2023 Postdoc Positions

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Field Location Group Deadline Link
Theoretical Cold Atomic Physics and Quantum Information Science UT Dallas and Washington University (joint) Michael Kolodrubetz (UTD) / Chuanwei Zhang (Washington U) Open until filled https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m6lfDKysBuIAQJ31fM0L_kKCk02e--EQdl4bPZjONLE/edit?usp=sharing
Quantum & Nano-Optics, Infrared Imaging & Spectroscopy, Photon coupled Scanning probe microscopy MagLab, Tallahassee, USA Guangxin Ni August 1 https://quantum.fsu.edu/people/job-openings
Attosecond/Ultrafast optics & Quantum Optics Ottawa, Canada Giulio Vampa (NRC Attosecond group) Open until filled “Postdoc position in attosecond quantum optics”: https://www.attoscience.ca/jobs/
AMO experiment, quantum simulation Vienna, Austria Julian Leonard Open until filled https://www.quantuminfo.at/join-us
Ultrafast optics Boston University Wanzheng Hu September 1st 2024 (latest starting date) https://physics.bu.edu/sites/whu/2024/05/02/postdoc-position/
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics (Magnonics) University of Delaware, USA Benjamin Jungfleisch Open until filled https://careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job/500934/post-doctoral-fellow-physics-and-astronomy
Theoretical Biological Physics Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany Frank Jülicher, Ricard Alert, Pierre Haas, Christina Kurzthaler, Marko Popovic May 5, 2024 https://www.pks.mpg.de/biological-physics/jobs
Computational Quantum Materials University of Tennessee, Knoxville Adrian Del Maestro March 15, 2024 https://tiny.utk.edu/TAQS_postdoc
Theoretical Cold Atom and Quantum Information Physics Washington University in St. Louis Chuanwei Zhang Open until filled https://sites.wustl.edu/cwzhang/open-positions/
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics & Quantum Information Science Louisiana State University Constantin Schrade Open until filled https://lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0447-JW-Nicholson-Hall/Postdoctoral-Researcher-or-Senior-Postdoctoral-Researcher--Quantum-Information-Science-and-Theoretical-Condensed-Matter-Physics-_R00090936
Condensed Matter Experiment (photoemission, ultrafast microscopy): multiple positions The University of Texas at Austin Edoardo Baldini Open until filled https://baldinilab.org/open_positions/
Condensed Matter Theory Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany Roderich Moessner, Marin Bukov, Pieter Claeys, Ashley Cook, Libor Smejkal, Alexander Wietek February 7 2024 https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/183296
Optics/Lasers/Biomaterials Florida Polytechnic University Nathan Dawson Open until filled https://flpoly.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External-Faculty/details/Post-Doctoral-Associate_R2221
Rice University Academy of Fellows Rice University list of faculty at https://sci.rice.edu/quantum-and-ultracold-matter Jan 3, 2024 https://riceacademy.rice.edu/about
Rice Smalley-Curl Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Rice University list of faculty at https://sci.rice.edu/quantum-and-ultracold-matter Dec 31, 2023 https://sci.rice.edu/postdoctoral-research-associates
Condensed Matter Experiment University of Cincinnati Evgeny Mikheev Open until filled https://jobs.uc.edu/job-invite/94700/
Theoretical CMP, Non-equilibrium and topological systems. New York University Aditi Mitra Open until filled http://apply.interfolio.com/137192
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics University of Cambridge Nigel Cooper December 18, 2023 https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43340/
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics (two positions) University of Cambridge TCM Group December 18, 2023 https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43296/
Quantum many-body systems, Quantum thermodynamics ICTP – SAIFR Dario Rosa December 10, 2023 https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/25737
Quantum Matter Experiments; two positions University of Pennsylvania Liang Wu Open until filled http://www.liangwu-lab.com/openings.html
Many-body dynamics, quantum simulations, tensor networks University of Leeds Zlatko Papic January 8, 2024 https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=EPSPA1096
CQIQC Postdoctoral Fellowship CQIQC - University of Toronto Dvira Segal January 10, 2024 https://cqiqc.physics.utoronto.ca/cqiqc-programs/postdoctoral-fellowships/
AMO experiment New York University Emily Davis Open until filled https://apply.interfolio.com/134916
Condensed matter experiment (non-equilibrium and driven states) Stanford University Alfred Zong Open until filled https://zonglab.stanford.edu/openings.html
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Condensed Matter Theory Princeton Condensed Matter Physics Theory Open until filled https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=32084
Various fellowships in Quantum Science broadly defined for experiment and theory Caltech Quantum Science and Engineering November 15, 2023 https://qse.sites.caltech.edu/qseopportunities/postdoctoral-scholars
Superconducting Quantum Devices; Materials for Quantum Technology University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Arkady Fedorov / Peter Jacobson November 13, 2023 https://uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/job/St-Lucia-Campus/Postdoctoral-Research-Fellow-Research-Officer---Superconducting-Quantum-Technology---Faculty-of-Science_R-30581-1
