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| Field | Location | Position | Deadline | Short list | Offer made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical Solid State Physics | University of Innsbruck | Full Professor | April 19, 2024 | ||
| Experimental Physics | Thomas More University | Assistant Professor | March 27, 2024 (rolling) | ||
| Quantum Materials | University of Calgary | Assistant Professor | March 15, 2024 | ||
| Quantum Sensing | University of Calgary | Assistant Professor | March 1, 2024 | ||
| Quantum Physics and Photonics | UNAM (Mexico) | Assistant Professor | Friday, April 26, 2024 | ||
| Quantum Computing and Engineering | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Open Rank | N/A | ||
| Theoretical or Experimental Condensed Matter Physics | Wisconsin Madison | Assistant Professor | December 31, 2023 | listed as filled (Elio König) | |
| (mainly) Experimental AMO | The University of Arizona | Open Rank/TBD | N/A | Cristian Panda (accepted) | |
| Experimental Condensed Matter Physics | University of Delaware | Assistant Professor | December 1, 2023 (review begins) | Wenjin Zhao | |
| Solid-State Physics | Appalachian State University | Assistant Professor | November 1, 2023 (evaluation begins) | ||
| Quantum Condensed Matter Theory | Brown University | Assistant Professor | November 30, 2023 | Aaron Hui | |
| Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics | Université Paris Cité, Paris, France | Assistant Professor | February, 2024 (TBD) | ||
| Quantum Algorithms | University of Calgary | Assistant Professor | January 2, 2024 | ||
| Quantum Communications (2 positions) | University of Calgary | Assistant Professor | January 2, 2024 | ||
| Quantum Devices | University of Calgary | Assistant Professor | January 2, 2024 | ||
| Experimental condensed matter physics | Princeton University | Assistant Professor | November 11, 2023 | Aviram Uri, Zhurun Ji, Shaowen Chen | Elmer Guardado-Sanchez |
| Quantum Information | University of Waterloo (IQC) | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | December 1, 2023 | In person interviews: Aziza Suleymanzade, Ceren B. Dag, Leo Zhou, Ivana Dimitrova … | |
| Astrophysics, Quantum Matter, Photonics, Biophysics, and Soft Matter | University of Waterloo (Physics and Astronomy Dept.) | December 1, 2023 | In person interviews: Jiang-Xiazi Lin, Fabian Grusdt, Annabelle Bohrdt, Zhujun Shi… | ||
| Theoretical Quantum Science | Harvard University | Tenured Professor | January 15, 2024 | Bowen Shi, Jordan Cotler, … | Jordan Cotler (accepted) |
| Theoretical physics + AI | University of Maryland | Assistant Professor or higher | December 10, 2023 (applications remain open) | ||
| Experimental Quantum Condensed Matter Physics | University of Maryland | Assistant Professor or higher | December 1, 2023 (applications remain open) | interviews done | |
| Joint Faculty Position in Computer & Communication Sciences and Basic Sciences | Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) | Assistant Professor | Ivana Dimitrova, … | ||
| Quantum Information Science (Multiple Positions) | Purdue University | Assistant Professor | January 5, 2024 | In-person interview scheduled. Tyler Ellison, Michal Papaj, Mit Naik, Lee Liu, Leo Zhou, Shaowen Chen, Yihang Zeng, Ceren B. Dag, Ahana Chakraborty, Niklas Mueller… | Tyler Ellison ,Yihang Zeng |
| Quantum Information Science (Multiple Positions) | Purdue University | Associate Professor | January 5, 2024 | ||
| Computational Quantum Sciences (Joint between NYU Physics and Computer Science, Courant Institute) | New York University, http://apply.interfolio.com/136685 | Tenure-track, Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | January 1, 2024 | ||
| Computational Condensed Matter Theory | University of California San Diego (UCSD) | Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) | November 30, 2023 (for full consideration) | ||
| Experimental Condensed Matter Physics | University of Notre Dame | Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) | December 15, 2023 (extended from Nov 15) | Christian Heide | offer made, not yet accepted |
| Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics | University of Notre Dame | Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) | December 15, 2023 (extended from Nov 15) | Yinong Zhou, Kateryna Foyevtsova | |
| Physics and Materials under Extreme Conditions | University of Alabama at Birmingham | Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) | December 15, 2023 (review begins and continues until filled) | ||
