[Cosmo-pl] 3 Queen Mary (QMUL) postdoc positions - deadlines early/late Feb 2020

[Boud Roukema]

hi cosmo-pl,

Here are 3 cosmo postdoc positions available at QMUL; this ad is
also available at https://cosmocoffee.info/viewtopic.php?t=3275 .

Cheers
Boud

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The Cosmology & Relativity Group [1] at Queen Mary University of London
[2] invites applications for three STFC funded postdoctoral positions in
theoretical and observational cosmology. These are:

  1.     Statistical detection of the 21cm signal from Cosmic Dawn/Epoch
of Reionisation [3].  This position is focused on the development of
innovative statistical data analysis and/or simulation tools for the
Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA), and using them to constrain
the 21cm power spectrum at high redshift. Several seasons of data from
HERA are already available, with much more on the way - with Phil Bull
(p.bull at qmul.ac.uk).

_closing date_: 7th February 2020
_job reference_: QMUL21176
_apply here_: https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=4969

  2.     Detecting relativistic effects in large scale structure and the
bispectrum [4]. This project will develop theoretical tools,
predictions and/or N-body simulations preparing the way for the first
detection of relativistic effects in large-scale structure - with Chris
Clarkson (chris.clarkson at qmul.ac.uk), Phil Bull and Timothy Clifton_._

_closing date_: 28th February 2020
_job reference_: QMUL21204
_apply here_: https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=4985

  3.     Testing and constraining dark energy and modified gravity with
non-linear structures in cosmology [5]. This project will develop new
theoretical frameworks for investigating the effects of alternative
theories in the non-linear regime of structure formation - with Timothy
Clifton (t.clifton at qmul.ac.uk) and Alkistis
Pourtsidou(a.pourtsidou at qmul.ac.uk).

_closing date_: 28th February 2020
_job reference_: QMUL21213
_apply here_: https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=4971

A PhD degree and relevant research experience are required. The posts
are for three years, starting in September 2020 (or other date by
agreement).

The Cosmology and Relativity Group is part of the Astronomy Unit [6] at
QMUL consisting of 8 permanent staff members (Tessa Baker, Phil Bull,
Chris Clarkson, Tim Clifton, Karim Malik, David Mulryne, Alkistis
Pourtsidou and Will Sutherland), together with ~7 postdocs and ~10 PhD
students, with an active international visitors programme.  The vibrant
group has diverse research interests spanning large-scale structure and
radio cosmology, inflation and the early universe, advanced perturbation
theory, and modified gravity. Group members play key roles in many
international experiments, including the Square Kilometre Array,
Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA), Euclid, and the Large
Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). The Astronomy Unit has access to
excellent local computational facilities, including an HPC cluster with
5000 cores, and a Tier2 GridPP cluster with more than 5PB of storage and
2000 cores. Projects 1 & 2 will be in close collaboration with
researchers in South Africa, at the Centre for Radio Cosmology [7] at
the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, and successful
applicants will have the opportunity to spend significant periods of
their fellowship there.

We welcome applications from all qualified applicants, but applications
are particularly encouraged from traditionally under-represented groups
in science. QMUL holds the Athena SWAN [8] Silver award and the School
of Physics and Astronomy holds Juno Champion [9] status from the
Institute of Physics which shows our commitment to promoting an
inclusive working environment.

Applications (application form, CV, publication list and research
statement) should be submitted via the online application system by the
closing date. Applicants should also arrange for up to three reference
letters to be sent by email to Jazmina Vaca Ortiz (spa-hr at qmul.ac.uk) to
arrive by the same date. Please feel free to contact any of the project
leaders for further information.

Links:
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[1] https://www.qmul.ac.uk/spa/astro/research/cosmology-and-relativity/
[2] https://www.qmul.ac.uk/
[3] https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=4969
[4] https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=4985
[5] https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=4971
[6] https://www.qmul.ac.uk/spa/astro/
[7] https://astro.uwc.ac.za/crc
[8] https://www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charters/athena-swan
[9] https://www.iop.org/about/diversity/initiatives/juno/index.html

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