Nominations sought for the position of Director at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

in the area of third generation ground-based gravitational wave observatories.

The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) has an opening for a director and scientific member of the Max Planck Society who should lead our experimental work towards the development of third generation ground-based gravitational wave observatories such as the Einstein Telescope and/or the Cosmic Explorer.

We expect the new director to bring new expertise to the AEI and create a department which either builds on already existing efforts and/or develops new research areas that complement the existing ones at the AEI in Hannover and Potsdam. The new director will be based at the AEI in Hannover.

Max Planck Directors are international leaders in their respective field, pursue an ambitious research agenda within their groups, and lead the institute jointly with their director colleagues. Directors enjoy academic freedom and benefit from a diverse, international, excellent research environment, outstanding infrastructure, and long-term scientific funding.

The Max Planck Society seeks to achieve gender equality and diversity and is particularly interested in appointing excellent woman scientists. The Max Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages nominations of such qualified individuals.

Please send nominations of suitable candidates, including rising stars, to director-search-ET-CE@aei.mpg.de by 15 January 2025. Self-nominations are not accepted. Nominations must include a short description (1 page) of the nominee’s background and most significant scientific accomplishments. All nominations will be treated confidentially.