Research Assistant - Baltimore, United States - Johns Hopkins University
Description
The Physics & Astronomy department is looking to hire a
_Research Assistant _with relevant skills needed to assist in the research support to accelerate the production and publication of the multi-scale stellar association catalogs, for use by our team and for release to the community as promised by our Treasury programs.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Perform analysis of Hubble Space Telescope data acquired for the PHANGS collaboration as part of HST programs GO15654, 17502, 17457: PHANGS-
HST:
Linking Stars and Gas throughout the Scales of Star Formation, Resolving gas, star formation and feedback in nearby galaxies with an HST+JWST+ALMA Treasury, and Zooming in on HII regions: a comprehensive view of dust attenuation and embedded star formation in local galaxies.
- Specific duties will focus on the construction, validation, and science exploration of catalogs describing the multiscale stellar associations in PHANGS galaxies. Work will be conducted in collaboration with Drs. Thilker (JHU), Lee (STScI), and Larson (STScI).
- Report weekly progress to the team.
- Produce final dataset for archival and publication ready material, contribute to the writeup of the science papers.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in related discipline.
- Additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Physics or Astronomy.
- Expertise with UVvisible astronomy and related data analysis.
- Familiarity with Python programming language.
Classified Title:
Research Assistant
Role/Level/Range:
ACRO40/E/03/CD
Starting Salary Range:
$ $30.00 HRLY (Commensurate with experience)
Employee group:
Full Time
Schedule:
Monday-Friday, 9 am - 5 pm
Exempt Status:
Non-Exempt
Location:
Homewood Campus
Department name:
Physics and Astronomy
Personnel area:
School of Arts & Sciences
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