Contact: daniele.malafarina[AT]nu.edu.kzLocation: Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Postdoctoral position at the Physics department of Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan (KZ), starting from 2022 (as early as January, if possible). The position is for one year, renewable up to two more years depending on availability of funds. The salary is expected to be 2.500USD per month (minus 20% of taxes). Housing apartments on campus are available for about 300USD per month.
Nazarbayev University (NU) is a relatively new institute, funded in 2010, that aims at becoming a leading research university in Central Asia. Most of the faculty and researchers at NU are foreigners, which makes for an interesting international community, and all teaching and research is done in English.
Candidates should have expertise and previous research in classical GR, exact solutions of Einstein’s equations and black hole physics.
Applicants can send their cv including list of publications and research interests to daniele.malafarina[AT]nu.edu.kz
Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a zoom interview.
Letters of recommendation will be asked only from shortlisted candidates.
Consideration for applications will start on November 15th, 2021 and will continue until the position is filled.