Postdoc: Breakthrough Black Hole Initiative Research

1000scholars; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvard University is recruiting Postdoctoral Research Fellows for the Black Hole Initiative (BHI), affiliated with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). Fellows will engage in interdisciplinary research on black holes, with access to computing facilities and collaboration across multiple fields in Cambridge, MA.

Ideal candidates will contribute to topics such as fundamental physics of black holes, gravitational waves, and horizon-scale observations.

Responsibilities

• Fundamental physics of black holes and the information paradox.
• Mathematical stability of spacetime and gravitational memory.
• GR Magnetohydrodynamic simulations of accretion flows.
• Tidal disruption events.
• Gravitational Waves and black hole mergers.
• The Philosophical and Historical context of black holes.
• Horizon-resolving observations and analysis using the EHT.

Skills

Black hole physics

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Computational modelling

Fundamental physics

Job description

Harvard University is recruiting Postdoctoral Research Fellows for the Black Hole Initiative (BHI), affiliated with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). Fellows will engage in interdisciplinary research on black holes, with access to computing facilities and collaboration across multiple fields in Cambridge, MA.

Ideal candidates will contribute to topics such as fundamental physics of black holes, gravitational waves, and horizon-scale observations.