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Harvard University, Black Hole Initiative

Position ID:
Harvard University-Black Hole Initiative-PDF [#28701]
Position Title: 
Postdoctoral Fellow - Black Hole Initiative
Position Type:
Postdoctoral
Position Location:
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts 02138, United States of America
Subject Areas: 
Astrophysics / Astronomy, Astrophysics, Astrophysics and Gravitational Physics, Black holes, Gravitational Waves, Instrumentation/Observation/Experiment, mathematics, philosophy of physics, Physics, Theoretical Astrophysics, Theoretical Physics / Astrophysics, Cosmology, Gravitational waves, Particle physics (theoretical and experimental) Physics / Astroparticle Physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astrophysics Theory, Cosmology, Dark Matter, Elementary Particle Physics, Element
Appl Deadline:
2024/12/02 11:59PMhelp popup (posted 2024/10/03, listed until 2024/12/02)
Position Description:
   

Please apply here: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14118 Applications are invited for Postdoctoral Research Fellows in the Black Hole Initiative (BHI) at Harvard University and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). The BHI is the first interdisciplinary research center worldwide to focus on the study of black holes. It will be located within Harvard University at 20 Garden Street in Cambridge, MA. Current senior members of the BHI include Harvard faculty, BHI Director Peter Galison (History & Philosophy of Science), Ramesh Narayan (Astronomy), Andy Strominger (Physics) and Abraham Loeb (Astronomy), Yale Faculty Priyamvada Natarajan (Astronomy), MIT Faculty Netta Engelhardt (Physics), as well as SAO astronomers Sheperd Doeleman (Director of the Event Horizon Telescope project) and Michael Johnson (Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA). Successful candidates will have access to our new computing facilities and will have the opportunity to interact and work with researchers above in multiple fields, including (but of course not limited to): ● Fundamental physics of black holes and the information paradox. ● Mathematical stability of spacetime and gravitational memory. ● GR Magnetohydrodynamic simulations of accretion flows. ● Tidal disruption events. ● Gravitational Waves and black hole mergers. ● The Philosophical and Historical context of black holes. ● Horizon-resolving observations and analysis using the EHT. Starting date for BHI postdoctoral fellows is September 1, 2025. Applications should be submitted electronically by 5:00pm EST, December 2, 2024, but applications will be considered ongoing, continuing until the positions are filled. The grant-funded positions are for three years, contingent on performance and funding. Resources for research expenses including publication charges, related conference travel, and computing resources will be available. Please direct any questions on the application process to Nicole Grenier: nicole.grenier@cfa.harvard.edu. * We are committed to diversity in perspectives, in methods, and in our student and faculty populations. Applications from individuals from underrepresented groups are especially encouraged.

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Contact: Nicole Grenier
Email: email address
Postal Mail:
20 GARDEN ST
RM 220
Cambridge, MA 02138
Web Page: https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14118