Postdoctoral positions at the Institute of Science and Technology (ISTA)

The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) is a growing international institute for conducting frontier research in mathematics, computer science, and the life and physical sciences. ISTA is located on a beautiful campus on the outskirts of Vienna. We recruit passionate researchers from all over the world and from all fields who support our goals of excellence in research and science management.

The newly established research group of Zoltan Haiman is looking for outstanding, highly motivated postdoctoral researchers with demonstrated research experience in any of the following topics: (i) gravitational wave astronomy with massive and stellar-mass black hole binaries, (ii) the formation and growth of massive black holes, or (iii) weak lensing cosmology.   Prior experience with radiation hydrodynamical or MHD simulations or with time-domain data analysis (topics i and ii) and cosmological simulations or weak lensing inference (topic iii) is especially desirable. The initial appointments will be for one year, with renewal possible for up to four years. The successful candidates will be expected to conduct independent and collaborative research on the topics above, and will be encouraged to interact with other members in ISTA’s growing Astrophysics group (other faculty currently includes Professors Lisa Bugnet, Ilaria Caiazzo, Ylva Götberg and Jorryt Matthee).The candidates will have access to ISTA’s high-performance computational facilities and will be provided with travel and research funds. The expected start date is on or around September 1, 2026.