CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICS (CITA)

CITA NATIONAL POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

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

Become a CITA National Fellow Host

To join CITA as a National Fellow, apply online at

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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