Position ID: | UTokyo-KavliIPMU-DMQG2021 [#17971] |
Position Title: | Project researcher position on Dark Matter in Quantum Gravity |
Position Type: | Postdoctoral |
Position Location: | Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8583, Japan [map] |
Subject Areas: | Astrophysics / Dark Matter Particle and Astroparticle Phenomenology Cosmology/Particle Astrophysics |
Appl Deadline: | 2021/02/01 11:59PM** finished (2021/01/17, finished 2021/08/07, listed until 2021/03/31) |
Position Description: |
Applications are invited for a half-year postdoctoral research position at the Kavli IPMU, the University of Tokyo. The position is funded by KAKENHI project, "Dark Matter in Quantum Gravity" (20H05860, PI: Masahito Yamazaki), which is the sub-group C01 under Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A), "What is dark matter? - Comprehensive study of the huge discovery space in dark matter" (PI: Hitoshi Murayama). The postdoctoral scholar will work on cosmology, phenomenology and string theory related to "Dark Matter in Quantum Gravity" together with Yasunori Nomura, Satoshi Shirai, Masahito Yamazaki at the Kavli IPMU and Ryo Saito at Yamaguchi University. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in physics or related areas by the starting date of the position. The appointment will start from April 1, 2021 through the end of September 2021. The salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The deadline of the application is February1st, 2021. The application should include a CV, research statement, publication list, and at least 3 letters of recommendation. They should be uploaded at “Application Form” no later than February1st, 2021 (You need the registration of AcademicJobsOnline.org <https://academicjobsonline.org/>) Email inquiries regarding the application process may be sent to Kavli IPMU AJO INQUIRY <academicjob-inquiry@ipmu.jp> Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, has the ambitious goal to discover the fundamental laws of nature and to understand the universe from the synergistic perspectives of mathematics, theoretical and experimental physics, astronomy, and statistics. It is an international research institute with English as its official language, established in October 2007. More than a half of its full-time scientific members come from outside Japan. We seek to build a diverse, highly interactive membership. Female and international applicants are strongly encouraged. |