UKZN--NAOC Joint Postdoctoral fellowship on Cosmology and Radio astronomy
The key laboratory of computational astrophysics in National Astronomical Observatory (NAOC) of China, and the Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit in University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) invites application for a few joint postdoctoral research fellows in various subjects of astrophysics with emphasis on radio astronomy, cosmology and large-scale structure simulation. The postdoctoral fellowship is within the scheme of South Africa—China collaboration in astronomy and NAOC—UKZN Computational Astrophysics Centre (NUCAC), and will aim to use the large survey projects developing in the two countries to do research. The positions with different research foci are listed below.
| Number of positions | Research areas | Possible projects/research topics to involve | SA collaborators | China collaborators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 |
21-cm cosmology |
MeerKAT, SKA, BINGO, HIRAX, HERA, Tianlai, FAST, 21CMA |
Yin-Zhe Ma, Jon Sievers, Kavilan Moodley (UKZN), Mario Santos (UWC) |
Yi Mao (Tsinghua), Xuelei Chen, Xiang-Ping Wu (NAOC) |
|
2 |
Computational Astrophysics |
Numerical modeling of Galaxy formation, SZ effect, galaxy and 21-cm surveys |
Yin-Zhe Ma, Kavilan Moodley (UKZN), Romeel Dave (UWC) |
Liang Gao, Jie Wang, Qi Guo (NAOC) |
|
1 |
Cosmology with galaxy surveys and theory |
SDSS-III, SDSS-IV, TAIPAN |
Yin-Zhe Ma, Kavilan Moodley (UKZN), Roy Maartens (UWC), Sergio Colafrancesco (Wits) |
Gong-Bo Zhao, Xuelei Chen (NAOC) |
|
1 |
FAST HI and Cosmology and Synergy with SKA-I |
HI survey and intensity mapping, FAST-SKA synergy |
Yin-Zhe Ma, Kavilan Moodley, Jon Sievers (UKZN), Mario Santos (UWC) |
Di Li, Xuelei Chen (NAOC) |