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Tenure Track Faculty Positions
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| Place/Institution (alphabetical) | People (in boldface if accepted) |
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| Amherst College (ad) | Due Nov 15, 2021. Short-list notified and additional rejections sent (12/22). Offer made to Mia de los Reyes |
| De Anza College (ad) | Due May 5, 2022 |
| Appalachian State University (ad) | Due Dec 1, 2021. Long-list contacted (1/24). Finalists invited for on-campus interviews. Post on-campus interview rejections notifications made |
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Boston University, Assistant Professor in Space and Planetary Science (ad) |
Due Dec. 1, 2021. Long-list notified (on Jan 16). Short-list notified (on Feb 6). Offer made and accepted. |
| Bowdoin College, Assistant Professor of Physics (ad) | Due Oct. 8, 2021. Offer made and accepted. |
| Bristol University, Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics/Associate professor (ad) | Due Jan. 9. 2022. Letters requested. Short-listed candidates invited for interviews. Offer made. |
| Brown University, Assistant Professor, Planetary Science (ad) | Due Oct. 1, 2021. Short-list made (in-person interviews starting 01/17 week). Offer made and accepted. |
| Bucknell University (ad) | Due Nov. 1, 2021. Short-list interviews scheduled (Jan). Some rejections sent (2/28). Accepted. |
| University of Bonn (ad), Assistant Professorship in Astrophysics | Due Mar. 20, 2022. Shortlist notified. Offered made to Andrina Nicola |
| California State University Long Beach, Assistant Professor of Astronomy (Job Ad) | Due Nov. 1, 2021. Some rejections sent Nov 19. Long-list made and interviewed (week of 1/3). Long list includes Thomas Gomez. Short List made (candidates invited for 2-day virtual interviews) |
| Caltech, Assistant Professor in Experimental or Theoretical Physics (including Astro). (ad) | Due Nov. 15, 2021. Experimental and/or theoretical physics, astrophysics and cosmology. Updates? (02/24/22) |
| Canada excellence research chair in Astronomy at Waterloo (ad) | Any updates? |
| Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA), Assistant Professor in Theoretical Astrophysics (ad) | Due Nov. 29, 2021. First-round interviews scheduled for early March. Candidates have not received any rejections (as of March 21). Shortlist notification received March 31. Shortlist includes Maya Fishbach, Rahul Kannan, Anna Rosen, and Julian Muñoz. |
| Carnegie Mellon University, Assistant Professor in Astrophysics/Cosmology (ad) | Due Dec. 15, 2021. Shortlist notified (Jan 25). Shortlist includes Katie Breivik, Thomas Callister, Maya Fishbach, Sultan Hassan, Elena Murchikova, Antonella Palmese. Offers made and accepted by Katie Breivik and Antonella Palmese. |
| Cleveland State University, Assistant Professor of Physics | Due Jan. 17 2022. Zoom interviews conducted Feb. 16-25. |
| University of Cologne, Assistant Professorship with tenure track / Associate Professorship in Astrophysical Devices (ad) | Due June 15, 2022. |
| University College Cork, Lectureship in Theoretical Astrophysics (ad) |
Due Nov. 11, 2021. Shortlisted candidates invited for online interviews, including Giacomo Fragione, Michael Tremmel. Offer made to Michael Tremmel and accepted. |
| University College Cork, Professorship in Astrophysics (ad) | Due Dec. 17, 2021. Shortlisted candidates invited for online interviews in early-March. |
| College of Wooster, Assistant Professor of Physics | Due Oct. 1, 2021. Candidates invited for in-person interviews. |
| Columbia University, Assistant Professor in Astronomy. (ad) | Due Dec. 15, 2021. Long-list made (letter request sent). Shortlist notified 2/12. Offer made. |
| Cornell University, Tenure-track Faculty Position in Theoretical Astrophysics (ad) | Due Nov. 15, 2021. Physics search. Shortlist made, candidates include Julian Muñoz. Finalists (1 or 2) invited back to campus |
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Cornell University, Tenure-track Faculty Position in Multi-Messenger Astronomy and/or Relativistic Astrophysics (ad) |
Due Dec. 15, 2021. Astro search. Shortlisted candidates invited for in-person interviews, including Maria Charisi and Anna Ho (accepted). |
