Job Postings for 2021

Welcome to the 2021 rumor mill. It is once again time to start keeping track of this year's openings.

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Field Location Position Deadline Short List Offer made
Experimental quantum technology University of Hamburg, Germany Tenured Professor Apr. 14, 2022
Quantum computing theory/algorithms | Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany Tenured Professor Mar. 24. 2023
AMO (experiment and theory) University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Research Scientist March 31, 2022 (until filled)
Quantum Algorithms Michigan State University, East Lansing Assistant Professor Open Until Filled
Quantum information processing University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ Assistant and Associate Professor Open Until Filled
Experimental Condense Matter Physics University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC Assistant Professor Dec 20, 2021 Laura Kim, Yonglong Xie, Evegeny Mikheev, Na-Hyun Jo, Yinyu Liu, Wei Zhang Wei Zhang (accepted)
Theoretical Condensed Matter Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN Assistant Professor Nov 15, 2021
Condensed Matter Theory, Quantum Materials University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY Assistant Professor Dec 15, 2021
Condensed Matter Theory (quantum) University of California, Irvine Assistant Professor Dec 20, 2021
Applied physics and Quantum Information Princeton University, ECE Department Assistant Professor Dec 31, 2021 Annabelle Bohrdt, Ramyad Hadidi, Narayanan Rengaswamy, Giulia Semeghini, Valentin Kasper, Sarang Gopalakrishnan, Matteo Ippoliti Sarang Gopalakrishnan (accepted)
Condensed matter theory/experiment IST Austria Assistant/Full Professor Oct. 29, 2021 Giulia Semeghini
Theoretical Physics Princeton University, Physics Department Assistant Professor Nov. 15, 2021
AMO experiment University of Oklahoma Open Rank Nov. 12, 2021
Quantum Engineering Th or Expt (two positions) Rice University Electrical Engineering Assistant Professor Jan. 15, 2022 Kevin Slagle, Matteo Ippoliti (declined)
Quantum Physics Experiment (two positions) Rice University Physics & Astronomy Assistant Professor Jan. 1, 2022 Christie Chiu, Fangyuan Yang, Nathan Schine, Yonglong Xie, Giulia Semeghini, Joonhee Choi, Evgeny Mikheev Yonglong Xie
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Stanford University Assistant Professor Dec. 1, 2021 Trithep Devakul
Quantum, Topological, and Nano Materials EPFL Assistant Professor Dec. 1, 2021 Marta De Luca, Gregor Jotzu, Hannah Stern, Hendrik Utztat
Condensed Matter Theory University of Texas at Austin Assistant Professor Dec. 6, 2021 Matteo Ippoliti (accepted)
Solid State / Condensed Matter / Materials Science University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Assistant / Associate / Full Professor Nov. 1, 2021 Andrew O'Hara, Gregory Guisbiers, Jens Neu, Rui He, Xuan Zhou Xuan Zhou (accepted)
Open (including AMO, CM, QIS) Cal Tech Assistant Professor (tenure-track) Nov. 15, 2021 Nathan Schine, Linda Ye, Yonglong Xie, Max Hirschberger Linda Ye (accepted)
A.I. for Quant. Materials/Quant. Information Theory University of Florida Assistant Professor Nov. 1, 2021
Condensed matter theory Florida State University and National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee Assistant Professor Nov 29, 2021 Jie Wang, Xueda Wen, Pavel Volkov, Louk Rademaker, Mengxing Ye, Chunjing Jia, Zhiyuan Sun, Cyprian Lewandowski Cyprian Lewandowski (accepted)
AMO / Quantum Theory / General University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Assistant Professor Nov 1, 2021 Na-Hyun Jo, Felix Ringer, Valentin Walther Na-Hyun Jo (accepted)
Theoretical materials science / superconductors University of Rochester Assistant Professor Oct 15, 2021 (until filled)
Quantum theory University of Rochester Open rank Oct. 1, 2021
