Applications call for Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Physics at the University of Hong Kong. The Department of Physics calls for the position with the support of the Laboratory for Space Research, to commence as soon as possible for one year, with the possibility of renewal subject to funding availability and satisfactory performance.

Summary

The appointee will work with Dr. Pablo Saz Parkinson, Dr. Stephen C.Y. Ng, and other members of the Department and LSR to pursue research in areas primarily related (but not necessarily limited) to neutron stars, pulsar wind nebulae, supernova remnants, gravitational waves, searches for electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational wave events, multi-wavelength, radio, X-ray, and gamma-ray data analysis.

Inquiries about this Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Hong Kong should be sent to Dr. Pablo Saz Parkinson at [email protected]

Requirements

• Applicants should possess a Ph.D. degree in Physics or equivalent
• Be able to demonstrate a strong research track record including refereed publications in top journals.
• Excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills, and research leadership, the ability to work independently and in a team, and supervise Ph.D. students are essential.
• Applicants with experience in multi-wavelength data analysis from radio to gamma rays (e.g. Chandra, XMM, Swift, AstroSat, HXMT, FAST, GMRT) are highly desirable.
• Those with experience in space-astronomy missions and large ground-based facilities in terms of winning telescope time, and publishing-related papers as well as expertise in gamma-ray astronomy, both with ground-based (e.g. MAGIC, HAWC) and space-based (e.g. Fermi-LAT) instruments would have an advantage.

The University of Hong Kong

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Hong Kong. HKU was also the first university established by the British Empire in East Asia. However, KKU is one of the best universities in Hong Kong and Asia. As of 2020, HKU ranks third in Asia and 22nd internationally by QS, and fourth in Asia and 35th internationally by THE. It is one of the most internationalized universities in the world as well as one of the most prestigious universities in Asia. Today, HKU has ten academic faculties with English as the main language of instruction.

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