NASA Postdoctoral Program - Astrophysics: High-Energy Astronomy

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 is within the Astrophysics Branch at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), seeking applicants to contribute to activities within the broad research portfolio of the group including experimental, observational, and theoretical research in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy; time domain and multi-messenger astronomy; gravitational wave data analysis and modeling; X-ray optics; and the development of detectors and technology for future high-energy astrophysics missions. The Branch currently leads several major initiatives including the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), provides project science for the Chandra X-ray Observatory, leads the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM), and maintains world-class facilities to support X-ray testing and research.