Astrophysics with the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER)

The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA's missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology. This specific opportunity focuses on neutron star research using NASA's NICER mission operating on the International Space Station. NICER provides breakthrough capabilities for high throughput, fast X-ray timing and spectroscopy to probe the mysteries of neutron stars, measuring mass and radius through pulse profile modeling, and enabling research on various X-ray sources including accreting black holes and cataclysmic variables. Opportunities exist for both observational and theoretical research in areas relevant to NICER that will support, enable and enhance the science return from NICER observations as well as existing archival X-ray timing data.