Postdoctoral Fellowship in Asymptotically Safe Gravity

The Theoretical High Energy Group at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen and the Niels Bohr International Academy invites applications for a three-year postdoctoral position, starting in the Fall of 2024. The successful candidate will be part of the quantum gravity group led by Alessia Platania. The position will be funded by the Villum Young Investigator grant associated with the project “Non-perturbative strings, asymptotic safety, and the swampland”. The focus is investigating the “landscape” of effective field theories stemming from Asymptotically Safe Gravity and its interface with theoretical constraints, swampland conjectures, and observational bounds.

Applicants should have or be close to obtain a PhD in theoretical physics, in a prestigious PhD school preparing students via advanced courses complementing their research. We are looking for an outstanding and highly-motivated postdoc with research expertise in renormalization group techniques and asymptotic safety, Horava gravity, Lorentz Violating Gravity, gravity in diverse dimensions and black-hole physics.

Further information on the Department is linked at www.science.ku.dk/english/about-the-faculty/organisation/

The position is open from 1 September 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. This is a fixed-term position for 3 years.

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

Terms of employment
The position is covered by the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff.

Terms of appointment and payment accord to the agreement between the Ministry of Taxation and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.

Negotiation for salary supplement is possible.

The application, in English, must be submitted electronically by clicking APPLY NOW below.

Please include

• Diplomas (Master and PhD degree or equivalent)
• Cover letter
• Curriculum vitae
• Research statement
• Complete publication list

The deadline for applications is 15 May 2024, 23:59 GMT+2.
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Interview Committee.

You can read about the recruitment process at employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/

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Info
Ansøgningsfrist: 15-05-2024

Ansættelsesdato: 01-09-2024

Afdeling/Sted: Niels Bohr institutet