====== Job Postings for 2020 ====== Welcome to the 2020 rumor mill. What a year. We hope that you are staying sane and healthy. It is once again time to start keeping track of this year's openings. Please help to keep this list updated with all 2020 job postings that are relevant to: * Condensed matter experiment and theory, * Atomic, molecular and optical experiment and theory, * Materials science, * Nanoscience, * Quantum information science, * And other fields. **Importantly:** we welcome all faculty positions as well as technical research staff positions at established research institutes. And don't forget to include a link to the job posting! Please help update the Faculty Shuffle if you have any info! Send questions/problems to rumors@cmamorumors.org. If you find this web site useful, please consider making a small donation to help cover the hosting and domain fees: [[helpsupport|Help Support]] And finally, to all of those who are looking for either a position or the right candidate: **Good luck!** ---- ^ Field ^ Location ^ Position ^ Deadline ^ Short List ^ Offer made ^ | Quantum Algorithms | [[https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/509304/assistant-professortenure-system|Michigan State University, East Lansing]] | Assistant Professor | Until Filled | | | | AMO / Quantum Theory / General | [[https://jobs.physicstoday.org/jobs/ja/15182382/|University of Michigan, Ann Arbor]] | Assistant Professor | Nov 1, 2021 | | | | CM Exp (high magnetic fields) | [[https://jobs.physicstoday.org/jobs/14707760/condensed-matter-scientist-for-pulsed-magnetic-field-facility-scientist-2|National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos]] | Research Staff Scientist | Until Filled | | | | Quantum Technology | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/84787|University of Oklahoma]] | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | Until Filled | | | | CM Theory (broad) | [[http://www.kft.pwr.edu.pl/people.html#Open-Positions|Wrocław University of Science and Technology]] | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | Apr. 30, 2021 | | | | Chair in Quantum Photonics | [[https://www.nature.com/naturecareers/job/professor-in-engineering-physics-chair-in-quantum-photonics-ecole-polytechnique-de-montreal-poly-udem-734929|Polytechnique Montreal, Engineering Physics]] | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | March 7, 2021 | | | | CM Exp (Oxide Interface Physics) | [[https://jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=1&p_web_page_id=48104|University of Geneva, Department of Quantum Matter Physics]] | Associate or Full Professor | Feb. 10, 2021 | | | | Physics & Chemistry of Quantum Materials | [[https://www.mendeley.com/careers/job/assistant-professor-physics-and-chemistry-quantum-materials-1410816|University of Toronto]] | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | Jan. 6, 2021 | | Edoardo Baldini (declined) | | CM Theory | [[https://physics.columbia.edu/content/job-opportunities|Columbia University, Department of Physics]] | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | Jan. 6, 2021 | Vladyslav Kozii, Eslam Khalaf, Hector Ochoa, Tianci Zhou, Raquel Queiroz | Raquel Queiroz (accepted) | | | | Theory (QIS) | [[http://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/122081|Rutgers University, Department of Physics and Astronomy]] | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | Nov. 30, 2020 (start) | | | | Theory or Exp (QIST) | [[http://apply.interfolio.com/79445|University of Washington, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering]] | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | Dec. 31, 2020 | | | | Open (including AMO, CM, QIS) | [[https://applications.caltech.edu/job/physics|California Institute of Technology]] | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | Dec. 15, 2020 | Edoardo