Solid-State Gamma-ray Instrument Development for Future Astroparticle Missions

About the program

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. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA’s missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.

Description

The Astroparticle physics lab at Goddard is currently developing and building next generation gamma-ray experiments and missions, on a range of scales and platforms. The next advances in these missions will be enabled through the simulation and development of radiation-hard, low-power solid state detectors, such as silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs), silicon pixel detectors, and silicon strip detectors. The team at Goddard offers opportunities to pursue topics relevant to the development of these types of detectors, including low level detector design and characterization, read-out electronics development (both analog and digital), software development (including simulations and firmware), and instrument design.

Location

Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland

Field of Science

Astrophysics

Contact Information

• Georgia de Nolfo
  Georgia.A.deNolfo@nasa.gov
  301-286-1512
• Jeremy S. Perkins
  jeremy.s.perkins@nasa.gov
  301.286-3463
• Rina Caputo
  regina.caputo@nasa.gov
  301-286-0072
• Caryn Kierans
  carolyn.a.kierans@nasa.gov
  (301) 286-7628
• Nicholas Cannady
  nicholas.w.cannady@nasa.gov
  301.286-6546

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 Requirements

• Research proposal
• Three letters of recommendation
• Official doctoral transcript documents

Questions

Please email npp@orau.org for questions about this opportunity.