Missions

Missions
The LPC2E laboratory (CNRS, Univ. Orléans, CNES), located in Orléans, France, is recruiting postdoctoral researcher to work on solar/solar wind - magnetosphere - ionosphere interactions. The contract may last up to 2 years. The successful applicant will be working in a very favourable scientific environment, with a team that has direct access to data from several space missions (e.g. Parker Solar Probe, Solar Orbiter, Cluster) and that is developing or has developed instruments for future space missions (e.g. BepiColombo, JUICE, Comet Interceptor, Helioswarm).

The content of the research project itself is relatively open: the applicant should propose a short research project that maximises the synergy of the proposed research with the team's activities, i.e. focusing on the interactions between the sun/solar wind, the magnetosphere and the ionosphere. Candidates are encouraged to familiarise themselves with research activities of the ESPACE group at the LPC2E laboratory (https://www.lpc2e.cnrs.fr/en/plasmas-spatiaux-2) in order to maximise the synergy of the proposed research project with the team's activities. The methodology involved in the research project is flexible: instrumentation, data analysis, analytical or numerical modelling, etc.

Applications should include: (i) a CV containing, among other things, 2 or 3 references and a list of publications, (ii) a cover letter, (iii) a short research proposal (maximum 2 pages) describing the project that would be carried out if selected. All applications must be submitted through the emploi.cnrs.fr website.

Contact: Matthieu Kretzschmar (matthieu.kretzschmar@cnrs-orleans.fr)

Activités

The recruited postdoctoral researcher will carry out the research activity he/she has proposed (e.g. instrumentation, data analysis, numerical modelling, etc) in synergy with the research activities already carried out within the ESPACE team of the LPC2E laboratory.

Compétences

The candidate must hold a PhD (mathematics, physics, astrophysics) and have developed significant expertise in space plasma physics.

Contexte de travail

The LPC2E laboratory (CNRS, Univ. Orléans, CNES) is located in Orléans, France, 1 hour by train south of Paris. The hired researcher will work in the ESPACE team, which focuses on space plasma research and comprises 7 researchers and professors, as well as several doctoral and post-doctoral students.
Working hours: full-time - flexible working hours - teleworking possible under CNRS regulations (not from outside of France)
Benefits include a contribution to health insurance, sustainable mobility package, social action (childcare, sport and leisure, ticketing, etc.).
The contract may last up to 24 months.
The CNRS is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for its employees.

Contraintes et risques

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