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 2026-27.

FACULTY & INSTITUTION  CONTACT EMAIL  RESEARCH INTERESTS & WEBSITE
McGill University
For specific inquiries regarding research groups at McGill, please contact the relevant faculty member. For general inquiries regarding holding the fellowship at McGill, please contact Prof. Nicolas Cowan, TSI Fellowships Committee Chair
Professor Email Research Interests / Website
  • Robert Brandenberger
 rhb@physics.mcgill.ca  Website
  • H. Cynthia Chiang
 hsin.chiang@mcgill.ca  Website 
  • Victoria Kaspi
 victoria.kaspi@mcgill.ca  Website
  • Adrian Liu
 acliu@physics.mcgill.ca  Website
  • Katelin Schutz
 katelin.schutz@mcgill.ca  Website
McMaster University
Professor Email Research Interests / Website
  • Sergey Sibiryakov
 sibiryas@mcmaster.ca   Website 
  • James Wadsley
 wadsley@mcmaster.ca  Website
  • Christine Wilson
 wilsoncd@mcmaster.ca  Website
Queen’s University
Professor Email Research Interests / Website
  • Joseph Bramante
 joseph.bramante@queensu.ca  Website
  • Aaron Vincent
 aaron.vincent@queensu.ca  Website
Saint Mary’s University
Professor Email Research Interests / Website
  • Robert Thacker
 robert.thacker@smu.ca  Website
Simon Fraser University
Professor Email Research Interests / Website(s)
  • Joanna Woo
 j_woo@sfu.ca  Website
The University of British Columbia
Professor Email Research Interests / Website
  • Allison Man
 aman@phas.ubc.ca  Website
  • Jeremy Heyl
 heyl@phas.ubc.ca  Website
  • Michelle Kunimoto
 mkuni@phas.ubc.ca  Website
  • Jess McIver
 jess.mciver@ubc.ca  Website
The University of Manitoba
Professor Email Research Interests / Website(s)
  • Tyrone E. Woods
 tyrone.woods@umanitoba.ca  Website
The University of Western Ontario
Professor Email Research Interests / Website
  • Shantanu Basu
 basu@uwo.ca  Website
University of Alberta
Professor Email Research Interests / Website
  • Huanqing Chen
 huanqing.chen@ualberta.ca Website
University of Guelph
Professor Email Research Interests / Website
  • Eric Poisson
 epoisson@uoguelph.ca Website
Université de Montréal
Professor Email Research Interests / Website
  • Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo
 j.larrondo@umontreal.ca  Website
  • Yashar Hezveh
 yashar.hezaveh@umontreal.ca  Website
University of Ottawa
Professor Email Research Interests / Website
  • Rajendra Gupta
 rgupta4@uOttawa.ca  Website
University of Victoria
Professor Email Research Interests / Website
  • Ruobing Dong
 rbdong@uvic.ca Website
  • Sara Ellison
 sarae@uvic.ca Website
  • Falk Herwig
 fherwig@uvic.ca Website
  • Julio Navarro
 jfn@uvic.ca Website
University of Waterloo
Professor Email Research Interests / Website
  • Lisa Dang
 lisa.dang@uwaterloo.ca  Website
  • Niayesh Afshordi
 nafshordi@uwaterloo.ca  Website
  • Mike Hudson
 mike.hudson@uwaterloo.ca  Website
  • Will Percival
 will.percival@uwaterloo.ca  Website
York University
Professor Email Research Interests / Website
  • Matthew Johnson
 matthewj@yorku.ca  Website

Become a CITA National Fellow Host

To join CITA as a National Fellow, 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 2, 2026

Please contact office@cita.utoronto.ca for any inquiries.

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