30 permanent strategic hires at Queen Mary, including in Cosmology & Gravitational Waves

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Chris Clarkson
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30 permanent strategic hires at Queen Mary, including in Cosmology & Gravitational Waves

Post by Chris Clarkson » October 16 2022

The Faculty of Science and Engineering at Queen Mary University of London are advertising a set of academic positions as part of a major investment in its strategic research themes, with 25 positions at Lecturer / Senior Lecturer level and 5 positions at Reader / Professor level. The targeted research areas for these positions feature cosmology and gravitational wave science, including gravitational wave cosmology, gravitational wave astrophysics, gravitational wave data analysis/theory, and large-scale structure theory/observations. We encourage candidates to apply whose research would complement, enhance or expand the work we currently undertake in these areas.

Successful applicants in the above areas would work in the Astronomy Unit within the Department of Physics and Astronomy. In the UK’s most recent national research assessment (2021 REF) 98% of our research was rated internationally excellent and world-leading (3*/4*). Those appointed would be welcomed, supported, mentored in their academic career, and fully integrated into the positive and supportive environment of the School, Department, and research group. Queen Mary's mission statement is to be the most inclusive university of its kind, anywhere.

The Astronomy Unit has 14 full-time permanent academic staff, as well as many postdoctoral researchers and PhD students, and a vibrant visitors' research programme. Our research focuses on several active areas of modern astrophysics: Cosmology & Relativity, Space & Astrophysical Plasma Physics, and Extrasolar Planets & Planet Formation. Our members play leading roles in many space missions and large collaborations, e.g., the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the LISA consortium, the Vera Rubin Observatory, Euclid and the Square Kilometre Array. We run comprehensive undergraduate and masters taught programmes in Astrophysics, maintain a successful PhD research training programme, and undertake an extensive range of outreach activities, both within the local area and nationally.

For more information about these positions, please see: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/strategic-hires-se/

The deadline for applications is 12th November 2022.

Please get in touch with Dr. Tessa Baker ([Log in to view email]) and/or Prof. Chris Clarkson ([Log in to view email]), if you have any questions about applying or would like more information.

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