<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Postdoctoral positions in Numerical Relativity at</div><div class="">the Rochester Institute of Technology</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation (CCRG) at the</div><div class="">Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) anticipates filling several</div><div class="">postdoctoral positions in the coming year. We are looking for</div><div class="">postdoctoral candidates interested in working in the areas of modeling</div><div class="">and simulation of gravitational waves sources and their</div><div class="">electromagnetic counterparts, including binary black holes and neutron</div><div class="">stars, and their astrophysical interpretation in the context of the</div><div class="">LIGO-Virgo observations.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The successful postdoctoral candidates will have the opportunity to</div><div class="">collaborate on a broad range of research topics in gravitational</div><div class="">physics. Our group is involved in several large collaborations,</div><div class="">including the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC), The Einstein</div><div class="">Toolkit Consortium (<a href="http://einsteintoolkit.org" class="">http://einsteintoolkit.org</a>), and a Petascale</div><div class="">computing project with NCSA.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There are many senior researchers working in a broad range of areas of</div><div class="">gravitational physics and astrophysics at the CCRG. This includes</div><div class="">Manuela Campanelli (Director), Joshua Faber, Carlos Lousto, Richard</div><div class="">O'Shaughnessy, Jason Nordhaus, Yosef Zlochower, John Whelan, and</div><div class="">Hans-Peter Bischof, several postdoctoral fellows and Ph.D. students</div><div class="">(see <a href="http://ccrg.rit.edu/people" class="">http://ccrg.rit.edu/people</a> for an overview on who is or has been</div><div class="">at CCRG). The group also collaborates with many faculty, postdocs and</div><div class="">graduate students in the larger astrophysics group</div><div class="">(<a href="http://www.rit.edu/cos/astrophysics/" class="">http://www.rit.edu/cos/astrophysics/</a>), the school of Mathematical</div><div class="">Sciences (<a href="http://www.rit.edu/cos/sms/" class="">http://www.rit.edu/cos/sms/</a>) and the School of Physics and</div><div class="">Astronomy (<a href="http://www.rit.edu/cos/physics/" class="">http://www.rit.edu/cos/physics/</a>).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The positions are for up to three years and renewable depending on</div><div class="">satisfactory performance and the availability of funds. CCRG</div><div class="">researchers have access to several computing cluster facilities at</div><div class="">national computing centers such as XSEDE and Frontera as well as two</div><div class="">dedicated 2000 and 1600-core clusters hosted at the Center.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">More information about the CCRG is available at <a href="http://ccrg.rit.edu/" class="">http://ccrg.rit.edu/</a></div><div class="">And about Rochester at</div><div class=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" class="">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Applications should consist of a cover letter, a brief statement of</div><div class="">research interests, a curriculum vitae including publication list, and</div><div class="">at least three letters of recommendation. All materials should be sent</div><div class="">electronically as soon as possible to: ccrg-postdoc[AT]<a href="http://ccrgweb.rit.edu" class="">ccrgweb.rit.edu</a></div><div class="">For an overview of all job openings at CCRG please go to:</div><div class=""><a href="https://ccrg.rit.edu/career" class="">https://ccrg.rit.edu/career</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Enquiries can be addressed to Prof. Carlos Lousto,</div><div class="">colsma[AT]rit[dot]edu Center for Computational Relativity and</div><div class="">Gravitation, School of Mathematical Sciences, and School of Physics</div><div class="">and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) 85 Lomb</div><div class="">Memorial Drive Rochester, New York 14623 USA.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Review of completed applications will begin as soon as available and</div><div class="">will continue until a suitable candidate is found. Deadline for</div><div class="">applications is January 31st, 2020. Starting date can be as early as</div><div class="">February and not later than September, 2022. RIT is committed to</div><div class="">equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,<br class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Prof. Carlos O. Lousto<br class=""><a href="https://ccrg.rit.edu/user/carlos.lousto" class="">https://ccrg.rit.edu/user/carlos.lousto</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></body></html>