Applications are open for a postdoctoral position to work on multi-messenger science, with focus on the exploitation of data from the Vera Rubin Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) and 3rd generation GW observatories (Einstein Telescope/Cosmic Explorer). Combining galaxies, quasars and other sources detected with the LSST, with mergers of compact objects (black holes and neutron stars) detected by present and future facilities, represents a new frontier for connecting cosmology and fundamental physics. The synergies between maps of electromagnetic sources and gravitational wave sources offer new opportunities for probes of the universe at low and high redshifts, structure formation and the merger history traced by stellar-mass objects as well as galaxies, among other areas. Deadline on Feb 20, 2026.
The candidates should have a solid background in at least one of the two areas of this call (gravitational waves and/or cosmology).
The FAPESP postdoctoral fellowships pay an annual tax-free salary of 150,000 Brazilian reais as well as moving costs and 12,000 reais per year for research expenses. Postdocs will also receive additional funds for travel to conferences, to invite visitors, and to organize schools and workshops.
Candidates are recommended to apply before February 20th, 2026 by sending to
riccardo.sturani(at)unesp.br their Curriculum vitae with publication list and research project. In addition, they should arrange 3 researchers to send recommendation letters at the above email address. Any questions can be sent to the same email-address.
The successful candidate is expected to start the postdoc by October 2026, but otherwise the starting date is flexible.
Contact: Riccardo Sturani (riccardo.sturani(at)unesp.br)
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