Doctoral researcher

Aalto University is a community of bold thinkers where science and art meet technology and business. We are committed to identifying and solving grand societal challenges and building an innovative future. Aalto has six schools with 14 000 students and a staff of 5000, of which more than 400 are professors. Our main campus is located in Espoo, Finland. Diversity is part of who we are, and we actively work to ensure our community's diversity and inclusiveness. This is why we warmly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to join our community.

The Department of Computer Science is an internationally-oriented community and home to world-class research in modern computer science, combining research on foundations and innovative applications. With over 40 professors and more than 450 employees from 50 countries, it is the largest department at Aalto University and the leading computer science research unit in northern Europe. Computer science research at Aalto University ranks high in several international surveys (7th in Europe and 1st in the Nordics (NTU 2023); and 88th worldwide in Times Higher Education subject ranking 2025).

We are now looking for a

Doctoral researcher

Are you excited to help find and assess the most promising habitable exoplanets around solar-like magnetically active stars?

Join us to build next-generation GPU-accelerated models of stellar dynamos and connect them to exoplanet discovery and space-weather environments. You will work in Aalto's High-Performance Computing Lab within the PEAS (Population of Exoplanets around Active Suns) consortium alongside leading teams in stellar astrophysics, exoplanets, and high-performance computing.

Your network and team

Home unit: Aalto University, Department of Computer Science (Otaniemi campus, Espoo), High-Performance Computing Lab (Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Maarit Korpi-Lagg)

Consortium collaborators include the University of Helsinki Stellar Astrophysics Group (Dr. Thomas Hackman, Dr.