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Tenure Track Faculty Positions
| Place/Institution (alphabetical) | People (in boldface if accepted) | |
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| Alabama (ad) | Shortlist made. On campus interviews being held, including Jeremy Bailin, Sukanya Chakrabarti, Fulai Guo. Offer made: Jeremy Bailin. | |
| University of Alaska Anchorage (ad) | 8 candidates contacted for phone interviews (2/10). | |
| Amsterdam - GRAPPA (ad) | Shortlist made, interviews being scheduled. Shortlist includes Julia Becker, David Berge, Dimitrios Giannios, Igor Moskalenko, Roberto Trotta, Walter Winter, Yvonne Wong. Offer made. | |
| Amsterdam - Chair LEA | Shortlist made. Offer made. | |
| Augustana College (ad) | Shortlist made. | |
| University of Bern (ad) | Shortlist made: Yann Alibert, David Ehrenreich, Kevin Heng, Christoph Mordasini, Diana Valencia | |
| Bucknell University (ad) | ~280 applications; 2 offers made and accepted | |
| Borough of Manhattan Community College (ad) | Medium list invited for initial interviews, including Roy Gal, Delphine Perrodin (1/4) | |
| California Baptist University | on campus interviews in progress. Offer to Kyle Stewart | |
| University of California Berkeley (ad) | Shortlist made. | |
| University of California Irvine (ad) | Shortlist made. Campus interviews scheduled; list includes Carrie Bridge, Michael Cooper, Steven Finkelstein, Ryan Foley, Genevieve Graves, Andrew Howard, and Evan Kirby. Offer made to Michael Cooper. | |
| University of California, Irvine (Experimental) | Offer to: Simona Murgia | |
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California Institute of Technology, Astro Theory (ad) |
Some interviews scheduled, including Claude-Andre Faucher-Giguere, Dimitrios Giannios, Phil Hopkins, Brian Metzger, Matt McQuinn | |
| California Institute of Technology, Experimental Cosmology/CMB | short-list made for the observational/experimental cosmology (ie CMB) group leader, including Bradford Benson, Akito Kusaka, and Michael Niemack | |
| California Institute of Technology, Planetary Science | Offer made to Konstantin Batygin | |
| Cal Poly Pomona (ad) | Phone interviews week of Dec. 6, short list made. Offered to Matthew Povich | |
| California State Fullerton (ad) | Jocelyn Read & Geoffrey Lovelace | |
| California State San Bernardino (ad) | Rejection letters sent. Long list of 6 notified for phone interviews 2/7, short list invited for campus interviews 2/21. Offer made and accepted. | |
| University of Cambridge/IoA (ad) |
Shortlist made. Some rejection letters sent.
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| University of Cambridge/DAMTP (ad) |
Shortlist made: Clement Baruteau, Matthew Kunz, Henrik Latter, Sean Matt, Sijme-Jan Paardekooper, Andrew Youdin. Offer made. |
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| Cardiff University (star formation/exoplanets, ad) | Shortlist made, including Jay Farihi | |
| Case Western (senior position; ad) | Some rejection letters sent on Dec. 6 | |
| Carnegie, Hale Scholar | interviews being scheduled: Aristotle Socrates, Robert Feldmann. Rejection letters emailed. | |
| CEA Saclay (Computational Astrophysics; ad) | Some rejection emails sent. Short list includes Ian Parrish | |
| CEA Saclay (Galaxy formation/evolution; ad) | 45 applications. Short list of 5 invited for interviews, including Jeremy Bailin. Offer made to Stephanie Juneau. | |
| Central Lancashire, Jeremiah Horrocks Inst. Director (ad) | Short-list made, including Volker Beckmann, Quentin Parker, Jacco van Loon, Derek Ward-Thompson. Offer made to Derek Ward-Thompson. | |
| Christopher Newport University | Phone interviews in progress. Invitations for on campus interviews sent on 12/19. | |
| Chicago (ad) | Short list made, includes Luca Grandi, Michael Niemack, Bradford Benson | |
| CITA (ad) | Shortlist was made several weeks ago and interviews have been going on. | |
| Clemson (ad) | Candidates for biophysics invited to campus. Phone interviews for physics position in progress. | |
| CNAP France (ad) |
22 candidates for 4 senior positions invited for interview March 21-22. 119 candidates for 6 junior positions invited for interview March 26-28. Senior positions:
