Studies in Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Mission

Organization

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

0240-NPP-NOV
26-GSFC-Astrophys

All applications must be submitted in Zintellect.

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

11/1/2026 6:00:59 PM Eastern Time Zone

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.

NASA is developing the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (formerly the Wide Field Infra Red Survey Telescope - WFIRST), presently scheduled for launch in the mid 2020's. Roman will be an astronomical observatory optimized for wide-area and time-domain surveys in the near-infrared (0.5 - 2.3 micron). The primary science objectives are studying the accelerating expansion of the universe and growth of large scale structure over cosmic time, studying exoplanet demographics, and performing near infrared surveys of the sky for general astrophysics.

A technology demonstration coronagraph instrument will enable imaging and spectroscopic studies of exoplanets and dust/debris disks around nearby stars.

The Goddard Space Flight Center is involved in the design and science of the Roman observatory. Astronomical research relevant to the scientific definition of Roman includes: theoretical or observational studies designed to understand the nature of the dark energy, or the nature of the cosmological measurements needed to characterize the dark energy, such as supernovae, weak lensing, baryon acoustic oscillations or cluster surveys;

theoretical or observational studies related to exoplanet detection and study via the microlensing or transit techniques or coronagraphy; or the analysis of the near-infrared survey for other astrophysics topics ranging from the Solar System to Cosmic Dawn. Instrumentation studies could include optics, detectors, precision calibration, coronagraphy or other aspects of the mission concepts.

Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland

Astrophysics

• Jeff Kruk (jeffrey.w.kruk)
• Julie McEnery (julie.e.mcenery)
• Kenneth Carpenter (kenneth.g.carpenter)
• Sangeeta Malhotra (sangeeta.malhotra)
• Gregory Mosby (gregory.mosby)
• James E Rhoads (james.e.rhoads)
• Neil T Zimmerman (neil.t.zimmerman)
• Bernard Rauscher (bernard.j.rauscher)
• Tyler
  
  D. Groff (tyler.d.groff)
• Ami Choi (ami.choi)
• Dr. Joshua
  
  E. Schlieder (joshua.e.schlieder)

Eligibility is currently open to:

• 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

Applications with citizens from Designated Countries will not be accepted at this time, unless they are Legal Permanent Residents of the United States. A complete list of Designated Countries can be found at: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

• Degree:
  Doctoral Degree

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Point of Contact:
Mikeala.