| Experimental Condensed Matter Physics | University of South Carolina | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | December 1, 2023 | ||
| Condensed Matter/Quantum Materials Theory | University of Houston | Assistant/Associate Professor (tenure-track) | December 1, 2023 | ||
| Condensed-Matter and Materials Theory | University of California Santa Cruz | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | January 2, 2024 | Zoom interviews scheduled, search stopped | |
| Experimental Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | December 4, 2023 (open until filled) | Elmer Guardado-Sanchez, Ivana Dimitrova, … | Jennifer Volk (accepted) |
| Quantum Information Science Theory | Stony Brook University | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | November 20, 2023 (for full consideration) | Nathanan Tantivasadakarn, Federica Surace, Leo Zhou, … | Nathanan Tantivasadakarn (accepted) |
| Theoretical Quantum Physics and Machine Learning | University of Alberta | Assistant Professor; CIFAR AI and QHA Chair | December 15, 2023 | ||
| Biophysics and Machine Learning | University of Alberta | Assistant Professor; CIFAR AI Chair | December 15, 2023 | ||
| Computational Physics/Data Science | Colorado State University | Assistant/Associate Professor (tenure-track) | November 19, 2023 (for full consideration) | ||
| Experimental Condensed Matter | Colorado State University | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | December 4, 2023 (for full consideration) | zoom interviews scheduled | |
| Quantum Engineering | Rice University | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | January 15, 2024 | Daniel G. Suárez-Forero, Haoning Tang, Mo Chen… | Srujan Meesala (accepted) |
| Quantum Theory | Rice University | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | December 15, 2023 | Shortlist | |
| Quantum Experiment | Rice University | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | December 15, 2023 | Elmer Guardado-Sanchez, Ivana Dimitrova,… | |
| Experimental Condensed Matter Physics | MIT | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | December 1st, 2023 (for full consideration) | In-person interview in process. Zhurun Ji, Dan Rizzo, Harris Pirie, Aviram Uri | Zhurun Ji (accepted) |
| Theoretical Quantum Condensed Matter Physics | University of Toronto | Assistant Professor (tenure-stream) | December 14, 2023 | ||
| Experimental/Theoretical Condensed Matter/Biophysics | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) (3 positions) | November 20th, 2023 (for full consideration) | ||
| Experimental Quantum Science | Johns Hopkins University | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | December 15, 2023 (for full consideration) | Ivana Dimitrova, Zhenjie Yan, Bryan Changala, Harry Levine, Xing Fan, Aziza Suleymanzade | |
| Experimental Condensed Matter Physics or Optics | Emory University | Assistant Professor | December 15 (for full consideration) | Shaowen Chen, Yihang Zeng, Zhengguang Lu, Jiangxiazi Lin, Joyce Yue Jiang | Jiang-Xiazi Lin (accepted) |
| Open (experiment or theory) | Arizona State University | Assistant/Associate Professor (tenure-track) | November 15, 2023 (for full consideration, open until filled) | Zoom | |
| XFEL Science (experiment or theory) | Arizona State University | Assistant/Associate Professor (tenure-track) | November 15, 2023 (for full consideration, open until filled) | Zoom interviews done | |
| Nanoelectronics/Photonics, Quantum Computing, Quantum Materials/Devices | University of Rochester (ECE) | Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) | December 1, 2023 | Christian Heide, Jennifer Volk, Zhexin Zhao, Shan Lin, Lisha Chen, Jiang-Xiazi Lin | offer made |
| Experimental Quantum Condensed Matter Physics | University of Kentucky | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | December 1, 2023 | Zoom | |
| Experimental Condensed Matter Physics | Florida State University | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | November 30, 2023 | In person interviews scheduled. Lu Chen, Zhengguang Lu, Dan Rizzo, Christian Heide | Zhengguang Lu (accepted), He Zhao (accepted), Lukasz Dusanowski (accepted), Christian Heide (accepted) |
| Quantum Science Experiment | Florida State University | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (tenure-track) | October 15, 2023 (review begins and continues until filled) | In person interviews scheduled (in coordination with CMP search). Yihang Zeng, Shaowen Chen, Li He | |
