National Fellow Hosts
CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICS (CITA)
CITA NATIONAL POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
As part of its mandate to promote research throughout Canada, the Institute provides partial support for postdoctoral fellows working in theoretical astrophysics or closely related fields at Canadian universities other than the University of Toronto, through the CITA Fellowship Program.
If you are interested in a CITA National Fellowship, please contact any of the following faculty directly by email. Learn more about the research each faculty member does by following the links to their personal websites or checking department websites for details on ongoing research projects.
This list has been updated for competition 2025-26.
| FACULTY & INSTITUTION | CONTACT EMAIL | RESEARCH INTERESTS & WEBSITE |
| Bishop’s University | ||
| Professor | Research Interests | |
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lnelson@ubishops.ca | Compact & Interacting Binaries; Type la supernovae |
| Dalhousie University | ||
| Professor | Research Interests / Website | |
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acoley@dal.ca | http://www.dal.ca/ |
| McGill University For specific inquiries regarding research groups at McGill, please contact the relevant faculty member. For generic inquiries regarding holding the fellowship at McGill, please contact Prof. Adrian Liu, TSI Fellowships Committee Chair |
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| Professor | Research Interests / Website | |
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rhb@physics.mcgill.ca | https://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~rhb/ |
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hsin.chiang@mcgill.ca | http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~chiang/ |
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katelin.schutz@mcgill.ca | https://katelinschutz.com/ |
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nicolas.cowan@mcgill.ca | https://hep.physics.mcgill.ca/~cowan/ |
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victoria.kaspi@mcgill.ca | https://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~vkaspi/ |
| McMaster University | ||
| Professor | Research Interests / Website | |
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ryan.cloutier@mcmaster.ca | https://r-cloutier.github.io |
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sibiryas@mcmaster.ca | https://physics.mcmaster.ca/ |
| Queen’s University | ||
| Professor | Research Interests / Website | |
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joseph.bramante@queensu.ca | https://www.queensu.ca/academia/bramante/ |
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nahee.park@queensu.ca | https://https://www.queensu.ca/physics/people-search/nahee-park |
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widrow@queensu.ca | https://www.queensu.ca/physics/people-search/lawrence-m-widrow |
| Saint Mary’s University | ||
| Professor | Research Interests / Website | |
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marcin.sawicki@smu.ca | https://www.smu.ca/centres-and-institutes/ica.html |
| Simon Fraser University | ||
| Professor | Research Interests / Website(s) | |
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levon_pogosian@sfu.ca | http://www.sfu.ca/~levon/ http://www.sfu.ca/physics/cosmology/ |
| The University of British Columbia | ||
| Professor | Research Interests / Website | |
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aman@phas.ubc.ca | https://phas.ubc.ca/users/allison-man |
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halpern@physics.ubc.ca | https://phas.ubc.ca/astronomy-astrophysics |
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heyl@phas.ubc.ca | https://phas.ubc.ca/users/jeremy-heyl |
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dscott@phas.ubc.ca | https://phas.ubc.ca/users/douglas-scott |
| The University of Manitoba | ||
| Professor | Research Interests / Website(s) | |
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tyrone.woods@umanitoba.ca | Interacting binaries, supermassive black holes, supernovae, Pop III Stars (https://www.tewoods-astro.com/) |
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samar.safi-harb@umanitoba.ca | https://umanitoba.ca/science/physics-and-astronomy https://www.samarsafi-harb.com/ |
| Université de Montréal | ||
| Professor | Research Interests / Website | |
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j.larrondo@umontreal.ca | https://phys.umontreal.ca/accueil/ |
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hezaveh@astro.umontreal.ca | https://ciela.science |
| University of Victoria | ||
| Professor | Research Interests / Website | |
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fherwig@uvic.ca | https://web.uvic.ca/~fherwig/ |
| University of Waterloo | ||
| Professor | Research Interests / Website | |
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mike.hudson@uwaterloo.ca | https://uwaterloo.ca/scholar/mjhudson |
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nafshordi@uwaterloo.ca | https://nafshordi.com |
Interested applicants should apply online at https://icat.cita.utoronto.ca/pdf
Application instructions:
- Check off the Fellowship you are interested in applying to.
- You are required to submit a CV, research statement and arrange for three letters of recommendation.
Deadline to apply: November 4, 2024
Please contact office@cita.utoronto.ca for any inquiries.
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