Tenure Track Researcher in Space Physics

DTU Space offers an opportunity for a talented researcher to establish an independent research career in space science and contribute to advancing our understanding of the interaction between Earth's upper atmosphere and near-Earth space. The successful candidate will conduct research in ionospheric electrodynamics, with emphasis on processes governing magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling at high latitudes. The position is located at DTU Space in the Division of Geomagnetism and Geospace, an internationally recognized research environment with strong expertise in space physics, geomagnetism, and data analysis.

Responsibilities and qualifications

Your overall focus will be to strengthen the department's expertise in observation-based modelling of ionospheric electrodynamics. This will involve designing and developing methods that combine theoretical models with observations to map electromagnetic fields in the ionosphere, with particular emphasis on fields associated with high-latitude magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling. Measurements from ground magnetometers and from satellite missions like Swarm and EZIE will be particularly relevant. You will publish your research in peer-reviewed journals and present results at international conferences. You will collaborate closely with colleagues at DTU Space and with international research partners. Your primary responsibilities will be to conduct cutting-edge research, develop an independent research programme, and contribute to attracting external research funding. You will also teach and supervise or co-supervise student projects at the BSc, MSc, and PhD levels.

For this position the following skills are essential:

• You must have expertise within solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling and in particular high-latitude ionospheric physics.
• You must have experience working with satellite and ground-based data, as well as modelling output relevant to high-latitude ionospheric electrodynamics.
• You must have expert knowledge about state-of-the-art ionospheric data assimilation techniques for characterizing mesoscale ionospheric electrodynamics
• You must have excellent programming skills in Python, including experience with collaborative software development and publishing scientific code
• You must have presentation skills appropriate for communicating research findings at international conferences

You must contribute to the teaching of courses. DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. You are expected to be fluent in at least one of these languages, and in time are expected to master both.

As formal qualification you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent).

You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:

• Research experience
• Experience and quality of teaching 
• Research vision and potential
• International impact and experience 
• Societal impact
• Innovativeness, including commercialization and collaboration with industry
• Leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills
• Communication skills

Application procedure 

Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 17 May 2026 (23:59 Danish time).

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