This position comes with an attractive salary commensurate with other prestigious prize fellowships in physics and astronomy, including full benefits, relocation expenses, and a competitive research budget. Additionally, Vanderbilt University will cover any expenses related to filing work visas for international scholars.

Fellows will have opportunity to collaborate with interdisciplinary research at Vanderbilt Initiative for Gravity, Waves, & Fluids (VandyGRAF), Vanderbilt Initiative in Data-Intensive Astrophysics (VIDA), and Vanderbilt Lunar Labs Initiative. The Department of Physics & Astronomy at Vanderbilt include faculty at the forefront of research in Gravitational Waves (Holley-Bockelmann, Jani, Taylor), Supermassive Black Holes (Holley-Bockelmann, Lupsasca, Runnoe, Taylor), Particle & Nuclear Physics (Greene, Gurrola, Kunnawalkam Elayavalli, Paquet, Velkovska) and Stellar Astrophysics & Exoplanets (Stassun).

Vanderbilt is part of major astronomy and physics collaborations such as LIGO, LISA, NANOGrav, the International Pulsar Timing Array, SDSS, LSST, LHC, CMS, and EHT. The university houses the state-of-the-art Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education (ACCRE) cluster with ~10,000 cores and bleeding-edge GPU resources.

Vanderbilt University engages in significant efforts to increase diversity and equity in STEM through the Fisk-Vanderbilt Bridge Program, as well as our new NSF Research Traineeship Programs, EMIT (Establishing Multi-messenger astronomy Inclusive Training) and NISE (Neurodiversity Inspired Science & Engineering).

Vanderbilt is ranked 13th top university in the United States in the 2023 US News & World Report Rankings. Nashville is ranked amongst the top 25 cities to live in the US, with thriving scenes in music, art, entertainment, education, and technology.

Candidates interested in further details are encouraged to contact Prof. Karan Jani at karan.jani@vanderbilt.edu.