Fully Funded PhD Positions in Gravitational Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Germany

Postdoctoral positions are available in gravitational-wave science at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) in Potsdam-Golm, Germany . The Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity (ACR) department, led by Alessandra Buonanno , works on the full pipeline of gravitational-wave research: analytical modeling of strong-field gravity, numerical relativity, data analysis for current detectors such as LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA , and preparation for future obse...

PhD Positions in Gravity at the Extreme at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) in Potsdam, Germany, are open for several fully funded doctoral researchers within the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) “Gravity at the Extreme”. The programme is highly interdisciplinary and sits at the intersection of gravitational physics, astrophysics, cosmology, and multi-messenger astronomy. Successful candidates will join one of the research units ...

PhD opportunity in Astronomy/Astrophysics at the University of Southampton on Hunting for black holes in the galaxy . This project, supervised by Professor Poshak Gandhi , focuses on the birth, growth, evolution, and demographics of black holes in the Milky Way and beyond. You will analyse data from major survey facilities including Gaia , the Vera Rubin Observatory (LSST) , eROSITA/SRG , and VISTA/4MOST , with opportunities to work at the interface of observational and theoretical astrophysics....

Open call for a specially appointed researcher / postdoctoral-equivalent position at the University of Tokyo , Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, in the Affiliated Gravitational Wave Observatory . The project is centered on the KAGRA cryogenic gravitational wave telescope in Hida City, Gifu Prefecture, with research activities spanning instrument performance improvement, stable observational operation, and analysis of gravitational wave data. This opportunity is well suited to candidates interes...

The Computational Relativistic Astrophysics division at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI) in Potsdam, Germany, is advertising postdoctoral appointments in computational relativistic astrophysics . Research in the division spans neutron star mergers , collapsars , nucleosynthesis , stellar core collapse and explosion , the formation and evolution of very massive and supermassive black holes , and multi-messenger astrophysics . The group is led by ...