Junior positions:
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| CNRS (ad) |
DR2 senior positions:
CR1 junior positions:
CR2 junior positions:
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| Colby College (ad) | Offer made and accepted (Elizabeth McGrath) | |
| University of Colorado, Boulder (ad) | 356 applications. Short list: George Becker, Beth Biller, Julia Comerford, Shane Davis, Jean-Michel Desert, Emily Levesque, Michele Trenti. Offer made to Julia Comerford and Jean-Michel Desert. | |
| Columbia (ad) | Some interviews scheduled, short list includes: Dimitrios Giannios, Phil Hopkins, Brian Metzger, Shane Davis. Offer made to Brian Metzger. | |
| Cork (ad) | Shortlist made, interviews held: Jeremy Bailin, Laura Brenneman, Dimitrios Giannios, Michael Kuhlen, Asaf Pe'er, and two others. Offer made to Asaf Pe'er | |
| Cornell (CCAT science; ad) | Short list made (Dec. 6), includes Dominik Riechers, Christian Reichardt, Lucas Cieza, Kristen Coppin, Jim Geach, Matt McQuinn; rejections sent via email (1/27); offer made to Dominik Riechers. | |
| Cornell (Physics/experimental incl. astroph; ad) | Short list made (Feb. 17), includes Bradford Benson, Michael Niemack, Phil Barbeau. Offer made to Michael Niemack (accepted) | |
| CUNY Hostos Community College | due 1/14/12 | |
| CUNY Queensborough Community College | due 12/10/11 | |
| CUNY NYC College of Technology | Viviana Acquaviva | |
| Dark Cosmology Centre/Niels Bohr Institute (ad) | No offers made yet; short-list in development. | |
| University of Edinburgh (3 Lectureships, ad) | Shortlist made, includes Jay Farihi, Jim Geach. Rejection letters sent. Three Offers made: Sadegh Khochfar, Andrew Liddle, Jorge Penarrubia | |
| ETH Zurich | Kevin Schawinski (SNSF term position), Adam Amara (internally appointed, permanent) | |
| George Mason University(ad) | due Jan 31, 2012 | |
| George Washington University (ad) | Short list made. On-campus interviews finished on March 30, 2012. Two offers made. | |
| Georgia State University (3 stellar positions) (ad) | long short list made, add'l info requested; Short list made, includes Joshua Pepper; interviews being scheduled (2/22) | |
| Georgia State University (extragalactic position) (ad) |
Search |
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| Glendale Comm. College, AZ (ad) | Full-time teaching @ large comm college astronomy dept; position closes 3/30 | |
| Grinnell College (ad) | Phone interviews occurred in early Nov. Offer made to Eliza Kempton | |
| University of Hawaii-Hilo (ad) |
short list includes Josh Walawender, John Wisniewski, Pierre Martin 3 candidates invited for on campus interviews including: Josh Walawender, Pierre Martin Offer made and accepted (Pierre Martin) |
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| University of Hertfordshire (ad) | Shortlist includes Kristen Coppin, Jay Farihi, Jim Geach, Dimitris Stamatellos, Sugata Kaviraj. Offers made, including Kristen Coppin, Jim Geach | |
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High Point University (ad) |
Search is ongoing. | |
| Hobart & William Smith (ad) | Phone interviews Feb. 9 through 12. Offer made to Leslie Hebb | |
| ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research (ad, ad2) | Note that this position is a tenured associate professor level position. due Jan 28, 2012. Any news? | |
| Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawai'i (ad) |
Two tenure-track positions ~250 applications, some rejections sent Short list : Konstantin Batygin, Andrew Benson, Michael Boylan-Kolchin, Stephen Cenko, Sarah Dodson-Robinson, Andrew Howard, Mark Krumholz, Amy Mainzer, Daniel Stark Two offers made (3/15): Konstantin Batygin, Andrew Howard |
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| IPMU (ad) | ||
| University of Illinois (ad) | Phone interviews being scheduled. Shortlist includes Marcelo Alvarez, Michael Kuhlen, Fabian Schmidt, Louis Strigari, Mark Wyman, Jaiyul Yoo, offered to Fabian Schmidt | |
| Indiana University (ad) | Short list made, including Kayhan Gultekin, Jeremy Bailin, Louis Strigari. Rejections sent via email (2/10). Offer made to Enrico Vesperini. | |
| University of Innsbruck - Tenure Track (ad) | 9 candidates being interviewed. Rejection emails sent (January 26). | |
