Contact: gkhanna[AT]uri.eduLocation: Kingston, RI, USA
The University of Rhode Island (URI) is hiring a tenure-track, assistant professor position in the broad area of gravitational wave astrophysics (theory, data analysis, or computational).
URI runs a regional gravity research consortium (uri.edu/gravity) with UMass Dartmouth that includes Sarah Caudill (UMassD), Rob Coyne (URI), Scott Field (UMassD), Bob Fisher (UMassD), Doug Gobeille (URI), Gaurav Khanna (URI/UMassD), Michael Puerrer (URI) and Vijay Varma (UMassD). URI is a member of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration, Cosmic Explorer and LISA. The group has ~ 20 top notch PhD students and is rapidly growing into one of the biggest GW groups in the US.
URI’s main campus is situated in a great spot in coastal New England, offering plenty of sunshine, water and seafood. The main campus is near the RI south-coast, and well-connected to Providence, Boston and NYC by car, bus and train.