Contact: thomas.backdahl[AT]chalmers.seLocation: Gothenburg, Sweden
We are looking for a Doctoral student at the division Analysis and Probability Theory within the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. The research project is in mathematical general relativity.
In this Doctoral project, you will study the mathematics of general relativity. This includes investigations of quasi-linear PDE systems in strongly curved geometries. Of particular interest are problems related to black holes, their stability, uniqueness, decay of fields around them, details about their geometry etc. This is a highly active field with research groups around the world.
In this project, you will learn to combine modern analysis techniques like Morawetz estimates with Penrose’s Nobel prize winning geometrical insights and formalisms, intricate symmetry operators, spinor techniques and powerful computer algebra tools to efficiently study these problems. A particularly useful technique is to study how different kinds of symmetries can characterize a spacetime and give a manifestly coordinate independent way to measure metric perturbations. The symmetries also yield powerful analysis tools. The nature of the tools also allows broad applicability to other PDE problems.
The research project is funded by the Swedish Research Council and will be supervised by Associate Professor Thomas Backdahl.
We welcome your application no later than 23 February 2026.
For more details about the position, the university, and the application procedure, see the external link.
All applications must be made directly to the university via the external link https://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/work-with-us/vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjob=14448&rmlang=UK.