NASA Postdoctoral Program - High Contrast Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems

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 high contrast direct observations of exoplanetary systems at JPL. The position involves planning and executing the Roman Space Telescope coronagraph technology demonstration, conducting lab demonstrations of high-contrast starlight suppression using JPL's High Contrast Imaging testbed, conducting observations of exoplanetary systems using existing and future high contrast instruments at collaborating observatories, and reducing and physically interpreting such data. Candidates with interest in direct imaging and spectroscopy of exoplanetary systems, including both exoplanets and extended dust structures, using high contrast starlight suppression techniques such as coronagraphy, interferometry, and starshade are encouraged to apply.