| Experimental Phyiscs | Texas A&M | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (tenure-track) | November 2, 2023 | Christian Heide, … | |
| Quantum Science Theory | Florida State University | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (tenure-track) | October 15, 2023 (review begins and continues until filled) | In person interviews scheduled: Tyler Ellison, Yanzhu Chen, Andre Erpenbeck, Michal Papaj | Tyler Ellison, Yanzhu Chen (accepted) |
| Condensed Matter Theory | Michigan State University (MSU) | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (tenure-track) | December 12, 2023 | Philip Crowley, Ilya Esin, Shouvik Sur, Jiabin Yu, Shu (Suzy) Zhang | |
| Experimental precision measurements/particle physics | Harvard University | Assistant Professor | November 20, 2023 | Chiara Salemi, … | Xing Fan (accepted), Stefan Knirck (accepted) |
| Quantum Science/Experimental Condensed Matter | University of Denver | Assistant Professor | Jan. 1, 2024 (for full consideration) | Zoom interview done | |
| Quantum Science Experiment | JILA | Assistant Professor | Nov. 19, 2023 | Aziza Suleymanzade, .. | |
| Quantum Science Experiment | Caltech | Assistant Professor | Nov. 6, 2023 | Aziza Suleymanzade, Harry Levine | |
| Experimental Condensed Matter Physics | University of Illinois Urbana Champaign | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (tenure-track) | November 17, 2023 (review begins and continues until filled) | In-person interviews scheduled. Xianghan Xu, Geoffrey Diederich, Lu Chen, Daniel Rizzo, Shaowen Chen | Lu Chen |
| Condensed Matter Theory | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Assistant Professor | November 15, 2023 | In person interview process is on going: Han Ma, Oliver Hart, Hart Goldman, Jonathan Curtis, Philip Crowley, Junyeong Ahn | Junyeong Ahn |
| Open (Biophysics, Optics, Quantum, Materials) | Cornell University | Assistant Professor | November 15, 2023 | Nick Rivera, Haoning Tang | Nick Rivera (accepted) |
| Experimental Condensed Matter / Materials Physics | UT Austin | Assistant Professor | November 27, 2023 | Shua Sanchez, Shaowen Chen, Yihang Zeng, He Zhao… | |
| Theoretical Condensed Matter / Materials Physics | UT Austin | Assistant Professor | November 12, 2023 | Junyeong Ahn, Dan Mao, Chunxiao Liu, Mit Naik, Daniel Guerci, Di Luo | Junyeong Ahn (accepted), Mit Naik (accepted), Di Luo |
| Theoretical Physics | Stanford University | Assistant Professor | November 1, 2023 | Jeongwan Haah (tenured, accepted); Geoff Penington; Oliver Philcox | |
| Quantum/Soft Physics Theory/Experiment | IST Austria | Assistant/Full Professor | October 25, 2023 | Aziza Suleymanzade, … | Aziza Suleymanzade (declined), Veronika Sunko (accepted), Julian Leonard (accepted) |
| Theoretical Quantum Information Science | UMBC | Assistant Professor | January 15, 2024 | Fabio Anza, Yanzhu Chen, Jose d'Incao, Aaron Friedman, Ziwen Huang | Fabio Anza (accepted) |
| Experimental Quantum Information Science | UMBC | Assistant Professor | November 15, 2023 | Daniel G. Suárez-Forero,… | Daniel G. Suárez-Forero (accepted) |
| Experimental Condensed Matter Physics | UMBC | Assistant Professor | November 15, 2023 | zoom interviews scheduled | Geoffrey Diederich (accepted) |
| Experimental Physics (2 positions) | Illinois Wesleyan University | Assistant Professor | Not provided | ||
| Quantum Algorithms for Chemistry | University of Copenhagen | Assistant Professor | August 6, 2023 | ||
| Condensed Matter Theory | KU Leuven | Assistant/Associate Professor | September 14, 2023 | ||
| Experimental physics | Fairfield University | Assistant Professor | October 15, 2023 | ||
| Open | Bates College | Assistant Professor | November 1, 2023 | ||
| Experimental Biophysics | Case Western Reserve University | Assistant Professor | November 1, 2023 | ||
| Computational Condensed Matter / Materials Physics | Boston College | Assistant Professor | November 1, 2023 | Mit Naik | |
| Condensed Matter | Villanova University | Assistant Professor | November 1, 2023 | On-campus interviews underway | Vasilis Rokaj (accepted) |
| Experimental Condensed Matter Physics | Rutgers University | Assistant Professor | December 1, 2023 | Christian Heide | Shaowen Chen |
| Experimental Condensed Matter and Quantum Physics | Boston University | Assistant Professor | November 1, 2023 | In-person interviews scheduled | |
