Katedra Astrofizyki Wydziału Fizyki i Informatyki Stosowanej poszukuje Stypendysta/Stypendystka/scholarship holder 

Position title: PhD student scholarship

Responsibilities:

The PhD student will develop machine-learning based models supporting the comparison of astronomical data with theoretical models. The research is part of the MAESTRO 2023/50/A/ST9/00527 project "Dynamics of processes around compact stars".

Requirements:

  - Master's degree in physics, astronomy or computer science

- At the beginning of the scholarship in October 2026, the candidate should have the status of a PhD student in the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences of the University of Łódź
- A solid background in machine learning

- Excellent skills in Python programming
- Experience in academic research

- Knowledge of the xspec and pyXspec packages is an advantage

  

 Link do strony www jednostki/Link to the unit's website: https://www.uni.lodz.pl/

Number of positions : 1

Deadline for applications: 07.10.2026 23:59 (Polish time)

Competition closing date: 09.10.2026

For how long: 6 months starting from October 2026, with the possibility of extension

Name of the unit:  Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics, Department of Astrophysics

Position title: PhD student scholarship

Required documents:

• Motivation letter;

• CV (the summary of scientific activity, scholarships, awarded prizes, international experience, workshops and scientific trainings, activity in scientific projects, list of publications and attended conferences);

• Document certifying the MSc degree if the candidate is from outside of the University of Lodz

All documents, preferably in the form of one PDF file have to be sent to gabriela.skrzypczynska@uni.lodz.pl

Competition closing date:  9.10.2026

The selected candidate can start a new position starting from 15^th October 2025.

Due to law requirements, we ask all candidates to familiarize themselves with RODO rules.

 

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Termin składania CV: 07.10.2026 do godziny 23:59 (Polish time)

Data rozstrzygnięcia konkursu: 9.10.2026