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<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>the Illinois Relativity Group (consisting of Professors Stuart Shapiro, Nico Yunes and, as of next January, myself as well as postdocs and PhD students) is opening a postdoctoral research position in numerical relativity and relativistic astrophysics. You
can find more details below and here:</p>
<p><a href="https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/04/postdoctoral-research-position-in-numerical-relativity-and-computational-astrophysics-at-university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign/">https://hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de/2019/09/04/postdoctoral-research-position-in-numerical-relativity-and-computational-astrophysics-at-university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign/</a></p>
<p>We would appreciate it if you could circulate the information to interested candidates.</p>
<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>Helvi<br>
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<p align="center"><b>Postdoctoral Research Position in</b><b><br>
</b><b>Numerical Relativity and Computational Astrophysics</b><b><br>
</b><b>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</b></p>
<p align="justify">Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research position in the Illinois Relativity Group. The<b>
</b>candidate should have expertise in numerical relativity and relativistic astrophysics. Some experience in computational hydrodynamics and/or computational MHD would be desirable.<br>
</p>
<p align="justify">Applicants should go online at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://my.physics.illinois.edu/join/">
https://my.physics.illinois.edu/join/</a> to submit their application, which must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, list of publications, brief description of research interests, and the names, mailing and email addresses of three references. Please
contact Elisabeth Greifenkamp at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:greifenk@illinois.edu">
greifenk@illinois.edu</a> if you have any questions. Applications should be posted by
<b>DEC 1, 2019</b> for full consideration. The starting date of the position is <b>
AUG 15, 2020</b>.</p>
<p align="justify">The successful applicant will join Professor Stuart Shapiro in developing and applying the tools of numerical relativity together with computational hydrodynamics, MHD, and/or stellar dynamics to tackle diverse problems in general relativity
and astrophysics. Recent topics include the inspiral and coalescence of compact binaries, the generation of gravitational waves, magnetized neutron stars, magnetorotational stellar collapse, accretion onto isolated and binary black holes, the formation and
cosmological growth of supermassive black holes in the early universe, and the dynamics of dark matter halos and spikes around black holes. Some of this work is geared to identifying astrophysically plausible, strong-field sources of gravitational waves and
calculating gravitational waveforms detectable by LIGO/VIRGO, KAGRA, LISA and the PTA. For these “multimessenger” sources we are also exploring counterpart electromagnetic signals, including gamma-ray bursts and kilonovae, as well as neutrinos.</p>
<p align="justify">In addition to Professor Shapiro, the Illinois Relativity Group includes Professors Nicolas Yunes and Helvi Witek, their postdocs, PhD and undergraduate research students. It maintains close interactions with UIUC colleagues in Physics, Astronomy
and NCSA, in addition to several outside collaborators.</p>
<p align="justify"><i>The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer.</i><br>
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Dr. Helvi Witek
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology.
Department of Physics
King's College London
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