| Theoretical AMO/QISE Physics | William & Mary | Assistant Professor | December 1, 2023 | In-person interviews scheduled; D'Incao, Ahana Chakraborty, Stuart Masson, Izabella Lovas, Gregory Bentsen, Yanzhu Chen, Ebubechukwu ILO-OKEKE | Ahana Chakraborty: Offered(declined) |
| Experimental Condensed Matter Physics (multiple positions) | University of Utah | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | November 17, 2023 | Shaowen Chen, Md Shafayat Hossain, Geoffrey Diederich, Yinming Shao, Xinxin Cai, Lu Chen, | |
| Experimental Quantum Information Science | University of Southern California | Assistant Professor | November 13, 2023 | L. Anderegg, Kevin Singh, Aziza Suleymanzade,… | Loïc Anderegg (accepted) |
| Experimental Quantum Information and Quantum Materials | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Assistant Professor | October 16, 2023 (open until filled) | In-person interviews done. Ivana Dimitrova, Lukasz Dusanowski, Wenjin Zhao, Yihang Zeng, Mo Chen, Yue (Joyce) Jiang, Harry Levine | |
| Open (Condensed Matter, Biophysics, Gravity/Astro) | Wake Forest University | Assistant Professor | November 1, 2023 | Alejandro Cárdenas Avendaño, Jiang-Xiazi Lin, Emilie Huffman, Samantha Barrick | Emilie Huffman |
| Biophysics (Physics of Living Systems) | Georgia Institute of Technology | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | November 15, 2023 | Offer made | |
| Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Physics | Georgia Institute of Technology | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (2 positions) | November 15, 2023 | ||
| Quantum Information Science - Physics | UC Berkeley | Assistant Professor | November 13, 2023 | Chiara Salemi, Loïc Anderegg, Kevin Singh, Aziza Suleymanzade | Harry Levine (accepted), Aziza Suleymanzade (accepted), Chiara Salemi (accepted), Victoria Xu (accepted) |
| Quantum Science and Technology | University of Michigan | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | October 15, 2023 | Harry Levine, Shankari Rajagopal, Leo Zhou, … | Shankari Rajagopal (accepted) |
| Condensed matter theory | Iowa State University | Assistant Professor | November 30, 2023 | Tamaghna Hazra, Jiabin Yu, Junyeong Ahn, Shu (Suzy) Zhang, Pontus Laurell, Chandan Setty | Chandan Setty |
| Theory of time resolved ultrafast dynamics/spectroscopy of quantum materials | Louisiana State University | Assistant/Associate Professor | November 1, 2023 or until filled | In-person interviews scheduled; Ahana Chakraborty, Iliya Esin, Fangzhou Zhao, Patricia Vandel Zandbergen | Ahana Chakraborty (accepted) |
| Experimental or Theoretical Quantum Optics/Photonics, Ultrafast, Materials | Penn State University | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | December 1, 2023 | Yinming Shao, Carlos Blanco, Haoning Tang… | |
| Experimental Condensed Matter Physics and 2D Quantum Materials (bilingual French/English) | University of Ottawa, Canada | Assistant/Associate Professor | December 4, 2023 | ||
| Experimental Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics | Oklahoma State University | Assistant Professor - Tenure Track | January 10, 2024 or until filled | ||
| Experimental quantum engineering-ECE | University of Southern California | tenured and tenure-track positions | January 15, 2024 | ||
| Open: 2 positions with priorities including Applied Physics and Quantum Devices/Information (Theory and Experiment) | University of British Columbia | Assistant Professor (2) | November 30, 2023 | In person interviews scheduled | |
| Quantum Information Theory | Northeastern University | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | October 30, 2023 | ||
| Experimental Condensed Matter | Clemson University | Assistant Professor (2) | Dec 1, 2023 | zoom interviews scheduled | |
| Theoretical Condensed Matter | Auburn University | Assistant Professor | December 1, 2023 | ||
| Computational Materials Physics | University of Florida | Assistant Professor | December 1, 2023 | Zoom interviews done | |
| Experimental or Theoretical QIS | Ohio State University | Assistant/Associate Professor | December 1, 2023 | Kevin Singh … | Kevin Singh (accepted) |
| Experimental Electronics Physics | Ohio State University | Assistant/Associate Professor | December 1, 2023 | In person interviews scheduled: Ryo Noguchi, Christian Heide, Shaowen Chen, Jyoti Katoch … | offer made |
| Computational Physics, with a focus on Machine Learning and Quantum Physics/Biophysics | University of Massachusetts Boston | Assistant Professor | January 5, 2024 | D'Incao,… | |