| CUNY City Tech, Assistant or Associate Professor, Physics (including Astrophysics) (ad) | Rejections sent (Feb 17). Offer accepted. |
| CUNY Queens College, Assistant Professor in Astronomy ot Astrophysics (ad) | Due Jan 28, 2022. Shortlist interviews scheduled. Offer made and accepted. |
| Dartmouth College (ad) | Due Nov 18, 2021. Longlist interview notifications (12/15). Shortlist notified (Jan 7). Offer made and accepted by Burcin Mutlu-Pakdil. |
| Drexel University, Assistant Professor in topics related to Big Data Physics (ad) | Due Dec. 1, 2021. First set of longlist candidate phone interviews scheduled, including Josh Dillon, Michela Negro, Maria Charisi. Short-list notified, including Maria Charisi |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, non-TT (ad) | Due Sept. 23, 2021. Some candidates invited for video interviews. Short list made. |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Assistant/Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics (ad) |
Due Dec. 01, 2021. Video interviews scheduled. More rejections sent, sounds like process is over (05/02). |
| Florida Institute of Technology, assistant or associate professor in Astrophysics (ad) | Due Feb. 1, 2022. Letters requested/Preliminary video interviews being schedule (Feb 6), including Giacomo Fragione. Potentially multiple hires being made, multiple subcommittees interviewing candidates. Request for in-person interview. Offers made and one accepted by Howard Chen. |
| Florida International University, Open-rank tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Physics (ad) |
Due Nov. 22, 2021. Shortlisted candidates invited for online interviews, including Giacomo Fragione. |
| George Mason University (ad) TT Asst professor faculty position in Astronomy. | Due Nov 29, 2021. Longlist interview notifications (12/15). Shortlisted candidates invited for virtual interviews (01/05). Some alerted that the department will be recommending a handful of finalists to the dean to make (likely one) final offer (03/16); not sure if this is separate from "offer made." offer made & accepted. |
| Georgia Institute of Technology (ad) |
Due Nov. 8, 2021. Shortlisted candidates invited for in person interviews. Offers made to Surabhi Sachdev (accepted) and Antonella Palmese (declined). |
| Harvey Mudd College - Assistant Professor Physics (tenure-track) | Due Nov 1, 2021. Offer made to Dan Tamayo |
| Heidelberg | Longlist includes Bernhard Müller, Michela Mapelli, Tim Dietrich, Anastasia Fialkov, Annalisa Pillepich. Candidates not be informed prior to approval by Ministry of Science. Please respect the integrity of the hiring process. |
| Hillsdale College Physics, Tenure-Track Position (ad) | Due Dec. 1, 2021. Some candidates invited for video interviews. Offer made and accepted. |
| Hofstra University (ad) |
Due Dec. 1, 2021. Long list contacted 19 January. Shortlisted candidates invited for in-person interviews (Feb 2). At least one offer made (03/04), but not accepted (03/11). |
| Imperial College London - Physics/Astrophysics (Interdisciplinary) (ad) | Two positions. Due June 6, 2022. |
| LMU Munich, W2 = Associate Professor (tenure-track) | Broad search for candidates at an early stage of their scientific career whose experimental / data-driven research extends and complement the current profile of LMU Astrophysics. Shortlist invited for interviews, offer to be made in May, start date fall 2022 or, at the latest, spring 2023. Offer made to Antonella Palmese (Jun 22). |
| University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Assistant Professor (ad) |
Due Sep. 15, 2021. Shortlisted candidates invited for online interviews, including Giacomo Fragione, Jose M. Ezquiaga, and Stephen Green. |
| The Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Assistant Professor (tenure-track) and Professor positions in Astrosciences (ad) | Due Oct. 29, 2021. Reference letters requested, interview invitations sent. Interviews in March. At least one offer made. Offers made and accepted by Lisa Bugnet and Jorryt Matthee. |
| Lowell Observatory - Tenure Track Position(s) | Due May 31st. Long-listed candidates notified. Some long-listed candidates rejected. Shortlisted candidates invited for interview. |
