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The gravitational-wave research group at Kennesaw State University invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher working on amorphous optical coatings for current and future gravitational-wave detectors, including Cosmic Explorer. The position is associated with the Center for Coatings Research (CCR) and will involve research on the structure, optical properties, and mechanical properties of coating materials, with opportunities to collaborate with researchers across the gravitational-wave coatings community.

Please feel free to contact me at kprasai(at)kennesaw.edu with any questions about the position.

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The Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences has opened a call for postdoctoral applications to study various topics, including gravitational waves from small mass ratio black hole binaries. The deadline for applications is 23 October 2026 at noon and the applicants should get in touch by 9 October 2026 for full consideration.

The Astronomical Institute (ASU, https://asu.cas.cz/en) is the leading astronomical research institute in the Czech Republic, located at the Ondrejov Observatory and in Prague. Its main research activities are in the formation, evolution, dynamics and physical properties of galaxies, stars and star systems, research on the physics of compact objects including black holes and gravitational waves, research on the Sun, solar activity and its effects on processes on Earth and in interplanetary space, research on the Earth’s immediate environment, the dynamics of natural and artificial bodies in the Solar System, and research on interplanetary matter and its interaction with the Earth’s atmosphere.

For 2027, ASU will consider research project proposals for postdoctoral fellowships in the fields of research conducted at the Institute.

 Applicants are required to get in touch with our staff members to discuss their support of the application and to discuss a research project and implementation plan (theory, observation, and data analysis are all welcome). A list of supervisors for hosting postdoctoral fellows in 2026 is provided below.

 Only applications that have been discussed with supervisors will be considered. Supervisors are expected to make their private shortlists and only recommend the final submission to the most promising applicants.

 Deadlines:

1.  Get in touch with the selected supervisor before October 9, 2026. Later enquiries may not be accepted.
2.  Application Deadline is October 23, 2026, 12 PM (noon; in CEST/UTC+2 timezone). Submissions by email to sekretariat@asu.cas.cz with the subject POSTDOC 2027.

Required application parts (all in PDF):

• cover sheet listing: full name, birth date, nationality, current position, the exact date of PhD defence, name of the host/supervisor at ASU, short motivation (½ page max)
• curriculum vitae
• list of publications including citations
• summary of the most significant research results achieved to date and proposed research project (2 pages max in total)
• outline of the implementation plan for 2 years (4500 characters max)
• 2 recommendation letters (to be delivered separately)

 Applicants must arrange for a minimum of two recommendation letters to be sent directly to the same electronic address as above. The letters may be issued up to 9 months before the application deadline.

 Applications can be submitted slightly before finishing a PhD, in which case a statement from the current supervisor stating the planned date of the defence should be included. Applicants MUST then prove they have been awarded the PhD degree before October 31.

 The appointment is initially for one year; an extension for another year is expected upon satisfactory scientific performance. A necessary condition is to satisfy legal requirements for employment in the Czech Republic (EU member state). Salary will be based on the domestic level (cca 1900 EUR/month before taxes (~25%); health insurance is included in the taxes). The starting date of employment is expected to be January 1, 2027, but it is negotiable.

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Postdoctoral position at the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center (CAMK PAN) in Warsaw, Poland, within the project “Stars Near Massive Black Holes as Electromagnetic Sources and Future Gravitational-Wave Targets for LISA.” Application deadline: November 15, 2026.

The project focuses on stellar EMRIs/IMRIs as potential multimessenger sources for LISA. We welcome candidates with expertise across a broad range of areas, including stellar and binary evolution, hydrodynamical simulations of stellar interactions, stellar oscillations and tides, electromagnetic counterparts and tidal disruption events, and gravitational-wave astrophysics.

Possible research projects include modelling stellar interactions with massive black holes; connecting stellar-evolution and hydrodynamical calculations; modelling gravitational-wave and electromagnetic signals and their detectability; or interpreting EM sources/transients such as QPEs, QPOs, ULXs/HLXs, and exotic TDEs.

