Post-doctoral openings in Theoretical
Gravitational-Wave Physics
at University of Maryland
The Gravitational Wave Theory Group at the University of Maryland
announces
openings for two postdoctoral positions in gravitational
waves,
starting in the Fall of 2010.
One
postdoctoral position is in the area of gravitational-wave source
modeling,
the interface between analytical and numerical relativity,
post-Newtonian
theory, and physical mechanisms in the early Universe
responsible
for gravitational-wave emission. The second position is
in
LIGO/Virgo data analysis, with emphasis on the search for gravitational
waves
from compact binary coalescences.
The
Gravitational Wave Theory Group is part of the Gravitation Theory
Group
at Maryland which consists of Professors Dieter Brill, Alessandra
Buonanno,
Bei-Lok Hu, Ted Jacobson, Charlie Misner (Emeritus), Manuel
Tiglio,
currently postdocs Enrico Barausse, Chad Galley, Frank
Herrmann,
Yi Pan, and Sudipta Sarkar, and six graduate students.
The
Gravitational Wave Theory Group is also part of the Maryland Center
for
Fundamental Physics (http://mcfp.physics.umd.edu/)
The
Gravitational Wave Theory Group has also interactions with the Maryland
Gravitation
Experimental Group, Professors Ho-Jung Paik and Peter Shawhan,
with
the Astronomy Department, notably, Professors Cole Miller and Chris
Reynolds,
and with the LISA and numerical relativity group at NASA's Goddard
Space
Flight Center.
Applicants
should submit a curriculum vitae, list of publications,
and
descriptions of past research and future research interests, and
arrange
for at least three letters of recommendation to be sent to
gwt-postdocs@physics.umd.edu.
For any inquiry on the postdoctoral positions,
please,
contact Professor Alessandra Buonanno (buonanno@umd.edu).
It is
requested that all application materials be sent as pdf files or
as
plain text. Please merge all application materials (other than
letters
of recommendation) into one pdf file if at all possible.
The
deadline for receipt of all application materials is December 15,
2009.
Maryland is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.