I would like to bring attention to an opening for a postdoctoral fellow in my group at Rutgers University in Camden, NJ (Philadelphia metro area).
This one-year position (with opportunity to apply for support for an additional year) will focus on projects in ‘mechanical ecology’ — applying a physical perspective to understand how organisms manipulate their bodies and environments to face challenges — and/or other soft-matter phenomena according to common interests with the applicant.

Find examples of our recent work:
Emergent mechanics of bird-nests (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.198003)
Flow physics in fog capture (https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae077)
Passive ventilation in termite mounds (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1423242112)
Underwater contact formation dynamics (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2104975118)
and more information from our website (https://sites.rutgers.edu/mechanical-ecology-group/)

The ideal applicant would be:
-a mechanics-minded generalist with interests in some combination of physics of solids/fluids/grains/contact, transport phenomena, thermodynamics and optics
-resourceful and self-determined such as to thrive in a small research group with distributed focus
-inclined toward the design and rigorous characterization of custom instruments and table-top apparatus

Those interested should see details of the position and apply here:
https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/245278
Feel free to contact me (h.king@rutgers.edu) for inquiries.

Hunter King
Asst. Prof.
Physics / CCIB
Rutgers University — Camden