Postdoctoral Fellow – WVU Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology Future Faculty Fellowship

Submission Information
Publish Date: 
Sunday, December 12, 2021
Archive Date: 
Sunday, February 13, 2022
Job Summary
Job Category: 
Post-doctoral Positions and Fellowships
Institution Classification/Type: 
Large Academic
Institution/Company: 
West Virginia University
Department Name: 
Physics and Astronomy
Street Line 1: 
White Hall Box 6315
City: 
Morgantown
State/Province: 
WV
Zip/Postal: 
26501-6315
Country: 
United States of America
Announcement
Job Announcement Text: 

The Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology (GWAC) at West Virginia University (WVU) invites applicants to apply for the GWAC Future Faculty Postdoctoral Fellowship. This Fellowship was established to support the development of an early career scholar from a group traditionally under-represented in the academy who shows promise as a researcher, mentor, and teacher. The successful candidate will be mentored by GWAC faculty and be supported through numerous professional development activities, with the intent that a successful postdoctoral fellow joins the West Virginia University faculty at the end of the postdoc.

The postdoctoral fellow will carry out a research program that is synergistic with current research activities in the Center that focus on studies of compact objects, the interstellar medium, general relativity, gravitational waves, radio transients, and galaxy formation and evolution. The Center currently consists of nine faculty members, four postdocs, and roughly 20 graduate students. The candidate will also teach one course in their second and third years, closely mentored by Center faculty, and is expected to contribute to outreach and to the Center’s mission of equity and inclusion. 

WVU is a comprehensive land-grant university with roughly 30,000 students. WVU is classified by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education as a Research-Very High Activity Institution. The Department of Physics and Astronomy (http://physics.wvu.edu) consists of 25 tenured and tenure track faculty, two teaching professors, 15 research faculty and postdoctoral researchers, roughly 85 Ph.D. graduate students, and approximately 80 undergraduate physics majors. The largest research areas are condensed matter physics, astrophysics, plasma physics, and physics education. WVU is located roughly 130 miles from the Green Bank Observatory in Green Bank, WV; many astrophysics research and outreach programs make use of the facilities in Green Bank.

For a complete job description and to apply for this position, please visit http://hr.research.wvu.edu and click on the “View Jobs” link; or see https://wvu.taleo.net/careersection/wvu_research/jobdetail.ftl?job=17990...

Qualified applicants should submit a cover letter, statement of research interests (up to 2 pages), statement of teaching philosophy (up to 2 pages), statement describing previous and planned efforts on diversity, equity, and inclusion (up to 2 pages), curriculum vitae, and contact information for three references as part of the application process. The screening process will begin on December 1, 2021, and will continue until the position is filled. 

WVU Research Corp. is an AA/EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability/E-verify compliant employer.

Included Benefits: 
Application Deadline: 
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Current Status of Position: 
Accepting Applicants
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Attention To: 
Maura McLaughlin
Title: 
Professor
Institution/Company: 
West Virginia University
Street Line 1: 
G59 White Hall
City: 
Morgantown
State/Province: 
WV
Zip/Postal Code: 
26506-6315
Country: 
United States of America
Institution/Company Job ID or Reference Code: 
17990
Inquiries About Job
Attention To: 
Maura McLaughlin
Subject: 
Postdoctoral Fellow - GWAC Future Faculty Fellowship