Summary
The Astronomy Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southampton invites applications for a Research Fellow position in Infrared Interferometry
Deadline: 18-Dec-2025
Are you interested in extragalactic astronomy? Would you like to contribute to a leading international project with the goal to accurately measure supermassive black hole masses through cosmic time? Then this may be the right opportunity for you.
The Astronomy Group within the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Southampton invites applications for a Research Fellow position in Infrared Interferometry to work as part of the SMBH FACTORY team. The SMBH FACTORY is a project selected through the ERC Advanced Grant 2023 round (funded by the UKRI Horizon Guarantee) running from 2025 to 2030. You will be working on GRAVITY+, the most sensitive infrared interferometry instrument, and exploit its angular resolution power to spatially resolve AGN board line regions at cosmic noon and beyond. Your tasks will be to lead data reduction, analysis and modelling of GRAVITY+ data and contribute to the development of the data reduction software.