAF IRA)
Low-frequency radio emission from galaxy groups
PhD students
Alessandro Benati (PhD student, INAF IRA - University of Bologna)
The MeerKAT survey of the virgo cluster as part of the ViCTORIA projectJort Boxelaar (PhD student, INAF IRA - University of Bologna)
Very Long Baseline interferometry with LOFAR LBAHenrik Edler (PhD student, University of Hamburg)
Radio surveys of the Virgo cluster and galaxy evolution in cluster environmentGiulia Lusetti (PhD student, University of Hamburg)
Low frequency radio observations of radio galaxies and extended sources in galaxy clustersLovorka Gajovic (PhD student, University of Hamburg)
Dark matter detection with low-frequency radio data in nearby galaxies
BSc/MSc studentsAngelina Spasic (MSc student, University of Hamburg)
AGN in the virgo cluster as part of the ViCTORIA project
Former members
Feng Gao (Postdoc, University of Hamburg)
Polarised emission from radio relic and developing od DDFacet to include full-Stokes and RM synthesisVirginia Cuciti (Von Humboldt Fellow, University of Hamburg)
Diffuse emission in the ICM and statistical analysis of cluster-scale radio sources