Graduate/Postdoc

Postdoctoral Researcher

The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is the operational home of the Hubble Space Telescope, the new James Webb Space Telescope, and the future Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, along with ever-growing data archives and public outreach. Our world-class astronomical research center is based on the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus in Baltimore, MD. This position can support hybrid work. Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to our local market.

Postdoctoral Researcher, Optics Laboratory

The Russell B. Makidon Optics Laboratory at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) seeks one or more Postdoctoral researcher to help advance optical instrumentation for future large space observatories. Do you want join a team developing systems to one day search for life on habitable Earths outside our Solar System? Our laboratory operates several experiments dedicated to exoplanet imaging with space telescopes.

Postdoctoral Fellow in Earth Sciences, 2022 - 2024

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the Department of Earth Sciences to study the interaction of clay minerals with marine microbes. This position is part of a multi-disciplinary program evaluating the extent to which clay minerals can be utilized to recruit marine biological pump to sequester atmospheric carbon. We are studying the interaction of clay minerals with dissolved organic carbon, bacteria, and phytoplankton. The person in this position will work with Dr.