| LPL, Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Exoplanet Science (ad) | Due Oct. 8, 2021. Short-listed candidates invited for onsite interviews (10/25-10/29), include Joshua Krissansen-Totton, Xinting Yu, Sukrit Ranjan (based on colloquium schedule). Offer made and accepted by Sukrit Ranjan. |
| Lycoming College (ad) | Due Nov. 15, 2021. Long-list interviews finished. Rejections sent (2/17). Accepted. |
| McMaster University, tenure track position in Observational Exoplanet Astronomy (ad) | Due Nov. 15, 2021. Requests for letters sent (12/1). Longlist notified (1/7). Shortlist notified (2/1). Offer made to Ryan Cloutier. |
| MIT Center for Theoretical Physics |
Due Nov 15, 2021. Short-listed candidates invited for on-site interviews, including Jordan Cotler, Isabel Garcia Garcia, Mikhail M. Ivanov, and Julian B. Muñoz. Offer made. |
| Minnesota Duluth (ad) Tenure-track assistant professor. |
Due Nov. 10, 2021. Longlist interviews were conducted Jan 3--Jan14. Some candidates invited for on-campus interviews. Offer made to Dan Stevens and one physicist. |
| Montana State University - Bozeman, Tenure track position in Gravitational Physics (ad) | Screening of applications begins on Jan. 15, 2022. Longlist notified. Shortlist contacted. Offer made and accepted. |
| Montana State University – Bozeman, Assistant Professor in Experimental Space Sciences (ad) | Due Jan. 10, 2022. Longlist notified. Shortlist notified. Offer made and accepted by Rachael Filwett. |
| Northwestern University, Assistant professor in Astrophysics (ad) | Due Jan. 15 2022. Shortlist notified (Feb. 7). Offer made to Allison Strom and Lena Murchikova. |
| NSF's NOIRLab - Astronomer (Tenure-track) and Scientist (ad) |
Due Jan. 16, 2022. Six or more Astronomer (tenure-track - 50% research) and Scientist (20% research) positions. Any updates? Letters requested (3/2). Offers made (May). (Virtual) visits still happening so NOT all offers made (May 3rd). Offers made to Christina Willams, Yuanyuan Zhang. |
| Oberlin College (ad) | Due Dec. 15, 2021. Long-list interviews finished. Offer made to Bryan Terrazas. |
| Oregon State University – Faculty position in astrophysics (ad) | Due Jan. 3, 2022. Longlist contacted (1/27). Shortlist contacted. |
| Peking University - two faculty positions at Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics and the Department of Astronomy (ad) | Due Nov. 15, 2021. Some rejections sent Dec 10. Interviews done by Jan 5, 2022. |
| Pennsylvania State University Open Rank (Tenure/Tenure-track) faculty position in Astronomy & Astrophysics (ad) |
Due November 19, 2021. Shortlist interviews scheduled. Some rejections sent. Two offers made. |
| Pomona College (ad) | Due Nov. 15th, 2021. Applicants notified via email that the search was cancelled: "Unfortunately, our search this year needed to be canceled without any interviews or visits. We hope to be able to successfully re-run the search next year, pending approval from our administration." |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Institute of Astrophysics (ad) | Due Nov 15th, 2021.Offers made and one accepted. |
| Purdue University, Tenure-Track Cluster Hire in Origins (ad) | Due Nov 1. 2021. Up to 3 positions in Bio/Chem/EAPS, Origins of Life/Astrobiology. Long-list made (video interviews). On-campus interviews are currently in progress, but I wouldn't say they are related to "astrobiology." Offers made. |
| Rice University, Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Planetary Science (ad) | Due Oct 31, 2021. Long-list made (letter requested). Short-list made. Offer made. Rejection letters for long-listed candidates sent (April 11). Any news? |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Astronomy (ad) | Due Feb 3, 2022. Long-list interviews completed. Any news? (3/28). In-Person interviews held in mid-late March. |
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Rutgers University, Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Planetary Science. (ad) |
Due Nov 1st, 2021. Short-list made. Offer made. |
| SLAC Particle Physics & Astrophysics (ad) | Due Nov. 15th, 2021. Short-list made. Some candidates invited for in-person interviews, including Julian Muñoz, Dillon Brout. Any News? Has offer been made? |
