The IAC (Tenerife, Spain) invites applications for THREE postdoctoral fellowships in Astrophysics to work on the project linked to the line of research “Galaxy Evolution in the Local Group” in the framework of the European Research Council Advanced Grant funded project “Chronology of our Galaxy from Gaia color-magnitude diagram fitting (ChronoGal)” HORIZON EUROPE ERC-2024-ADG, Grant Agreement number: 101201412), led by Prof. Carme Gallart. 

The successful candidates will work at the IAC's headquarters in La Laguna (Tenerife) in a stimulating research environment. They will join the “Galaxy Evolution in the Local Group” team, a growing, dynamic and collaborative research group mainly devoted to Galactic Archaeology and Near-field Cosmology research, both from the observational (e.g. Gaia, WEAVE, 4MOST, LSST) and theoretical perspective, in collaboration with the “Numerical Astrophysics” research team. 

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 candidates will pursue research in the following fields:

Postdoc 1: Chrono-chemo-dynamical evolution of the Milky Way disk and halo, including one or several of the following topics:

• Derivation of star formation histories and age-metallicity distributions of selected stellar samples in the Milky Way disk and halo
• Mechanisms of stellar migration in the Milky Way disk
• Chemical evolution modelling with star formation history inputs
• Homogenization of spectroscopic surveys

Postdoc 2: Chrono-chemo-dynamical evolution of the Milky Way inner disk and bulge, including one or more of the following topics:

• Derivation of star formation histories of the Milky Way bulge and inner disk
• Reddening map derivation
• Statistical methods of star formation history and age derivation

Postdoc 3: Theoretical research on galaxy formation and evolution, including one or more of the following topics:

• Formation and evolution of Milky Way-like galaxies in a cosmological framework
• Controlled simulations of individual Milky Way-like galaxies

Requirements: The candidates must have an excellent research record, commensurate with the duration of their research career. They must be in possession of a Ph.D. degree in Astrophysics or Physics by the application deadline. 

Applications from candidates not in possession of a PhD will be rejected without further consideration. 

Candidates who prepared their thesis at the IAC have to present accreditations of complementary training at other research centers (this period should be either 1 continuous year or 18 accumulated months) by the application deadline. The IAC is an equal-opportunity employer. We encourage, in particular, applications by women and by members of minorities.