The successful candidate will collaborate with researchers at CAMK (including myself, Dr. Abbas Askar, and Dr. Verónica Vázquez Aceves) as well as with international collaborators. They will also be encouraged to pursue independent projects and develop their own research ideas.

Please feel free to share this announcement with anyone who might be interested. Any inquiries can be directed to aolejak(at)camk.edu.pl.

More details about the position can be found here:

AAS Job Register:
https://aas.org/jobregister/ad/a4cee956

CAMK website:
https://camk.edu.pl/pl/archiwum/2026/09/09/postdoctoral-position-in-multimessenger-astrophysics-and-stellar-evolution-near-massive-black-holes/

The William H. Miller III Department of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships in the general area of gravitational physics and gravitational-wave astronomy. These fellowships offer the opportunity for postdoctoral research that combines academic freedom with strong faculty mentorship in an intellectually vibrant, inclusive, and welcoming department. The Department has strong programs in condensed-matter physics, particle physics, astrophysics, and biological physics and is embarking upon a significant expansion, including growth into new areas of physics. The department also benefits from its close relationship with the Space Telescope Science Institute, located on the Johns Hopkins campus.

The candidates are expected to work in Emanuele Berti’s research group (https://pages.jh.edu/eberti2/about/). The group currently includes about 10 postdocs, 5 Ph.D. students, and various undergraduate students supported in part by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation. The postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to collaborate within the recently established Simons Collaboration on Black Holes and Strong Gravity (https://simonscbhsg.com/). Typical starting salaries range between $63480 and $75000. A higher salary may be possible for exceptionally qualified candidates. The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University has a vibrant and interdisciplinary research environment, and the candidates are encouraged to interact with other faculty members, students and postdocs working in closely related research areas. More details about the department and its research can be found at https://physics-astronomy.jhu.edu .

Consideration of applications will begin on 1 December 2026 and continue until all available positions are filled. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, and a list of publications, and arrange for at least three letters of reference on their behalf to be submitted to the application website: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo?joblst—536-32881

The Henri Poincaré Early-Career Researcher Fellowship, funded by the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA) and the Université Côte d'Azur IdEx JEDI, offers a two-year postdoctoral contract to early-career researchers who obtained their PhD and pursued their postdoctoral research outside OCA. The fellowship is intended to enable successful candidates to develop an independent research program in the broad field of Earth and Universe sciences. Application close November 16th, 2026.

Scientific excellence, the quality and relevance of the proposed research program, and its alignment with the scientific priorities of OCA are key criteria in the selection process.

Before submitting their application, candidates must identify a scientific host at OCA (www.oca.eu) who will support them during their fellowship. The host is responsible for submitting the application, providing a letter of support for both the candidate and the proposed research program, receiving the letters of recommendation, and obtaining approval from the director of the relevant research unit.

Candidates must have completed their PhD by the application deadline and must demonstrate their ability to conduct research independently. For reference, successful candidates in previous calls obtained their PhD on average three years before being awarded the fellowship.

Applications are evaluated by the Poincaré Committee, appointed by the Scientific Council of OCA.

This fellowship is open to all applicants, without discrimination. Where qualifications and experience are equal, priority will be given to candidates with disabilities.

Schedule: closing on november 16th, 2026 at midnight-result february 26th, 2027-start on october 1st, 2027
(flexibility is possible)

Remuneration elements: 48k € gross annual + 5k € per year environment

Constitution of the application file

Constitution of a single file in pdf format including:

• 1 CV of 2 pages including the most significant publications
• 1 summary of research activities of 2 pages maximum
• 1 research project of 3 pages
• 3 letters of recommendation
• the letter of support from the OCA sponsor
• the approval of the director of the host unit

The complete application file will be sent to poincare(at)oca.eu on November 16th, 2026 at midnight at the latest. Any application file that is incomplete or received after the deadline will not be examined by the selection committee.

For any request for additional information, please send an email to poincare(at)oca.eu.

