ORAU
Astrophysics: James Webb Space Telescope Science and Instrumentation
ORAU, Greenbelt, Maryland, us, 20771
Astrophysics: James Webb Space Telescope Science and Instrumentation
Join the Astrophysics: James Webb Space Telescope Science and Instrumentation team at ORAU. The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. Description: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Project at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) invites applications through the NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) to carry out postdoctoral research in astrophysics or planetary science. The applicant will work directly with one of the JWST Project Scientists and will be resident at GSFC. The proposed research should be highly relevant to JWST (such as analyzing JWST data, proposing new JWST observations, analyzing complementary datasets, or making simulations to compare to JWST results), or should propose instrumentation work that is highly relevant to JWST and/or the Habitable Worlds Observatory, including wavefront sensing and control, detectors, microshutters for space-flight multi-object spectroscopy, integral field spectroscopy, and coronagraphy. Each NPP application needs to specify a sponsor for the proposed research. The applicant should choose as a sponsor the member of the JWST Project Science Team that best matches their research interests, and contact that sponsor well before the NPP deadline for advice on preparing the application. Location:
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Field of Science:
Astrophysics Advisors: Amber Straughn (amber.n.straughn@nasa.gov) Bernard Rauscher (Bernard.J.Rauscher@nasa.gov) Jane Rigby (Jane.R.Rigby@nasa.gov) Mike McElwain (Michael.W.McElwain@nasa.gov) Stefanie Milam (Stefanie.N.Milam@nasa.gov) Susan G Neff (Susan.G.Neff@nasa.gov) Knicole D. Colon (knicole.colon@nasa.gov) Eligibility: U.S. Citizens U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR) Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J-1 visa status Applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with 1) a valid EAD card and 2) I-485 or I-589 forms in pending status Application Deadline:
11/1/2025 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone Application Instructions:
Please visit the NASA Postdoctoral Program website for application instructions and requirements: How to Apply | NASA Postdoctoral Program (orau.org) A complete application to the NASA Postdoctoral Program includes: Research proposal Three letters of recommendation Official doctoral transcript documents Equal Employment Opportunity:
ORAU is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
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Join the Astrophysics: James Webb Space Telescope Science and Instrumentation team at ORAU. The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. Description: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Project at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) invites applications through the NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) to carry out postdoctoral research in astrophysics or planetary science. The applicant will work directly with one of the JWST Project Scientists and will be resident at GSFC. The proposed research should be highly relevant to JWST (such as analyzing JWST data, proposing new JWST observations, analyzing complementary datasets, or making simulations to compare to JWST results), or should propose instrumentation work that is highly relevant to JWST and/or the Habitable Worlds Observatory, including wavefront sensing and control, detectors, microshutters for space-flight multi-object spectroscopy, integral field spectroscopy, and coronagraphy. Each NPP application needs to specify a sponsor for the proposed research. The applicant should choose as a sponsor the member of the JWST Project Science Team that best matches their research interests, and contact that sponsor well before the NPP deadline for advice on preparing the application. Location:
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Field of Science:
Astrophysics Advisors: Amber Straughn (amber.n.straughn@nasa.gov) Bernard Rauscher (Bernard.J.Rauscher@nasa.gov) Jane Rigby (Jane.R.Rigby@nasa.gov) Mike McElwain (Michael.W.McElwain@nasa.gov) Stefanie Milam (Stefanie.N.Milam@nasa.gov) Susan G Neff (Susan.G.Neff@nasa.gov) Knicole D. Colon (knicole.colon@nasa.gov) Eligibility: U.S. Citizens U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR) Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J-1 visa status Applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with 1) a valid EAD card and 2) I-485 or I-589 forms in pending status Application Deadline:
11/1/2025 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone Application Instructions:
Please visit the NASA Postdoctoral Program website for application instructions and requirements: How to Apply | NASA Postdoctoral Program (orau.org) A complete application to the NASA Postdoctoral Program includes: Research proposal Three letters of recommendation Official doctoral transcript documents Equal Employment Opportunity:
ORAU is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
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