| Stony Brook University, Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Observational Astronomy (ad) | Due Jan. 5th, 2022. Some candidates invited for online interviews, including Antonella Palmese. Offer made to Simon Birrer and accepted. |
| SUNY Oswego, Assistant Professor of Physics (ad) |
Posted Nov. 9th, 2021, open until filled. Zoom interview request (1/29). Rejections sent (3/25). Offer made. |
| Tennessee Tech University, Assistant Professor of Physics (ad) | Shortlisted candidates invited for video interviews through 3/1. |
| Trinity College Dublin,
Assistant Professor in Astrophysics (ad) |
Due July 16th, 2021. Shortlisted candidates invited for interview. |
| Tsinghua University (ad) |
Due Nov. 30, 2021. Rejections sent and interviews concluded. |
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Tsung-Dao Lee Institute (TDLI), several Fellow positions available, jointly with a tenure-track Associate Professor position at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Areas of interest: experimental physics, theoretical particle and nuclear physics, cosmology (ad) |
TDLI-astro due Nov. 15, initial interview talks conducted Due January 10th, 2022 DoA at SJTU due Dec 13. Preliminary offer made (Dec 30, 2021). |
| Universidad de Antofagasta (Chile), faculty position in astroinformatics (ad) |
Due December 1st. Shortlist made and reference letters requested. Two offers made. One offer accepted (Nina Hernitschek). |
| Universidad de Antofagasta (Chile), faculty position in the combined field of astroinformatics and extragalactic astrophysics (ad) | Due June 14, 2022. |
| University of Alabama, Assistant Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics (ad) | Due Dec. 1, 2021. short-list made. Offer made and accepted. |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville, tenure-track faculty position (including Astronomy) (ad) | Due Jan. 1, 2022. Shortlist notified. |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville, Pei-Ling Chan Chair of Physics (ad) | Due Jan. 15, 2022. |
| University of Arizona, Endowed Chair in Optical Sciences (ad) | Review begins Jan 1, 2022. |
| University of British Columbia, tenure-track Assistant Professor position (ad) |
Due Nov 15, 2021. Short-list interviews scheduled. Rejections sent out (July 11, 2022) because an offer was made and accepted. |
| University of Bologna, 2 tenure-track faculty positions (ad). Areas of interest: BSM physics with applications to neutrinos and astro-particle physics (very broadly defined) | Due Nov 3, 2021. Shortlist notified on Mar 7, includes Vedran Brdar, Ilaria Brivio, Eleonora Di Valentino, Miguel Escudero, Elina Fuchs, Filippo Sala, Andrea Thamm, Arsenii Titov, Sunny Vagnozzi, Luca Visinelli. Interviews conducted on Mar 28-29. Offers made to Filippo Sala and Ilaria Brivio (May 3). |
| University of California - Berkeley (ad) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences | Due Oct 15, 2021. Long-list made. |
| University of California - Berkeley (ad) Department of Astronomy. | Due Nov 19, 2021. Short list notified. |
| University of California - Berkeley (ad) Data Science (Departments of Astronomy & Earth and Planetary Science) |
Due Nov 30, 2021. Long list contacted. Short list notified. |
| University of Cape Town, Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics (ad) | Closes 31 Jan 2022; applicants must have experience in theoretical high enery physics, cosmology, astrophysics or gravity |
| University of Catania, tenure-track Assistant Professor in astrophysics and cosmology | Due Feb 10, 2022. Short-list notified, includes Matteo Fasiello, Valerio Marra, Giuseppe Puglisi, Mattia Sormani, Agata Trovato, Antonio Vecchio. Interviews conducted 25/8. Offer made to Valerio Marra (declined), Mattia Sormani (declined), Matteo Fasiello (declined), Giuseppe Puglisi (29/9). |
| University of Chicago, Assistant Professor, Geophysical Sciences (ad) (1 of 2) |
Due Nov. 1, 2021. E-mails sent for in person interviews (12/14). Offer made. |
| University of Chicago, Associate Professor, Geophysical Sciences (ad) (2 of 2) | Due Nov. 1, 2021. Any news? |
| UCLA, Open Rank (Tenure-Track/Tenured) Faculty Position in Space Physics (ad) |
Due Nov. 1, 2021. Rejections sent Jan 13. Offer made and accepted. |
| UCLA, Open Rank (Tenure-Track/Tenured) Faculty Position in Planetary Geochemistry (ad) |
