Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Quantum Gravity Unit

Position ID:

OIST-Quantum Gravity Unit-POSTDOC [#28944]

Position Title:

Postdoctoral researcher

Position Type:

Postdoctoral

Position Location:

Onna, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan

Subject Areas:

Physics / GR-Cosmology (gr-qc), HEP-Theory (hep-th)

Appl Deadline:

2024/11/30 11:59PM help popup

(posted 2024/10/18, listed until 2025/04/18)

Position Description:

Postdoc position available in the Quantum Gravity Unit, at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), for 2 years with extension to 3, starting fall 2025.

We are looking for an independent, self-motivated researcher to join our hep-th/gr-gc themed group. OIST is an international, English-speaking institute located on the beautiful subtropical island of Okinawa. It offers extensive support for life in Japan as a foreigner. As a postdoc, you will have opportunities (but no obligations) to organize workshops, teach courses, and mentor students.

The group's current members include:

1. Yasha Neiman (head of the group): works mainly on higher-spin gravity and de Sitter space physics, aiming to understand higher-spin dS/CFT as a working model for quantum gravity with positive cosmological constant.

2. Mirian Tsulaia (staff scientist): old-school string theorist, works mainly on higher-spin interactions (in various dimensions; with or without supersymmetry; recently, in application to effective descriptions of black holes interacting with gravitational radiation).

3. Keith Glennon (postdoc): heroically develops the E11 approach to string/M-theory.

4. Sebastian Murk (postdoc): analyzes various semiclassical-gravity models/scenarios for astrophysical black holes, and their theoretical/observational implications. Also interested in quantum information and discrete geometries.

5. Subhajit Mazumdar (postdoc): works on the large-dimensions approach to General Relativity and black hole physics.

Application Materials Required:

Submit the following items online at this website to complete your application:

Cover letter
Curriculum Vitae
Research statement
Publication list
Three reference letters (to be submitted online by the reference writers on this site )

And anything else requested in the position description.

Further Info:

https://www.oist.jp/research/research-units/qgu

OIST, Neiman Unit
1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Okinawa 904-0495
Japan