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The Department of Space and Climate Physics, Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) is located on its own campus at Holmbury St Mary in the beautiful Surrey Hills, surrounded by woodland. The site is remote and not accessible by public transport. MSSL is the UK's largest university space research group. Space science is a discipline that demands highly innovative technologies and MSSL has an international reputation for excellence in this area. UCL was one of the first universities in the world to become involved in making scientific observations in space. Since MSSL was established in 1966, we have participated in over 40 satellite missions with the European Space Agency, NASA (US), Japan, Russia, China and India, and flown over 230 rocket experiments.
About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Department of Space and Climate Physics (Mullard Space Science Laboratory) at University College London to join a team working on Euclid. Euclid is the European Space Agency’s next space telescope, that launched in 2023, whose primary science objective is to determine the nature of dark energy using Weak Lensing and galaxy clustering measurements. This position is an opportunity to develop a key part of the Euclid Weak Lensing Cosmology analysis. UCL (Mullard Space Science Laboratory) leads the operations of Euclid visible instrument and co-leads the Euclid Weak Lensing science working group. UCL is also a member of LSST, and KiDS imaging surveys.
This post has funding until 31 March 2025.
For further information about this post please contact Prof Thomas Kitching (t.kitching@ucl.ac.uk).
About you
The post holder is expected to hold a PhD in a relevant area and they will be required to have expertise in cosmology. An understanding of the basic principles of matter power spectrum modelling along with experience of using machine learning method on spatial data are essential for the successful candidate.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.
These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/