AMO experiment University of California, Berkeley Assistant Professor Nov 8th, 2021 Nancy Aggarwal (Northwestern), Ciprian Gal (Stony Brook), Elise Novitski (U. Washington), Jonathan Ouellet (MIT), Shimon Kolkowitz (Wisconsin ), Giulia Semeghini (Harvard), Luke Caldwell (JILA, Colorado ), Christie Chiu (Princeton)
Condensed matter experiment Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Assistant Professor Nov. 12, 2021 Jonah Waissman, Kayla Nguyen, Sufei Shi, Shouvik Chatterjee, Brian Kim, Yonglong Xie Yonglong Xie
Condensed matter theory Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Assistant Professor Nov. 12, 2021 Cyprian Lewandowski, Shubhayu Chatterjee, Jong Yeon Lee, Mengxing Ye Shubhayu Chatterjee (accepted)
Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter Physics University of Alabama at Birmingham Assistant Professor Nov. 30, 2021
Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Physics Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK Assistant Professor Dec. 1, 2021
Condensed matter experiment Baylor University, Waco, TX Assistant Professor Oct. 30, 2021
Condensed matter and AMO experiment New York University Assistant Professor Nov. 8, 2021 Laura Kim, Hongchao Xie, Shannon Harvey, Yinyu Liu, Evgeny Mikheev, Sergio de la Barrera, Yonglong Xie, Nathan Schine, Roman Kuzmin Yonglong Xie
Condensed Matter / AMO / Quantum Information experiment University of Southern California Assistant Professor Nov. 1, 2021 Nathan Schine, Yunqiu Kelly Luo, Xinwei Li, Dafei Jin Yunqiu Kelly Luo (accepted)
Formal theory / Condensed Matter University of Washington Assistant Professor Oct. 1, 2021 Justin Kaidi (accepted), Isabel Garcia Garcia (accepted), Gustavo Turiaci (accepted), Matteo Ippoliti (declined)
Quantum Science: Condensed Matter/AMO/QIS Georgia Tech Open Rank (Assistant Prof. Preferred) Nov. 8, 2021 Yinyu Liu, Joonhee Choi, Emine Altuntas, Hailong Wang offer made
Condensed Matter/Materials California State University San Bernardino Assistant Professor Nov. 1, 2021
Condensed Matter/Theory University of Connecticut Assistant Professor Dec. 1, 2021
Experimental physics (incl. CM/AMO) Santa Clara University Assistant Professor Oct. 25, 2021 Akshay Pattabi, Daniel Tennant, Toshi Shimasaki, Matthias Ikeda
Physics (emph Quantum) University of Chicago Assistant Professor Nov. 5, 2021 Eyal Karzbrun, Annabelle Bohrdt, Elizabeth Jerison, Luca Delacretaz, Xiaomeng Liu, Yonglong Xie, Karri DiPetrillo, Alexandra Tayar Karri DiPetrillo (accepted), Luca Delacretaz (accepted), Elizabeth Jerison (accepted), Keisuke Harigaya (offered last year, accepted)
Theoretical Condensed Matter and High Energy Physics (three positions) University of Utah Assistant Professor Nov. 15, 2021
Quantum Materials Experiment Yale University Assistant Professor Nov. 19 2021
Experimental Optics and Photonics Yale University Assistant Professor open until filled Laura Kim, Logan Wright, Xu Yi, Kai Wang Logan Wright (accepted)
Theoretical Quantum Information Science and/or Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Open Rank Dec. 1, 2021 Matteo Ippoliti, Valentin Walther, Trithep Devakul, Shubhayu Chatterjee Matteo Ippoliti (declined)
Experimental Condensed Matter University of Cincinnati Open Rank Dec. 6, 2021
Experimental 2D quantum materials Montana State University, MonArk Quantum Foundry Staff scientist open until filled
Nanodevices and nanosystems University of Pennsylvania Open Rank Dec. 15, 2021
Quantum Information Science and Engineering University of Washington Assistant Professor Dec. 1, 2021
Theoretical/computational Materials Chemistry University of California Santa Cruz Assistant Professor Nov 15 2021 for full consideration
Experimental Soft Condensed Matter and Biological Physics Brown University Assistant Professor Dec 31, 2021
AMO/QIS/CM/Bio (open) Penn State Open Nov. 15, 2021 Yunqiu (Kelly) Luo, Giulia Semeghini, Carsten Robens, Shubhayu Chatterjee, Matteo Ippoliti Matteo Ippoliti (declined), Shubhayu Chatterjee (declined)
