National Fellowship

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 by email or check department websites for further research projects and details.

FACULTY & INSTITUTION  CONTACT EMAIL  RESEARCH INTERESTS & WEBSITE
Bishop’s University
Professor Email Research Interests
  • Lorne Nelson
 lnelson@ubishops.ca  Compact & Interacting Binaries; Type la supernovae
Ciela Institute at the University of Montreal 
Professor Email Website
  • Yashar Hezaveh
 hezaveh@astro.umontreal.ca https://ciela.science 
Dalhouse University
Professor Email Website
  • Alan Coley
 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
Professor Email Website
  • Adrian Liu
 adrian.liu2@mcgill.ca  https://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~acliu/ 
  • Eve J Lee
 eve.lee@mcgill.ca  https://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~evelee/ 
  • H. Cynthia Chiang
 hsin.chiang@mcgill.ca  http://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~chiang/ 
  • Jonathan Le Roy Sievers
 jonathan.sievers@mcgill.ca https://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~sievers/
  • Katelin Schutz
 katelin.schutz@mcgill.ca  https://katelinschutz.com/ 
  • Nicolas B. Cowan
 nicolas.cowan@mcgill.ca   https://hep.physics.mcgill.ca/~cowan/
  • Victoria Kaspi
 victoria.kaspi@mcgill.ca  https://www.physics.mcgill.ca/~vkaspi/ 
McMaster University
Professor Email Website
  • Sergey Sibiryakov
 sibiryas@mcmaster.ca   https://physics.mcmaster.ca/ 
Saint Mary’s University
Professor Email Website
  • Marcin Sawicki
 marcin.sawicki@smu.ca  https://www.smu.ca/centres-and-institutes/ica.html
Simon Fraser University
Professor Email Website(s)
  • Levon Pogosian
 levon_pogosian@sfu.ca  http://www.sfu.ca/~levon/
http://www.sfu.ca/physics/cosmology/
The University of British Columbia
Professor Email Website
  • Allison Man
 aman@phas.ubc.ca  https://phas.ubc.ca/users/allison-man 
  • Mark Halpern
 halpern@physics.ubc.ca  https://phas.ubc.ca/astronomy-astrophysics
The University of Manitoba
Professor Email Website(s)
  • Tyrone E. Woods
 tyrone.woods@umanitoba.ca https://www.tewoods-astro.com/
  • Samar Safi-Harb
 samar.safi-harb@umanitoba.ca  https://umanitoba.ca/science/physics-and-astronomy
https://www.samarsafi-harb.com/
Université de Montréal
Professor Email Website
  • Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo
 j.larrondo@umontreal.ca  https://phys.umontreal.ca/accueil/ 
University of Victoria
Professor Email Website
  • Sara Ellison
 sarae@uvic.ca  https://www.astro.uvic.ca/~sara/ 
  • Julio Navarro
 jfn@uvic.ca www.phys.uvic.ca
University of Waterloo Centre For Astrophysics
Professor Email Website
  • Mike Hudson
 mike.hudson@uwaterloo.ca   

https://uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-centre/ 
  • Niayesh Afshordi
 nafshordi@uwaterloo.ca 
  • Will Percival
 will.percival@uwaterloo.ca 
Western University
Professor Email Website
  • Shantanu Basu
 basu@uwo.ca  http://physics.uwo.ca/ 

 

 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 6, 2023

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

 

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 To ensure your full inclusion throughout the recruitment/hiring process, please reach out to office@cita.utoronto.ca