Field of Interest:astro-ph
Deadline: 2015-10-15
Region: North America
Job description:
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research associate position in the Illinois Relativity Group.
Applicants should go online at https://my.physics.illinois.edu/join/ to submit their application, which
The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer.
Deadline: 2015-10-15
Region: North America
Job description:
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research associate position in the Illinois Relativity Group.
The candidate should have research experience in numerical relativity, computational hydrodynamics or
computational MHD. A background in general relativity and relativistic astrophysics would be desirable.
Applicants should go online at https://my.physics.illinois.edu/join/ to submit their application, which
must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications, brief description of research interests,
and the names, mailing and email addresses of three references. Please contact Elisabeth Greifenkamp
at greifenk@illinois.edu if you have any questions. Applications should be posted by OCT 15, 2015 for
full consideration. The starting date of the position is JAN 15, 2016. A second position may become
available with a starting date of AUG 15, 2016.
The Illinois Relativity Group under Professor S. Shapiro is developing the tools of numerical relativity,
computational hydrodynamics and computational MHD to tackle diverse problems in general relativity
and astrophysics. Recent topics include the inspiral and coalescence of compact binaries (binary black
holes, binary neutron stars, binary black hole-neutron stars and binary white dwarf-neutron stars), the
generation of gravitational waves, magnetorotational stellar collapse, gas accretion onto black holes and
binary black holes, the formation and cosmological growth of supermassive black holes in the early uni-
verse, and the dynamics of dark matter halos and spikes around black holes. Some of our work is geared
to identifying astrophysically plausible, strong-field sources of gravitational waves and calculating grav-
itational waveforms for detection by laser interferometers, such as Advanced LIGO/VIRGO, PTA and
eLISA. For these “multimessenger” sources we are also exploring counterpart electromagnetic signals,
where the later may include optical, UV and X-ray emission and gamma-ray bursts.
The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer.
