Postdoctoral position (one year) at Caltech in the Bellan Plasma Group Recent Ph.D. degree in Plasma Physics, Solar Physics or related field Preferred experience: general plasma diagnostics, pulsed power operation, fast data acquisition, measurement of low-level signals in an extremely noisy environment, knowledge of solar corona physics Required knowledge: optics, imaging, plasma physics, numerical techniques for data analysis, electronics, vacuum techniques General: Excellent oral and written communication skills This position is to conduct an experimental campaign on the merging of two simulated solar corona loops. This will use an existing experimental configuration as described in Haw, Magnus A. and Bella