Due Oct. 29, 2021. Letters requested (Jan 17). Rejections sent (Feb 24). 2 offers made to Peng Ni and Jasmina Wiemann. |
| University College London - Lecturer in extragalactic astronomy (ad) | 64 applications received. Short-listed candidates notified (interview 07/07/22) |
| The University of Kansas, Assistant Professor (ad) in Astroparticle Physics | Due August 20, 2021. Offer made and accepted. |
| The University of Leicester, Lecturer in Astrophysics, Planetary Science or Space Instrumentation | Due September 5th 2021. Shortlisted candidates invited for interview, including Mariangela Bonavita. Rejections sent. Offers made and accepted. (who?) |
| The University of Massachusetts Lowell - Assistant Professor in Medical Physics (ad) | Candidates who study impact of space radiation on humans are welcome to apply. Due on January 1 2022 |
| University of Memphis, Faculty position in Astronomy/Astrophysics (ad) |
Review of applications will begin in Dec. 2021 and may continue until the position is filled. Invitation to zoom interviews (01/27/2022). Some on-site interviews scheduled, including Michael Tremmel. Offer made and accepted. |
| University of Michigan, Faculty position in Department of Climate Space Science and Engineering (ad) | Due December 1, 2021. Does anyone know who was shortlisted? 3 modelers and 3 instrument scientists. |
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The University of Minnesota, Assistant Professor in Experimental Space Physics (ad) |
Due Dec. 3, 2021. Long listed contacted. Short list contacted. Offer made and accepted by Ali Sulaiman |
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University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada Center for Astrophysics, Assistant professor in multi-messenger and time-domain astrophysics (ad) |
Due March 18, 2022. Short list contacted for on-site interviews, including Giacomo Fragione. Two offers made and accepted: Carl-Johan Haster and Ali Kheirandish. |
| University of Oklahoma (ad) |
Due Dec 15, 2021, Endowed chair, open rank full, associate, or assistant professor, all fields of astronomy and astrophysics. letters requested (1/27) Any news? (3/28) |
| University of Padova, tenure-track Assistant Professor in extra-galactic astrophysics | Due Apr 11, 2022. Short-list notified, includes Daniele Bertacca, Matteo Fasiello, Anna Feltre, Simone Mastrogiovanni, Andrea Pallottini, Angelo Ricciardone. Interviews conducted 13/09. Offer made to Daniele Bertacca. |
| University of Pisa, tenure-track Assistant Professor in astronomy and astrophysics | Due Feb 14, 2022. Short-list includes Gianluca Castignani, Anna Feltre, Andrea Pallottini, Angelo Ricciardone, Veronica Roccatagliata, Sunny Vagnozzi. Interviews conducted. Offer made to Angelo Ricciardone (19/07). |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio, Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Exoplanets (ad) | Due Nov. 1, 2021. Long-listed made (video interviews). Short-list made (in-person interview). Two offers made (2/11) and accepted: Thayne Currie (3/21); Xinting Yu (05/26). |
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Theoretical Multi-Messenger Astrophysics |
Due Dec. 1, 2021. Longlist contacted (1/22). Shortlist contacted (3/3). Campus interviews conducted (3/28-4/13). |
| The University of Texas at Austin, Assistant Professor, Statistics and Data Science (ad) | Due Nov. 30th 2021. Strong applicants whose primary degree is not in statistics, biostatistics, machine learning, data science, or a related area will also be considered, as long as their research exhibits independence and excellence in one of these areas. Last year, they hired a TT Asst. professor with astronomy background. |
| The University of Texas at Austin, Assistant Professor, Experimental and/or Data Driven Cosmology (ad) |
Due Dec. 6th 2021. Consider data driven to be very broadly defined. Possible consideration in related areas. Shortlisted candiates contacted for zoom interviews, including Josh Dillon, Steve Choi, Julian Muñoz, Tanvi Karwal. |
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The University of Texas at Austin, Tenure-track assistant professor position in astronomy (ad) |
Due Dec. 7th, 2021. Longlist made, including Josh Dillon and Julian Muñoz. Shortlist includes Julian Munoz. |
