3536626PJ - Research Fellow


Company:	University of Southampton
Salary:	£37,369 to £45,641 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Southampton, SO17 1BJ
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	23 Oct 2026
Closing date:	30 Oct 2026

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Summary

The University of Southampton is inviting applications for a postdoctoral position (Research Fellow) in numerical relativity. The successful candidate will undertake research as part of the recently awarded STFC grant Simulating realistic neutron-star mergers.

Southampton's School of Mathematical Sciences is home to a large research group in gravitational physics, currently comprising 7 staff members and a number of postdocs and PhD students. Research in the group includes black-hole and neutron-star physics, gravitational-wave source modelling and data analysis, numerical relativity and gravitational self-force modelling. Members of the group are actively involved with the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Einstein Telescope Collaboration and the LISA Consortium. The successful applicant will contribute to work aimed at carrying out numerical simulations of neutron star mergers with realistic physics, with particular focus of resistive magnetohydrodynamics.

The ideal candidate will have a track record in numerical relativity and ideally some understanding of neutron star modelling, gravitational-wave astronomy and data analysis. Applicants will have, or be about to obtain, a relevant PhD degree in physics or mathematics.

This is a fixed term post until 30th September 2027.

A complete application should include (i) a CV, including a list of publications, and (ii) a statement of research interests (no more than 1 page).

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