Theoretical condensed matter physics University of Notre Dame Edwin Huang Jan. 2024 - until filled https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26191
Experimental condensed matter physics Brookhaven National Laboratory Albert Liu Open until filled https://nooqm-lab.org/vacancies
Distinguished PKS Postdoctoral Fellow Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany Independent Fellowship, Cooperation possible with any of the groups listed at https://www.pks.mpg.de/research/divisions-and-groups November 10, 2023 https://www.pks.mpg.de/visitors-program/distinguished-pks-fellow-2024
FSU Quantum Postdoctoral Fellowship; Experiment/Theory; multiple positions Florida State University list of faculty at https://quantum.fsu.edu/people/faculty October 31, 2023 https://quantum.fsu.edu/people/job-openings
Statistical Physics and Theoretical CMP (Equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium entangled many-body systems) University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Vincenzo Alba November 1 contact me directly at https://www.df.unipi.it/en/people/alba-vincenzo/ application website: https://bandi.unipi.it/public/Bandi/Detail/ed438bb1-4d28-4325-992a-a33be6e9fa96
Experimental CMP (2D/quantum/topo. materials) University of Missouri, Columbia, MO Guang Bian Open until filled https://biang.mufaculty.umsystem.edu/home/openings
Applied Physics Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA Pallavi Dhagat Open until filled https://gradschool.oregonstate.edu/postdocs/open-positions/18236-interactions-between-acoustic-waves-and-spin-waves
Experimental CMP incl. quantum materials synthesis, device fabrication, and precision measurement Columbia University Aravind Devarakonda Jan. 2024 - until filled https://www.devarakonda-lab.com/
Experimental condensed matter physics (2D materials) Cornell University Kenji Yasuda Open until filled https://www.yasudalab.org/
Experimental condensed matter physics New York University Kota Katsumi Open until filled https://apply.interfolio.com/130034
Experimental quantum optics University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Zheshen Zhang Open until filled https://quantumlab.engin.umich.edu
Experimental CMP (ultrafast and nonlinear spectroscopy) University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Jun Xiao Open until filled https://xiaolab.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1704/2023/09/postdoc-position_UWMadison.pdf
Quantum Information Theory University of Copenhagen QMATH November 15, 2023 https://qmath.ku.dk/vacant-positions/
AMO Experiment John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Chris Overstreet Open until filled https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27265
Prize Quantum Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Physical Sciences Division and Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (see partial list here https://hbar.uchicago.edu/landing/) October 16th, 2023 https://physics.uchicago.edu/academics/postdoctoral-fellowships/quantum-fellows/
Center for Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Postdoctoral Fellowships; Quantum Materials + AI; multiple positions University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA Center for Advanced Materials & Manufacturing (UT MRSEC) Open until filled https://tiny.utk.edu/CAMM-postdoc
ELBE postdoctoral fellows, Interdisciplinary: application of physics, math, and computer science to biological systems Dresden, Germany list of research groups at https://www.csbdresden.de/research/research-groups/ September 25, 2023 https://www.csbdresden.de/join-us/as-a-postdoc/
Condensed Matter Experiment: Emergent Electronic Phenomena in 2D Materials Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) Hryhoriy Polshyn Open until filled Details at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26941?cmrm
Experimental, Ultrafast/Coherent Spectroscopy of Color Centers and Quantum Materials Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA Hebin Li Open until filled https://facultycareers.fiu.edu/?posting=529733
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics: Ultrafast spectroscopy in quantum magnets University of Wisconson-Madison, Madison, WI, USA Jun Xiao, Uwe Bergmann, Jason Kawasaki available June 2023, until filled https://xiaolab.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1704/2023/06/X-FAST-Posting-postdoc.pdf
Quantum device fabrication and characterization by scanning probe microscopy Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA Yoichi Miyahara July 7, 2023, until filled https://miyahara.wp.txstate.edu/positions/
Condensed Matter and Materials Theory Université Paris-Saclay Benjamin Wieder Open until filled https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27037
Monitored quantum systems University of Cologne, Germany Simon Trebst available June 2024, until filled https://www.thp.uni-koeln.de/trebst/
Condensed Matter Theory Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA The Center for Materials Theory. Visit us at https://cmt.rutgers.edu/ Opened Until Filled https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/205891
AMO experiment, quantum simulation University of Chicago, IL, USA Zoe Yan Opened Until Filled https://sites.google.com/view/yan-lab/
Quantum Information and Computer Science - QuICS Hartree Postdoctoral Fellowships QuICS, University of Maryland, College Park QuICS Dec. 1, 2023 for full consideration (until filled) Applications should be submitted through AcademicJobsOnline at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/25532. Please indicate interest in “HPF.”
