STFC-funded Research Associate in Exoplanet Demographics

Job reference: SAE-031441
Salary: £37,694 - £46,049 per annum depending on relevant experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Location: Manchester
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Department of Physics & Astronomy
Hours Per Week: 35
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 15/06/2026
Contract Duration: 36 months
School/Directorate: School of Natural Sciences

The Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics seeks an STFC-funded Research Associate in the area of Exoplanets to develop and apply simulations to data from the Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey (GBTDS) undertaken with the NASA Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and from the Euclid Galactic Bulge Survey undertaken by the ESA Euclid mission.

The successful candidate will work with Dr Eamonn Kerins. Dr Kerins is the ESA-appointed scientist to the GBTDS, as well as a member of the Euclid Exoplanet Science Working Group. Additionally, Dr Kerins leads the Demographics Working Group for the NASA Roman transit science team (TRExS). The successful candidate will work with Dr Kerins, and Roman science team members, to develop and apply simulation infrastructure that will enable the demography of exoplanets to be recovered through combined Roman transit and microlensing samples.

As part of the application process applicants should send a CV, a bibliography of work published and submitted, and the names and contact details of two referees save as one document/file under 1 MB and upload to the CV section of the application.

Our benefits include:

• Generous employer contribution pension
• 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays, along with Christmas closure
• Ride to work and EV car scheme available

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Enquiries about the role, shortlisting and interviews

Name: Dr Eamonn Kerins

Email: Eamonn.Kerins@manchester.ac.uk

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