Experimental CM/Quantum Materials and Information University of Denver Assistant Professor reviewing now, Jan. 15, 2022 for full consideration Pankaj Jha, Mojammel Khan, Yishu Wang, Pavel Salev
Quantum Information Science, Theory or Experiment University of Toronto Assistant Professor Jan. 10, 2022
Quantum Information Science, Theory or Experiment University of Toronto Associate or Full Professor Jan. 10, 2022
Physics and Chemistry of Quantum Materials University of Toronto Assistant Professor Dec. 15, 2021
Experimental Quantum Condensed Matter University of Toronto Assistant Professor Dec. 15, 2021 Offer made
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Quantum Information Science University of Kansas Assistant Professor Dec. 13, 2021 offer made
Experiment or Theoretical Condensed Matter - Broad Search University of Minnesota Duluth Assistant Professor Nov. 10, 2021
Quantum Materials/Information (2 Experimental + 1 Theory) University of Tennessee, Knoxville Assistant Professor Jan. 10, 2022 Yishu Wang (accepted) Yang Zhang
Data Science (2 positions) - computational physics, may include quantum AI University of Massachusetts Boston Assistant Professor Dec 17, 2021
Open (including CME, CMT, AMO, QIS) Arizona State University Assistant Professor Dec 17, 2021
Materials Physics (current interests include energy materials, 2D materials, and quantum materials) Binghamton University Assistant Professor Review begins on Dec. 17, 2021 and continues until the position is filled Zhong Lin (accepted)
Quantum Science and Technology (exp. or theory) McGill University Assistant Professor Review begins Jan. 4 2022 and continues until the position is filled Danqing Wang, Christian Sanner, Frédéric Bouchard, Kai Wang, Nathan Schine, Nancy Aggarwal Kai Wang (accepted)
Quantum Science and Technology (exp) Tel Aviv University Assistant Professor Jan 1st, 2022
Theoretical Quantum Information Science Virginia Tech Open Rank Dec 3, 2021
Theoretical Quantum Optics or Condensed Matter Queen's University Assistant Professor Dec 31, 2021
Quantum Information Science and Engineering (Experiment or Theory - multiple positions) University of Pennsylvania Open Rank Jan 1, 2022 Matteo Ippoliti, Gushu Li, Joonhee Choi, Luis Pedro Garcia Pintos, Giulia Semeghini, Davide Girolami Gushu Li(accepted)
Quantum Information Science, Theory Los Alamos National Laboratory Staff Scientist open until filled
Experimental Condensed Matter/Materials Louisiana State University Assistant or Associate Professor open until filled Álvaro Jiménez-Galán, Yishu Wang, Ludi Miao
Experiment (open) Cornell Assistant Professor Jan. 15, 2022 Danqing Wang, Maria Mukhina, Giulia Semeghini, David Jacobson Ankit Disa (accepted)
Condensed Matter University of Wisconsin Assistant Professor Jan. 15, 2022 Ilya Esterlis, Bin Yan, Jonah Waissman, Yunqiu Kelly Luo, Ben Wieder, Shubhayu Chatterjee Roman Kuzmin (Accepted)
Quantum Science and Information University of Maryland Open rank Feb. 1, 2022 Nathan Schine (Accepted), Andrey Gromov (Accepted)
Quantum Information Science and Technology (Experiment) Stony Brook University Assistant Professor Jan 24, 2022
Quantum science (theory) University of Chicago All ranks open until filled
Experimental Condensed Matter University of Notre Dame Assistant Professor Dec. 31, 2021 Alberto de la Torre Duran, Xiang Li, Adrian Gozar, Hongchao Xie, Petr Stepanov Petr Stepanov (accepted)
Quantum Information Science - Physics & Chemistry Purdue University Assistant Professor Dec. 15, 2021
Quantum Materials and Technologies University of Nebraska-Lincoln Assistant Professor Dec. 01, 2021 Dmitry Ovchinnikov, Yunqiu Kelly Luo, Zhong Lin, Hongchao Xie, Gang Qiu Offer made
Quantum Condensed Matter Experiment Northeastern University Assistant Professor Dec. 08, 2021 Yonglong Xie, Yishu Wang, Sergio de la Barrera, Yunqiu Kelly Luo, Alberto de la Torre Duran, Xiang Li Yishu Wang (declined), Alberto de la Torre Duran (accepted)
Theoretical Condensed Matter KTH The Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm Assistant Professor Apr. 11, 2022