Amazing postdoc opportunity to work with a treasure trove of VLTI observations of young stellar objects with world experts in Grenoble, France. Application deadline 2024May25.

emploi.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/job-offers/a...

An amazing result out of Ben Setterholm’s PhD thesis hit the arxiv. Using sub-au imaging of the inner disk of HD163296 using CHARA, Ben found a hot spot at the dust destruction wall orbiting 2x slower than expected, possibly shepherded by an unseen giant planet.

More at:
arxiv.org/abs/2504.12046

As seen on OLBIN email group from David Buscher:

"The European Interferometry Initiative (Eii) is seeking nominations for the positions of President, Vice-President and Secretary [...] Please contact me at [email protected] if you wish to be nominated."

more at european-interferometry.eu

Amazing first report from the Proba-3 team demonstrating initial formation flying success. Congratulations!

While developed here for coronagraphy, this technology is key for future space interferometers such as @life-space-mission.com.web.brid.gy

www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

From an olbin post today by Bruno Lopez:
"On 3 March 2025, we lost our esteemed colleague, Prof. Dr Christoph Leinert, who passed away at the age of 84 in Heidelberg."

Along with this young star research, his work on speckle interferometry and VLTI-MIDI will leave a lasting mark on our field.

Postdoc job Ad!

Want to apply the latest technologies in laser combs and high-speed detector arrays for pushing heterodyne interferometry? Come to Ann Arbor to work with Prof Cundiff and me!

Please repost this to help spread the word.

Best to apply by Mar 31:
apply.interfolio.com/162289

@astromonnier.bsky.social announced the start of a formation flying cubesat project called STARI:

news.umich.edu/u-m-astronom...

Andrea Richichi, a pioneer using lunar occultations for high-resolution imaging (tinyurl.com/4absrfnc) and a key player during the early years of ESO's VLTI development, passed away last Friday. After retiring, he re-located and continuing working in Thailand with his wife and daughter.

CHARA's imaging of the suprisingly-spotted star Polaris -- and its shy companion -- was highlighted as one of the most downloaded articles of 2024.

Another postdoc opportunity at Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur and CHARA: Using adaptive optics to enhance sensitivity of visible-light interferometry

tinyurl.com/2m79vds5

Application due Jan 31, 2025

Wanting to develop space interferometry? You might be interested in this ad for an Assistant Professorship in Space Instrumentation at Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal):
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/296298

Application Deadline Jan 16, 2025.

Exciting Postdoc Job opportunity working on developing advanced fringe tracking algorithms using CHARA with SPICA and MIRCX simultaneously, while carrying out stellar astronomy with the highest resolution interferometer in world tinyurl.com/3w3u4u4x

Big week in Optical Long-Baseline Interferometry! Experts sit down in Pasadena to discuss the potential of the Moon for interferometry tinyurl.com/yyfjbrzj , while others in Zurich formulate plans for the Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) formation-flying mission life-space-mission.com