Postdoctoral Researcher

vor 22 Stunden

Göttingen, Deutschland Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung Vollzeit

Our Offer
Comprehensive onboarding, professional development and further training opportunities
Diverse and varied tasks in an international work environment
Renumeration according to TVöDBund, based on qualifications and experience, annual bonus and additional pension scheme (VBL)
30 days of vacation plus 4 additional days off
Full-time and part-time employment; flexible working time and possibility of mobile work
In-house cafeteria
Collaboration with local bilingual Montessori child care center
Good connection by public transport
Corporate health management
The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Göttingen is one of the world's leading research institutions in the field of solar physics and planetary research with around 300 employees. The interdisciplinary research focus is the investigation of the development, diversity and dynamics of planets, moons, small bodies, the sun and solar-like stars. The MPS develops and operates scientific instruments for current and future space missions (e.g. ESA, NASA), and carries out cosmochemical laboratory investigations of meteorites as well as numerical modeling on state-of-the-art supercomputers.
Postdoctoral researcher (f/m/d) in Cosmochemistry
As part of the Planetary Materials research group the postdoc will investigate the history of the Solar System and the formation and differentiation of planets through laboratory analyses of extraterrestrial samples. Projects may focus on the chronology of events using short-lived and long-lived radiogenic isotope systems, the genetic relationships of planetary materials recorded in isotope anomalies, or on nebular and planetary fractionation processes recorded in mass-dependent isotope variations. The final project design will be developed according to the postdoc’s preferences. Own project ideas are explicitly encouraged.
Your Tasks
- Conducting leading-edge research in isotope cosmochemistry
- Obtaining and interpreting isotope data using state-of-the-art methods
- Publication of the results in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at international conferences

Your Qualification
- A PhD (or soon to be completed PhD) in cosmochemistry or closely related fields
- Experience in operating mass-spectrometers and relevant data analysis
- Ability to work in a team
- Good command of spoken and written English

Additional Information
- Position can be filled from September 2025, but later starting date is possible
- Initial contract is for 2 years, extension may be possible depending on performance
- Remuneration is according to EG 13 TVöD-Bund
- Application deadline is July, 14 2025

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