| University of Innsbruck - ESO Professor (ad) | Candidates interviewed (Dec 5/6): Knud Jahnke, Thorsten Lisker, Thomas Preibisch, Norbert Przybilla, Ansgar Reiners, Aurora Sicilia-Aguilar; (earlier date): Sonja Schuh | |
| James Madison University | Phone interviews in progress, including Brian Connolly, Andrey Timokhin | |
| KIAA Beijing | Short list made, including Ian Parrish, Pablo Saz Parkinson, Renbin Yan | |
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University of Kentucky (ad) (two positions) |
Short list made, including Renbin Yan, Dale Kocevski, Moire Prescott, Michele Trenti, Brandon Kelly, Miguel Aragon-Calvo; Offer made to Michele Trenti (declined), Renbin Yan, Dale Kocevski. | |
| King's College London (ad) | Short list made on 1/11. Shortlist includes Scott Watson, Alexander Vikman, Daniel Feldman; Offer made to Scott Watson (declined). Offer made and accepted (Eugene Lim). | |
| Lehigh University (ad) | Short list made on 1/16. Includes Nitya Kallivayalil, Brian Jackson, Alessia Gualandris, Joshua Pepper. Offer to Nitya Kallivayalil | |
| Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam - AIP (ad) | Short list includes Benjamin Brown, Sean Matt, one other. Offer made to Benjamin Brown (declined). Sydney Barnes | |
| Liverpool JMU (Professors) | Candidates invited for interviews; Offers made: Nate Bastian, Sadegh Khochfar | |
| Liverpool JMU (Reader) | Some rejection notices e-mailed. Offer to Ricardo Schiavon. | |
| Liverpool JMU (Lectureships) (ad) | Interviews conducted. | |
| Liverpool JMU (LT Astronomer-in-Charge) (ad) | Short list made. Some rejection notices e-mailed. | |
| University College London (ad) | Interviews conducted (12/2): Beth Biller, Kevin Heng, Markus Janson, Soko Matsumura, Diana Valencia. Offer made to Diana Valencia (12/15). | |
| Lynchburg Collge (Physics/Astronomy) (ad) | Offer made to Michael Solontoi | |
| Macquarie University / AAO (ad) | Offer made to Lee Spitler | |
| University of Manchester (ad) | ||
| University of Maryland (ad) | ~300 applicants. Short list made, including Michael Cooper, Sally Dodson-Robinson, Stefan Kraus, Phil Hopkins, Brad Cenko, and Kevin Schawinski. Some rejections emailed (02/01). Offer made to Suvi Gezari (accepted). | |
| University of Massachusetts, Amherst (ad) | short list made including Alyson Brooks, Michal Kuhlen, Mark Krumholz, Andrew Benson. Offer made to Mark Krumholz. Rejection letters arriving via normal mail. | |
| Michigan State University (ad) | some candidates invited for interviews, including Michael Cooper, Lisa Winter. Offers made to Jay Strader & Laura Chomiuk. | |
| University of Michigan (Physics) (ad) | Konstantin Batygin and Sudeep Das are the only astrophysicists on the shortlist. Offered to Sudeep Das. | |
| MIT Astrophysics (ad) | Short list made, including Phil Hopkins, Matt McQuinn, Brian Metzger, Michael Niemack, Shane Davis, Ryan Foley. Offer made to Michael Niemack (declined). Offer made to Matthew Evans. | |
| MIT Planetary Science (exoplanets) (ad) | Short list includes Sally Dodson-Robinson, Sasha Hinkley, Konstantin Batygin, Hilke Schlichting. Offer made to Hilke Schlichting | |
| MMT Observatory |
Two offers made including Richard Cool |
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| Montreal (ad) | Short list made. 4 candidates: Scott Gregory, Ashley Ruiter, Kaitlin Kratter and Patrick Dufour. Offer made. | |
| National Taiwan Normal University (ad) | Short list made. Phone interviews scheduled. | |
| Northwestern University and Fermi National Lab (ad) | Short list includes: Eric Dahl, Luca Grandi, Steve Leman, Jason Steffen, and Jeter Hall (from seminar schedule). Offer made to Eric Dahl. | |
| University of Notre Dame (ad) | Interviews being conducted at AAS. Three on short-list including: Justin Crepp, Christian Reichardt. Offer to Justin Crepp. | |
| University of Nottingham (ad) | Rejection letters sent. Invitations to interview sent. Shortlist includes Jim Geach, Stijn Wuyts, Simon Dye, Nina Hatch, James Bolton. Offer made to James Bolton (accepted). | |
| University of Oklahoma (ad) | Short list made. John Wisniewski, Aaron Dotter, Simon Schuler, Sean Matt invited for on-campus interviews. Offer made and accepted (John Wisniewski). | |