Condensed Matter Theory École normale supérieure, Paris Quantum Information/Psaroudaki Until Filled https://www.lpens.ens.psl.eu/laboratoire/emploi-stages/
Condensed Matter Experiment Villanova University, PA, USA 2D Materials, Scott Dietrich Until Filled https://jobs.villanova.edu/postings/27154
Optics and Photonics University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications Until Filled https://jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/52223
Quantum Information Science (Experiment) Northwestern University, Illinois, USA Center for Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Until Filled https://capst.northwestern.edu/join/positions-available/
Condensed Matter Theory University of Cincinnati, OH, USA Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems Until Filled https://jobs.uc.edu/job/Cincinnati-Post-Doc-Fellow-Condensed-Matter-Theory-Group-Arts-and-Sciences-OH-45201/1053117700/
Computational Condensed Matter Louisiana State University First principles calculations of disorder in superconducting devices Until Filled https://lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0259-JW-Nicholson-Hall/Postdoctoral-Researcher-or-Senior-Postdoctoral-Researcher--theoretical-condensed-matter-physics-_R00086390
Condensed Matter theory Louisiana State University Nonequilibrium quasiparticle dynamics in superconducting devices Until Filled https://lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0259-JW-Nicholson-Hall/Postdoctoral-Researcher-or-Senior-Postdoctoral-Researcher--theoretical-condensed-matter-physics-_R00086388
AMO Experiment Caltech Manuel Endres until filled https://www.endreslab.com/open-positions.html
Condensed Matter Theory Texas A&M University Joaquin Rodriguez-Nieva Until Filled https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26237
Condensed Matter Theory University of Wisconsin - Madison Ilya Esterlis, Elio Koenig, Alex Levchenko, Maxim Vavilov Until Filled https://app.physics.wisc.edu/apply/cmp-postdoc-2024
Condensed Matter Theory University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Mengxing Ye Until Filled https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26591
AMO Theory University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA Doerte Blume Until Filled https://doerteblume.com/currentnews/
AMO Experiment (quantum optics, EUV/XUV light, structured light for imaging) Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA Chen-Ting Liao Opened Until Filed https://sites.google.com/view/chentingliao/contact-join-us
Quantum Information Experiment (Bosonic quantum error correction in superconducting devices) University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA Chen Wang Until Filled https://blogs.umass.edu/wangc/join-us/
Condensed Matter Experiment/Theory University of Leeds CAMIE Programme Grant 31st January 2024 https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=EPSPA1095
Condensed Matter Experiment (superconductivity and magnetism) Texas State University Nathan Satchell Until Filled (interviews start March 31st 2024) https://jobs.hr.txstate.edu/postings/45187
Experimental Quantum Physics and Engineering Dartmouth College, Hanover NH, USA Chandrasekhar Ramanathan March 11, 2024 ideally (until filled) https://sites.dartmouth.edu/quantum-spin-lab/postdoctoral-positions-available/
AMO Experiment (RF atomic magnetometers) George Mason University Karen Sauer Until filled http://physics.gmu.edu/~ksauer/Postdoc_ad_Sauer_lab_2024.pdf
Condensed Matter Theory Tsinghua University Zhiyuan Sun Until filled https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/23982
AMO Experiment (Optical atom-based diagnostic for charged particle beams) William & Mary Joint AMO/nuclear physics project Until filled https://jobs.wm.edu/postings/58652
Condensed Matter Experiment Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Yun Suk Eo Until filled https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=25898&siteid=5635#jobDetails=863795_5635