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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;">Happy New Year and best wishes for 2024 to everyone!</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;">The Gravity group at the University of Southampton is seeking applications to fill<span> </span><b>three Postdoctoral positions in g<span style="margin: 0px; background-color: white;">ravitational-wave
astrophysics</span></b><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: white;">. Each<span> </span></span>position is available for two years with a start date of 1 October 2024. </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; color: black;"></span></p>
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<p style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black; background-color: white;">The Southampton group is one of the leading modelling
groups in gravitational-wave astronomy in Europe,<span> </span></span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; color: black; background-color: white;">currently comprising 7 staff members and a number
of postdocs and PhD students. Research in the group includes black-hole and neutron-star physics, gravitational-wave source modelling and data analysis, numerical relativity and gravitational self-force modelling. Members of the group are actively involved
with the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer Collaborations and the LISA Consortium. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;">1)</span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 7pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; color: black;"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black; background-color: white;">Senior
Research Fellow in Gravitational-Wave Physics </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; color: black; background-color: white;">The successful candidate will undertake research to establish the</span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black; background-color: white;"><span> </span>science
case for the next generation of gravitational-wave observatories, Cosmic Explorer and Einstein Telescope. Particular focus will be on understanding the network capability to constrain aspects of neutron-star physics.<span> </span></span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; color: black; background-color: white;">The
ideal applicant will have a track record in at least one of the following research areas: gravitational-wave astronomy and data analysis, neutron star modelling and numerical relativity.<span> </span></span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black; background-color: white;">The
post is supported by UKRI funding for next-generation gravitational waves and the research will be carried out jointly with colleagues at the Universities of Cardiff and Birmingham. </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;">For further details and applications, see<span> </span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"><br>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px">2)</span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;">Research
Fellow in Numerical Relativity</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; color: black; background-color: white;">The successful candidate will contribute to work aimed at carrying out numerical simulations of neutron star mergers with realistic
physics, with particular focus on resistive magnetohydrodynamics. The ideal applicant will have a track record in numerical relativity and some understanding of neutron star modelling, gravitational-wave astronomy and data analysis. </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;">For further details and applications, see<span> </span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"><a href="https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=2567724PJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" style="margin:0px" id="OWA0da8d6fe-4eba-7ac1-ddad-fdfe0ece177c" class="OWAAutoLink"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:12pt;margin:0px">https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=2567724PJ</span></a></span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px">3)</span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px"> <span> </span></span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;">Research
Fellow in Gravitational-Wave Physics</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; color: black; background-color: white;">The successful candidate will contribute to developing an accurate description of dynamical tides for models involving realistic
neutron-star physics. The ideal applicant will have a track record in neutron star modelling and gravitational-wave astronomy and some understanding of related data analysis.<span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;">For further details and applications, see<span> </span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; color: black;"><a href="https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=2568724PJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" style="margin:0px" id="OWA8f29469f-2556-070a-87b2-028c51896343" class="OWAAutoLink"><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:12pt;margin:0px">https://jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=2568724PJ</span></a></span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; color: black; background-color: white;">Applicants are expected to have, or be about to obtain, a relevant PhD degree in physics or mathematics.</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;">The closing date for all applications is Thursday 25 January 2024.</span></b></span><span style="font-size:12pt;margin:0px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;">For informal enquiries about these posts please contact </span></span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; color: black; background-color: white;">Nils
Andersson<span> </span></span></span><a href="mailto:N.Andersson@soton.ac.uk" data-linkindex="4" style="margin:0px" id="OWAf002ded7-fa70-3562-9a15-394c9d099131" class="OWAAutoLink"><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; color: rgb(0, 92, 133); background-color: white;">N.Andersson@soton.ac.uk</span></a><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; color: black; background-color: white;">,
Ian Jones <span> </span></span></span><a href="mailto:dij@maths.soton.ac.uk" data-linkindex="5" style="margin:0px" id="OWA85628179-28f8-dff3-7867-6402c8b10acc" class="OWAAutoLink"><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; background-color: white;">dij@maths.soton.ac.uk</span></a><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; color: black; background-color: white;"><span> </span>or
Ian Hawke<span> </span></span></span><a href="mailto:I.Hawke@soton.ac.uk" data-linkindex="6" style="margin:0px" id="OWA57857d4e-9411-790b-ee10-e53106aaeb58" class="OWAAutoLink"><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; color: rgb(0, 92, 133); background-color: white;">I.Hawke@soton.ac.uk</span></a><span style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px; color: black;">. </span></span></p>
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