| The University of Texas at El Paso, Assistant Professor, any astro specialty (ad) | Due Dec. 15, 2021. Some rejections sent (1/3). Interviews conducted week of 1/10-14. Shortlisted candidates notified (1/24) including Michael Tremmel. More rejections sent (2/1). Offer is made. |
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University of Toronto Mississauga, tenure stream position in the area of Exoplanet or Planetary Astronomy (ad) |
Due Nov 15, 2021. Long-list made (video interviews, 12/17). Short-list contacted. |
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University of Toronto, Assistant Professor in Astrostatistics (ad) |
Due Nov 30, 2021. Short-list contacted. Offer made. |
| University of Trento, tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of cosmology and black hole physics (ad) | Due Apr 21, 2022. Short-list contacted, includes Emilio Bellini, Marco Crisostomi, M. R. F. (Matteo Raffaele Fasiello?), M. F., A. B. P. (Alessia Benedetta Platania?), Sunny Vagnozzi. First round of interviews conducted 31/8. Second round of interviews presumably conducted. Offer made to Sunny Vagnozzi (06/10). |
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University of Western Ontario, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Physics & Astronomy (ad) |
Application review begins 20 Jan 2022. any news? (03/09) Shortlist interviews underway (only one astronomer in shortlist) |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison, Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Astronomy (ad) | Due Dec. 6 2021. Shortlist notified (2/04). Interviews aren't until end of March/first half of April, so it might be a while. Offer made to Juliette Becker. |
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Planetary Astrochemistry (ad) |
This position is the second in a campus-wide cluster hiring initiative on Origins of Life, Artificial Life, and Astrobiology. Due Nov. 1, 2021. Short-list notified. Some short-list candidates are rejected. Offer to Zoe Todd. |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison, Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Observational Exoplanet Spectroscopy (ad) | This position is the third in a campus-wide cluster hiring initiative on Origins of Life, Artificial Life, and Astrobiology. Due Nov. 1, 2021. Short-list notified. Offer made to Thomas Beatty. |
| University of Wyoming (ad) | First round interviews being scheduled (3/28), rejections sent. What does "being scheduled" mean? Have people been contacted yet? Some Zoom interviews were conducted during the week of 28 March. Short-list visits made, and offer made and accepted by Max Moe. |
| US Coast Guard Academy, Assistant Professor of Physics | Due Jan 20, 2022. |
| Vassar College (ad) | Due Oct 10, 2021. Rejections sent (1/18). Offer made and accepted. |
| Virginia Tech (ad) | Due Nov 29, 2021. Shortlist notified. Offer made and accepted by Chris Ashall |
| Washington University in St. Louis. Astromaterials, Solar System, and Planetary System Formation (ad) |
Due Jan 14, 2022. Long-list notified (Jan 21). Short-list notified (Feb 11). Offer made to Tansu Daylan. |
| Wayne State University, Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Astronomy/Astrophysics (ad) |
Due December 15, 2021. Long-list notified and rejections sent (1/28). Shortlist notified. Offer made and accepted. |
| Wellesley College, Tenure-track faculty position in Physics (ad) | Due Oct 1, 2021. Shortlist notified. |
| Worcester State University (ad) | Due Nov 15, 2021. Long list contacted 10 January. Offer made and accepted. |
| York University, Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in computational extragalactic astronomy (ad) | Due November 22, 2021. Longlist notified (12/30). Rejections sent to non-shortlisted candidates. shortlist notified, including Michael Tremmel, Rahul Kannan. Offer made to Rahul Kannan |
| Yale University, Asst. Prof. Exoplanets |
Due Nov 1. Longlist notified and some rejections sent. Shortlist notified. Offer made to Malena Rice. |
| Apex, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, tenure-track staff (ad), exoplanets | Due Nov 15, shortlist notified. Offer made. |
Science Staff and Management Positions
| Place/Institution (alphabetical) | People (in boldface if accepted) |