| Quantum Physics Experiment | University of Pittsburgh | Assistant Professor | December 31, 2023 | In person interviews scheduled: Kevin Singh, Mihir Pendharkar, Xianjing Zhou, Yue Jiang, Shannon Harvey | Yue (Joyce) Jiang (accepted) |
| Quantum Materials | Carnegie Mellon University | Assistant/Associate Professor | November 1, 2023 | In person interviews: Juan Chamorro, Grace Pan, Felix Hensling, … | Juan Chamorro (accepted), Grace Pan, … |
| Experimental Photonics | Utah State University | Assistant Professor | January 8, 2024 or until filled | ||
| Quantum Information Experiment and Theory | University of Pennsylvania | Open rank | Dec. 1, 2023 | offer made | |
| Quantum Computing Architectures/Systems; Electronic/Photonic Devices | Cornell ECE | Tenured/Tenure-track positions | Dec. 15, 2023 | Zoom interviews done | |
| Condensed Matter Theory | Karlstad University | Associate Professor | December 10, 2023 | ||
| Quantum cluster (3 positions): AMO experiment, Materials and Photonics, and QIS theory | University of New Mexico | Tenured/Tenure-track (3) | January 10, 2024 | Zoom interviews done. In person interviews: Niklas Mueller, Tianyi Zhang, … | |
| Theoretical Condensed Matter/Photonics | University of St Andrews | Lecturer/Reader/Professor (1) | January 4, 2024 | ||
| Applied QIS Theory and Experiment (Multiple Positions) | Indiana University | Assistant Professor (2) | December 15, 2023 | In person interviews: Ceren B. Dag, Ahana Chakraborty | Ceren B. Dag (accepted), Debayan Mitra |
| Applied QIS Theory and Experiment (Multiple Positions) | Indiana University | Associate Professor (2) | December 15, 2023 | ||
| Quantum Architecture/Processor Designs | University of Florida | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | |||
| Experimental QIS | University of Texas at Dallas | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | December 1, 2023 | ||
| Experimental condensed matter physics | Binghamton University (EXP) | Assistant Professor | December 29, 2023 | ||
| Theoretical physics on quantum information theory, hard/soft condensed matter theory, or atomic, molecular, and optical theory | Binghamton University (Th) | Assistant Professor | Jan. 15, 2024 | D'Incao, … | |
| Experimental Condensed Matter Physics | University of Minnesota | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | December 15, 2023 | In person scheduled. | Xianghan Xu |
| Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics | University of Minnesota | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | December 15, 2023 | Hart Goldman, Urban Seifert, Sam Garratt, Han Ma, Jonathan Curtis, Philip Crowley, Daniele Guerci | Hart Goldman |
| Experimental Quantum Science and Engineering | University of Washington | Assistant Professor | Dec. 1, 2023 | In person interviews scheduled: Mihir Pendharkar, Mo Chen, Xianjing Zhou | Mo Chen (accepted) |
| Experimental Condensed Matter | University of Virginia | Assistant Professor | November 1, 2023 | Veronica Policht, Md. Shafayat Hossain, Bumho Kim, Tomoya Asaba, Shaowen Chen, Jiang-Xiazi Lin | Tomoya Asaba (accepted) |
| Experimental and Theoretical Physics | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Assistant Professor | N/A | ||
| Quantum Information and Cold Atom Experiments | University of Hong Kong | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | June 30, 2024 | ||
| Advanced materials | Purdue University | Assistant Professor | Dec. 8, 2023 | Haoning Tang | |
| Microelectronics, Experimental Physics and Chemistry | Indiana University Bloomington | Assistant Professor | January 3, 2024 | In-person interviews: Tianyi Zhang, … | |
| Nanomaterials and Devices for Electronics and Photonics | University of Waterloo | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | January 15, 2024 | ||
| Advanced Materials | Rice University | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | January 31, 2024 | Haoning Tang | |
| ECE | UCSD | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | December 18, 2023 | Christian Heide, … | search canceled |
| Applied Physics | Yale University | Assistant/Associate/Full Professor | November 30, 2023 | Christian Heide, Rohith Mittapally, Mingyang Wei, John Sous, Bumho Kim | John Sous (accepted) |
| Quantum information science | University of Louisville | Assistant Professor | Feb. 12, 2024 | short list | |
| Quantum Materials and Sensors | Northeastern University | Assistant Professor | November 30, 2023 | Ivana Dimitrova (accepted) |