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Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity Department · Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Potsdam, Germany

Gravitational-wave astronomy is moving from discovery to precision science. The Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity (ACR) department at the Albert Einstein Institute (AEI) in Potsdam works across the full chain of that transition — from first-principles modeling of strong-field gravity, through numerical relativity, to the analysis and interpretation of data from LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA today, and from Einstein Telescope, Cosmic Explorer and LISA in the decade ahead.

We invite applications for several postdoctoral appointments, offered at different levels according to experience and seniority, with durations from two to five years. Application deadline: November 23rd 2026.

Positions

• General appointments in the ACR department, at junior and senior postdoctoral level.
• Several positions within the ERC Synergy Grant “Making Sense of the Unexpected in the Gravitational-Wave Sky”.
• One position within the Simons Collaboration on Black Holes and Strong Gravity.
• One position within the Center of Gravity, shared between the AEI (two years) and the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen (two years).

The department also hosts Max Planck Fellowships for scientists from outside Germany; details and application instructions are available here.

We are looking for creative, highly motivated researchers who work equally well independently and within a large, interdisciplinary group.

The department

Led by Alessandra Buonanno, ACR comprises about 45 scientists, including three permanent research group leaders — Jonathan Gair, Harald Pfeiffer and Jan Steinhoff. The department hosts a steady flow of long- and short-term visitors and maintains close ties with the Department of Physics at the University of Maryland, Humboldt University of Berlin and the University of Potsdam.

Research areas

• Analytical modeling of gravitational dynamics and radiation: effective field theory, post-Newtonian and post-Minkowskian expansions, gravitational self-force, black-hole perturbation theory and the effective-one-body formalism.
• Numerical relativity: vacuum simulations of compact objects on bound and unbound orbits, in general relativity and in alternative theories of gravity.
• Observation and interpretation of gravitational-wave data from ground-based (LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA, Cosmic Explorer, Einstein Telescope) and space-based (LISA) detectors, including searches and detector characterization.
• Acceleration of gravitational-wave inference, including machine-learning methods.
• Astrophysics of compact objects and binary formation scenarios.
• Cosmography with gravitational waves: dark energy, dark matter and gravitational lensing.
• Tests of gravity in the strong-field and highly dynamical regime.

Collaborations

ACR participates in the Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes (SXS) Collaboration, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Einstein Telescope Collaboration, the LISA Consortium, and the LISA Distributed Data Processing Centre, where the department leads waveform generation and the global-fit deep analysis.

Computing

The department operates Urania, a high-performance cluster with ~6,050 cores; Hypatia, a high-throughput cluster with ~12,000 cores; and two GPU servers, Saraswati and Lakshmi, each with eight NVIDIA A100 GPUs. Both clusters are currently being extended. They support numerical-relativity simulations of gravitational-wave sources as well as source-modeling and data-analysis studies for current and future detectors.

How to apply

Applications are submitted through our job portal here. Please upload:

• a cover letter;
• a curriculum vitae;
• a list of publications;
• a statement of past and future research, no longer than three pages excluding references.

You will also be asked to name three referees. Please register with our job portal and enter your referees’ contact details well in advance of the deadline: referees receive an email with upload instructions, and letters must arrive by the deadline to be considered. For technical problems with the application form, write to jobs@aei.mpg.de.

Dates

• Deadline for full consideration: 23 November 2026, including receipt of reference letters.
• Anticipated start date: Fall 2027.

Candidates are encouraged to apply as early as possible. Applications will be considered until all positions are filled.

Salary and benefits

Salary and social benefits, including health insurance, follow the collective labour agreement for the German public sector (TVöD Bund), normally at pay grade E13 where the TVöD qualification criteria are met. A projection of gross and net salary under the TVöD regulations is prepared whenever an offer is made.

Equal opportunity, diversity and family support

The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics is an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or national origin. The Max Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications from such qualified individuals. Our institute and the Max Planck Society welcome persons with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who embrace and value diversity and inclusion (Code of Conduct). The institute promotes a healthy work-life balance by offering all employees a family support service, cooperation with a nearby international kindergarten, as well as an in-house parent-child office and nursing room.

Contact

For further information, please write to acr-jobs(at)aei.mpg.de.

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