| Ohio State (Astronomy; ad) | due Jan 13, 2012, short list includes Phil Hopkins, Sally Dodson-Robinson, Jean-Michel Desert, Justin Crepp | |
| Ohio State (target of opportunity) | Annika Peter (Physics joint with Astronomy) | |
| University of Oslo (Associate Professor) | International selection board appointed to assess applicants and report around June; reference letters requested in late May; Shortlist made | |
| University of Oslo (ad) | due Jan 15, 2012 (Note: not the same postion as above!). Ranked shortlist: Torsten Bringmann, Pat Scott, Tomi Koivisto, Alex Vikman, Chris Savage, Valeria Pettorino, Sigbjørn Hervik. First 3 invited for interview. | |
| University of Oxford, Savilian Professor | Short list: Tom Abel, Steven Balbus, John Peacock, Romain Teyssier. Offer made to Steven Balbus. Offer for a second position made to Romain Teyssier. | |
| Penn State physics (including cosmology and particle astrophyiscs--ad) | Interviews starting in January, (from seminar schedule) Jason Steffen, Jeter Hall, Natalia Saulina, Nahee Park. | |
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Offer made to Sébastien Galtier | |
| Perimeter Institute and York University (junior or senior position, ad) | due Jan. 15, 2012. Interviews scheduled. Shortlist includes: Rafael Porto, Kendrick Smith, Alexander Vikman, Matt Johnson, Adam Martin, Matt Reece, Brock Tweedie, offer made to Kendrick Smith, offer made to Matt Johnson. | |
| Purdue University (ad) | Short list includes: Shane Davis, Dimitrios Giannios, Daniel Whalen, Sukanya Chakrabarti. Offer made to Dimitrios Giannios | |
| Purdue University (planetary, ad) | Short list includes: Jasper Kok, Megan Elwood Madden, Jonathan Mitchell, Edwin Kite. Offers made to both Edwin Kite and Jonathan Mitchell. | |
| Queen's University Belfast (3 posts, ad) | Shortlist made, including Jay Farihi, James Jenkins | |
| Rochester Institute of Technology (ad) | Short list: Sukanya Chakrabarti, Eilat Glikman, Dulla Di Mello, Peter Plavchan. Offer made to Sukanya Chakrabarti. | |
| Rutgers University (ad) |
Shortlist made (Dec. 8), includes Kristian Finlator, Michael Kuhlen, Alyson Brooks, Viviana Acquaviva. Offer to Alyson Brooks. |
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| San Francisco State University (observational astro, ad) | Some rejection letters sent. Six on short-list. Offer to Nitya Kallivayalil (declined). Offer to Justin Crepp (declined). | |
| San Jose State (ad) | Some candidates contacted for phone interviews. | |
| University of Sao Paulo (ad) | due Feb. 27, 2012 | |
| Seoul National University | Offer made to Janice Lee | |
| Siena College (ad) | Offers made and accepted | |
| Simpson University | offer made | |
| SOCCCD Irvine Valley Community College | Due 2/7/12 | |
| SOCCCD Saddleback Community College | Due 2/7/12 | |
| Space Telescope Science Institute (scientist and tenure-track astronomer positions) | Long shortlist made. Phone interviews being scheduled. Some rejections emailed (Aug. 13) | |
| Stanford (ad) | Shortlist include Kendrick Smith, Jamie Bock, Chris Hirata | |
| Stockholm (exoplanets/star formation) | Shortlist of 4 (Alexis Brandeker, Martin Dominik, Markus Janson, Sijme-Jan Paardekooper) invited for interviews; offer made to Alexis Brandeker | |
| University of Saint Thomas (ad) | Phone Interviews being scheduled. Rejection letters sent. Offer made to Elizabeth Wehner. | |
| University of San Francisco (ad) | Phone interviews took place in January. On-campus interviews to finish by the end of February. | |
| Surrey, University of (Chair) | Mark Gieles and Justin Read | |
| Surrey, University of (Lectureships) | Short list deferred until Chair position filled. | |
| Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota | Short list of 4: offer made to Frederic Courbin | |
| University of Texas at Austin (ad) | Final shortlist determined: George Becker, Beth Biller, Thayne Currie, Steven Finkelstein, Adam Kraus, Dominik Riechers, Colette Salyk, Dan Stark. Offers made to Steven Finkelstein and Adam Kraus. | |
| University of Texas at San Antonio | Short list made (Feb 16) | |
| Texas Tech University | Short list made; on campus interviews being arranged. | |
