Postdoctoral Fellow. The Australian National University. Acton, Canberra ACT. Research and Fellowships, Other (Education and Training). Full-time. $85,010 - $131,227 per annum plus 17% super.

Classification: Academic Level A. Salary package: $85,010–$106,702 per annum plus 17% superannuation. Term: Full-time, Fixed Term (up to 3 years).

Working at ANU: This is an opportunity to work with a world-class university that undertakes cutting-edge research and has a strong tradition in research-led teaching excellence.

We offer: Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid arrangements working both on our beautiful, green campus and working  remotely. Generous paid parental leave entitlements of up to 32 weeks. We are one of the leading employers in Australia for parental leave entitlements, Designated parent rooms, quiet spaces and childcare facilities on campus, We are a recipient of the bronze award through the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) program and a platinum member of the Australian Network on Disability. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and identities and from individuals who may have had a non-linear career path, career gaps or career breaks.

The Area: The Research School of Physics (RSPhys) represents Australia's largest university-based research and teaching activity in the physics discipline. The school is home to a number of major national facilities, such as Australia's largest heavy-ion accelerator. Hundreds of academics, technical staff, and students form the school's greatest asset, its people. This critical mass of researchers is of fundamental importance in fostering the kind of interdisciplinary interactions that create modern research excellence.

The underlying impetus of our research is a belief in the fundamental importance of physics to all of science and technology and the key role physics must play in addressing the challenges facing the modern world. For example, in addressing climate change, we must better understand the physics of the atmosphere and develop new clean sources of energy. In medicine, further development of new procedures, such as positron, hadron, and Auger therapy for cancer treatment, will not be possible without advancing the basic physics that underlies them. The candidate will also be expected to work at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Mount Stromlo Observatory campus.

The Position: The Postdoctoral Fellow will be jointly based in the Research School of Physics and the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, ANU. They will primarily undertake work on an ARC Discovery Project in creating photonic crystal waveguides in mid-infrared transparent materials via ultrashort laser pulses and will also design, test, and characterize these waveguide structures. These spatial filters are a key missing element for the Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) space mission concept, designed to search for signs of life on a large sample of nearby terrestrial planets. They are also expected to contribute to a related ARC Discovery Project on directly creating technology for small satellite space interferometry, including optomechanical design and testing.

The Person: We are looking for an early-career researcher with a PhD (or awarding of a PhD within six months of appointment) in photonics and optical physics, with a strong track record of research in the field of high-power lasers in the short and ultrashort regime, or related areas including photonics and optics.

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For more information about the position contact Prof. Michael Ireland on E: Michael.Ireland@anu.edu.au