PhD positions in “Gravity at the Extreme: from Theory to Observation”, Hannover/Potsdam, Germany
Vor 3 Tagen
2025-12-19 imprs-p-office[AT]aei.mpg.de Hannover/Potsdam, GermanyThe Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) in Potsdam, Germany, announces the opening of several PhD positions at the IMPRS “Gravity at the Extreme: from Theory to Observation”. We are particularly interested in hiring creative, proactive and motivated candidates who flourish at working in a vibrant, interdisciplinary and synergistic group. Successful candidates will join one of the scientific departments at the AEI in Potsdam, either the “Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity” (ACR) or the “Computational Relativistic Astrophysics” (CRA) department. The ACR and CRA research divisions at the AEI in Potsdam operate three high-performance compute clusters to model gravitational-wave sources (binary black holes, neutron star binaries, and stellar collapse of massive stars), electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational waves, high-energy astrophysical phenomena, and to carry out waveform development, and data analysis of gravitational waves observed by LIGO and Virgo detectors. Research Topics and research environment: PhD theses can cover a broad spectrum of topics in gravitational-wave astronomy, high-energy astrophysics and fundamental physics, such as: * analytical modeling of gravitational dynamics and radiation (within post-Newtonian theory, post-Minkowskian theory, gravitational self-force, black-hole perturbation theory, and effective-one-body theory), * numerical-relativity, most notably simulations of compact objects in general relativity and alternatives, * interpretation and analysis of data from gravitational-wave detectors on the ground (LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA), * development of pipelines and data-analysis methods for future detectors in space (LISA) and on the ground (Einstein Telescope), * acceleration techniques for gravitational-wave inference, including machine learning, * cosmography with gravitational waves (including dark energy, dark matter, gravitational lensing), * tests of gravity in the strong-field and highly dynamical regime * modelling neutron star mergers as high-energy phenomena, * modelling electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational waves, * exploring neutron-star equation of state, * exploring nucleosynthesis, * stellar collapse to a black hole and a neutron star, and * modelling gamma-ray bursts. Successful applicants will conduct their research projects at the AEI in Potsdam, and they will have to enrol and receive their PhD degree from either the University of Potsdam or the Humboldt University in Berlin. The expected duration of the PhD program is three to four years.
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PhD position in Cosmology, Hannover, Germany
vor 1 Woche
Hanover, Deutschland UNIVERSITAT FRANKFURT Vollzeit2025-12-12 guillem.domenech[AT]itp.uni-hannover.de Hannover, GermanyJob description:The Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP) at Hannover University is seeking applications for the position of a Doctoral student in cosmology (salary scale TV-L E13, 75%) starting fall 2026, with the possibility of arranging an earlier starting date. The position is for...
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Postdoc position in Cosmology, Hannover, Germany
vor 1 Woche
Hanover, Deutschland UNIVERSITAT FRANKFURT Vollzeit2025-12-12 guillem.domenech[AT]itp.uni-hannover.de Hannover, GermanyJob description:The Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP) at Hannover University is seeking applications for the position of a Postdoctoral researcher in cosmology (salary scale TV-L E13, 100%) starting fall 2026, with the possibility of arranging an earlier starting date. The position is...
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PhD Student Positions in Mathematics
Vor 7 Tagen
Hanover, Deutschland Leibniz Universität Hannover VollzeitPhD Student Positions in Mathematics (salary scale 13 TV-L, 75 %) Nestled in a modern city surrounded by nature and with an exceptional standard of living, Leibniz University Hannover offers excellent working conditions in a vibrant scientific community. The DFG funded Research Training Group 2965 – From Geometry to Numbers, jointly run by Leibniz...
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Research Staff
Vor 6 Tagen
Hanover, Deutschland Leibniz Universität Hannover VollzeitResearch Staff (PhD Position) in the field of Physics (salary scale 13 TV-L, 75 %) Nestled in a modern city surrounded by nature and with an exceptional standard of living, Leibniz University Hannover offers excellent working conditions in a vibrant scientific community. The new research training group “Quantum Photonics,” funded by the DFG, invites PhD...
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Hanover, Deutschland Leibniz Universität Hannover VollzeitResearcher in the DFG-project: “Countering polarization: The Borda count as a basis for proportional representation” (salary scale 13 TV-L, 75 %) Nestled in a modern city surrounded by nature and with an exceptional standard of living, Leibniz University Hannover offers excellent working conditions in a vibrant scientific community. The Institute of...
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Doctoral Student in Energy Finance
vor 1 Woche
Hanover, Deutschland Leibniz Universität Hannover VollzeitDoctoral Student in Energy Finance (salary scale 13 TV-L, 100 %) Nestled in a modern city surrounded by nature and with an exceptional standard of living, Leibniz University Hannover offers excellent working conditions in a vibrant scientific community. The Institute of Finance and Commodity Markets (Prof. Dr. Marcel Prokopczuk) invites applications for the...
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PhD Student
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Hanover, Deutschland Medizinische Hochschule Hannover VollzeitTWINCORE, Center for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research - Lab of Antiviral Antibody-Omics PhD Student (f/m/d) in Translational Infection Research The Hannover Medical School (MHH), with about 10.000 employees the biggest company of Lower Saxony, is a university institution for research and teaching in the human and dental medicine and a university...
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Research Associate in Artificial Intelligence
vor 2 Wochen
Hanover, Deutschland Leibniz Universität Hannover VollzeitResearch Associate in Artificial Intelligence (salary scale 13 TV-L, 100 %) Nestled in a modern city surrounded by nature and with an exceptional standard of living, Leibniz University Hannover offers excellent working conditions in a vibrant scientific community. The Research Center L3S welcomes applications for the following position starting as soon as...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Arithmetic Geometry
vor 1 Woche
Hanover, Deutschland Leibniz Universität Hannover VollzeitPostdoctoral Researcher in Arithmetic Geometry (salary scale 13 TV-L, 100 %) Nestled in a modern city surrounded by nature and with an exceptional standard of living, Leibniz University Hannover offers excellent working conditions in a vibrant scientific community. The Institute of Algebra, Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics welcomes applications for 4...
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Hanover, Deutschland Leibniz Universität Hannover VollzeitPostdoctoral Researcher in Algebra and Combinatorics (salary scale 13 TV-L, 100 %) Nestled in a modern city surrounded by nature and with an exceptional standard of living, Leibniz University Hannover offers excellent working conditions in a vibrant scientific community. The Institute of Algebra, Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics welcomes applications...