| University of Toronto - Scarborough (planetary astrophysics) | offer made to Hilke Schlichting (Oct 4), declined (Feb 13) | |
| University of Toronto (ad) |
Final short list made (Dec 16), includes Phil Muirhead, Brad Cenko, Keith Vanderlinde, Megan Eckart, Adam Kraus. Offer made to Keith Vanderlinde. |
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University of Turku (ad) - Professor in Astronomy |
Due 30th of May 15.45 local time | |
| Virginia Tech (ad) | Short list made. Includes Lisa Winter, Robert Gibson, Sukanya Chakrabarti. Offer made and accepted. | |
| University of Washington (theory, cosmology) (ad) |
Final shortlist made and interviews scheduled, including Mark Krumholz, Sally Dodson-Robinson, Annika Peter, Phil Hopkins, Matt McQuinn, Chris Hirata. Offer made to Matt McQuinn. |
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| University of Western Ontario (ad) | Final shortlist made and interviews scheduled. Shortlist includes Jean-Michel Desert, Nicolas Cowan, Stan Metchev. Offer made to Jean-Michel Desert (declined, 7/14). | |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison (ad) |
due Jan 15, 2012. Short list (from seminar schedule): Carsten Rott, John Pretz, Ines Valino Rielo, David Jason Koskinen, Teppei Katori. Offer made to Justin Vandenbroucke and accepted. Beware of seminar pages. See instead: http://particle.physics.ucdavis.edu/rumor/doku.php Actually, beware of assumptions. The particle physics job is a distinct search. Some of the names above are genuinely being considered for the job advertised in the link to the left |
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| Uppsala University (Theoretical astrophysics) | Offer made to Martin Asplund, Susanne Höfner ranked no. 2. (12/11). | |
| University of Oxford Lectureship in Astrophysics in association with St Cross College (ad) |
Shortlist: Kristian Zarb Adami, Gianni Bernardi, Clive Dickinson, Matt Jarvis, Aris Karastergiou, Mario Santos. Offer made to Matt Jarvis |
Science Staff and Management Positions
Place/Institution (alphabetical) |
People (in boldface if accepted) |
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| SETI Institute: Kepler Support Scientist | due 7/15/2012. Phone interviews scheduled. |
| SKA Director General (ad) |
Phil Diamond |
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SKA Project Scientist (ad) |
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| Space Telescope Science Institute Research & Instrument Analyst (ad) | Phone interviews over. In person interviews begin May 7. Approximately 9 people in the short list. |
| Subaru Instrumentation Associate (ad) | Phone interviews under way. |
| VERITAS Observatory Manager/Deputy to the Project Scientist (ad) | Pascal Fortin |
| NASA associate administrator for science | John Grunsfeld |
| NASA Herschel Science Center - Deputy Director | Interviews under way |
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Canada Research Chair in the Foundations of Physics (ad) The University of Western Ontario
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Review of applications will begin on September 15, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. Still accepting applications. |
Faculty Shuffle
| People (alphabetical) | Old Institution | New Institution |
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| Martin Asplund | MPA (director) | ANU (Laureate Fellow) |
| Lisa Kewley | IfA, Hawaii | ANU |
| Marta Volonteri | University of Michigan | IAP |
| Andrew Sheinis | University of Wisconsin, Madison | AAO (Head of Instrumentation) |
| Eiichiro Komatsu | U Texas, Austin | MPA(director) |
| Kevork Abazajian | University of Maryland | University of California, Irvine |
| Phil Mauskopf | Cardiff University | Arizona State University |
| Eric Mamajek | U Rochester | CTIO (Returning to U. Rochester Fall 2012) |
| Eve Ostriker | University of Maryland | Princeton University |
| Alex Heger | University of Minnesota | Monash |
| Matthew Colless | AAO (Director) | ANU/RSAA (Director) |
| James Graham | Toronto / Dunlap Institute | Berkeley |
| Chris Hirata | Caltech | Ohio State (Physics joint with Astronomy) |
| Ricardo Schiavon | Gemini Observatory | Liverpool John Moores (Reader) |
| Stacy McGaugh | University of Maryland | Case Western Reserve University |