Postdoc Contract on mid-IR Spectroscopy of evolved stars, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, IAC, Tenerife, Spain (Deadline: 16.11.2025)

The IAC (Tenerife) announces ONE postdoctoral contract to work on the project linked to the line of research “Nucleosynthesis and molecular processes in the late stages of stellar evolution”. The contract is funded by the project “The formation of fullerene molecular nanostructures in space” (PID2023-147325NB-I00), led by Dr. Domingo Aníbal García-Hernández.

Research topics at the IAC include most areas of astrophysics: Solar Physics (FS), Exoplanetary System and Solar System (SEYSS), Stellar and Interstellar Physics (FEEI), The Milky Way and The Local Group (MWLG), Formation and Evolution of Galaxies (FYEG), and Cosmology and Astroparticles (CYA-CTA). All of these are supported by an ambitious instrumentation programme. Further information about the IAC’s research programme, its Observatories and the 10.4m GTC is available at the IAC’s web page: https://www.iac.es/en

Tasks: The successful candidate will pursue research in the following fields:

• Analysis of mid-infrared (IR) spectroscopic observations (Spitzer and James Webb space telescopes) of evolved stars.
• Comparison of laboratory and/or theoretical spectra with astronomical observations for molecular identifications.
• Scientific exploitation of the data provided by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and preparation for data collection in Cycles 6 and 7.
• Preparation for obtaining (and subsequent analysis) of additional IR data on evolved stars.