|---|---|
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The Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) is offering a position as (Junior) Group Leader in Space Instrumentation (full-time, 40h per week) at the Space Research Institute in Graz. (ad) |
The application deadline is June 30, 2022, but the position remains open until a suitable candidate has been found. |
| Data Scientist (W/M) at EPFL (ad) | Deadline July 30, 2021. Interviews Done. Offer Made - Hariharan Krishnan (declined) |
| Data Scientist in Astronomical Imaging and Machine Learning, University of Geneva (ad) |
Deadline Dec. 12, 2021. January 13/2022 - Applications are being processed |
| HIRAX Project Manager, University of KwaZulu-Natal (ad) | Deadline November 12, 2021. |
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Executive Director ICRAR (International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research) |
Deadline October 13, 2021. Interview for shortlisted candidates completed February 2022. Offer made - Michael Garrett (declined). |
| MeerKAT Operation Scientist (Senior/Associate), SARAO (ad) |
Deadline October 8, 2021. Interview Done for Shortlisted Candidates by Nov. 13/2021. Rejections Sent (January 05/2022). |
| NASA Goddard Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Deputy Project Scientist | This is the second part of application posted on USA Jobs (the first part was on AAS job register and due over the summer). Deadline is November 12, 2021. |
| NASA Goddard PCOS Chief Scientist | This is the second part of application posted on USA Jobs (the first part was on AAS job register and due 11/30/21). Deadline December 27, 2021. Candidates for interviews notified. Any news? |
| Astronomer, Naval Observatory Flagstaff Arizona | Due May 27, 2022. Apply at https://www.usajobs.gov/job/655084600 |
| NRAO Assistant Scientist (ad) | ALMA/SRDP. Due Oct. 15, 2021. Some candidates contacted for initial interviews. 6 finalists selected for talks: Jan 24-Feb 4. Any news? (not as of 2/15). Decision expected on or before Friday Feb 18. Offer made to Patrick Sheehan. |
| NRAO Assistant Scientist (ad) | ALMA/Telescope Interface and Diagnostics. Due Oct. 15, 2021. Some candidates contacted for initial interviews. 6 finalists selected for talks: Jan 24-Feb 4. Any news? (not as of 2/15). Offer made to Natalie Butterfield and Andy Lipnicky. |
| Rubin Observatory Operations Scientists, SLAC (ad) | Deadline Nov. 15 |
| Rubin Observatory/LINCC Research Scientists, University of Washington (ad) | Rolling reviews. One offer made and accepted. |
| Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory: Astronomer, Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Amado, Arizona (ad) | Deadline May 13, 2022 |
| SOFIA Instrument Scientist EXES (ad) | Deadline November 11 |
| Scientist at the University of Florida Astronomy Observatories (ad) | Review begins December 17. Some candidates contacted for initial interviews on January 13 2022. |
| Support Astronomer at Sunspot Solar Observatory | |
| 5-year staff position, University of Ferrara |
Expression of interest: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/19021 5-year non-tenure-track staff position (RTDa in the Italian system). Interviews held on January 21, 2022. Final ranking:
Offer made to Mario Ballardini. |
Faculty Shuffle
| Person (alphabetical) | Old Institution | New Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Bin Yang | ESO | Universidad Diego Portales |
| Katie Mack | NCSU | Perimeter Institute |
| Sandro Tacchella | UNIST | University of Cambridge |
| Lisa Kewley | ANU | Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (Director) |
| Phil Bull | Queen Mary | University of Manchester |
| Ferah Munshi | University of Oklahoma | George Mason University |
| Tyler Robinson | NAU | University of Arizona LPL |
| Paola Pinilla | MPIA | UCL/MSSL |
| Sean Carroll | Caltech | Johns Hopkins |
| Kathryne (Kate) Daniel | Bryn Mawr College | University of Arizona & Steward Observatory |
| Joe Shields | Ohio University | LBT Observatory (Director) |
| Feryal Özel | Arizona | Georgia Tech (Physics Chair) |
| Dimitrios Psaltis | Arizona | Georgia Tech |
| Eric Peng | Peking University | NOIRLab |
| Maryam Modjaz | New York University | University of Virginia, Charlottesville |