Baldini, Valla Fatemi, Hryhoriy Polshyn, Qianhui Shi, Maximilian Hirschberger, Uri Vool | | | Theory or Exp, (CM, AMO, QIS, or CS) | [[https://cns.utexas.edu|The University of Texas at Austin]] | open rank: [[https://apply.interfolio.com/79208|tenure-track]] or [[https://faculty.utexas.edu/career/58425|tenured]] | Nov. 30, 2020 | Dominic Else, Karan Mehta, Wen-Wei Ho, Yizhi You, Valla Fatemi, Edoardo Baldini, Qianhui Shi | Eslam Khalaf (accepted), Edoardo Baldini (accepted), Valla Fatemi | | Theory or Exp, (QIST) | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/79554|The University of Washington, Mechanical Engineering Dept]] | Assistant Professor | Dec. 1, 2020 | | | | Quantum Computing for Materials | [[https://www.uvic.ca/faculty-staff/careers/faculty-and-librarian-postings/current/chem_phys_270_128.php|University of Victoria]] | Open rank tenured/tenure-track | Oct. 1, 2020 | | | | Open (including AMO, CM, QIS) | [[https://jobs.physicstoday.org/jobs/13821201/chair-of-the-school-of-physics|Georgia Tech]] | Department Chair | Until Filled | | | | Exp. Quantum Engineering | [[https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/24582|Rice University]] | Assistant Professor | Dec. 15, 2020 | Uri Vool, Karan Mehta, Avik Dutt | | | Quantum Optics | [[https://jobs.physicstoday.org/jobs/13880045/faculty-position-in-quantum-optics|CREOL, UCF]] | Assistant Professor | Sep. 15, 2020 (start) | | | | CM Theory | [[https://jobs.physicstoday.org/jobs/13880575/faculty-position-in-theoretical-condensed-matter-physics| UC Davis]] | Assistant Professor | Nov. 15, 2020 | Aris Alexandradinata, Alex Thomson, Samuel Lederer, Eslam Khalaf, ‪Joaquin Rodriguez-Nieva | Eslam Khalaf (declined), Alex Thomson | | CM Theory or Exp | [[https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/16894| QMI at UBC ]] | Assistant Professor | Nov. 15 2020 | Uri Vool, Ella Lachman, Yishu Wang, Edwin Huang, David Aasen | Andrew Potter (accepted) | | AMO Exp. | [[http://physics.ust.hk/eng/detail.php?otherid=3| Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)]] | Open rank tenured/tenure-track | Open until filled | | | | Theory or Experiment (AMO, CM) | [[https://cuhk.taleo.net/careersection/cu_career_teach/jobdetail.ftl?job=190001IC&tz=GMT%2B08%3A00&tzname=Asia%2FHong_Kong|The Chinese University of Hong Kong]] | Assistant Professor | Open until filled | | | | Soft CM Theory / nonlinear physics | [[https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02662| University of California, Berkeley]] | Assistant Professor | Oct. 26, 2020 | | | | Soft Matter/Biophysics/AMO/Hard Condensed Matter | [[https://ist.ac.at/en/jobs/faculty/|IST Austria]] | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | Oct. 30, 2020 | | | | Theoretical Quantum Physics | [[https://careers.pageuppeople.com/873/lb/en-us/job/497646/assistant-professor-of-theoretical-quantum-physics|California State University Long Beach]] | Assistant Professor (tenure-track) | Dec. 4, 2020 | Justin Wilson | | | CM/Optics Theory | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/79803| Emory University]] | Open rank tenured/tenure-track | Dec. 1, 2020 | | Wladimir Benalcazar (accepted) | | Materials Science and Engineering | [[https://mse.seas.upenn.edu/open-faculty-positions/| University of Pennsylvania]] | Open rank tenured/tenure-track | Nov. 15, 2020 | Edoardo Baldini, Hryhoriy Polshyn, Maximilian Hirschberger | | | CM Theory | [[https://apply.perimeterinstitute.ca/prog/2021QM/| Perimeter Institute]] | Assistant Professor | Dec 1, 2020 | | | | QIS Theory | [[https://apply.perimeterinstitute.ca/prog/2021QIS/| Perimeter Institute]] | Assistant Professor | Dec 1, 2020 | | | | Open | [[https://careers.umw.edu/postings/10128/|University of Mary Washington]] | Assistant Professor | October 31, 2020 | | | | Trapped-Ion Quantum Processing ​ ​ | [[https://careers.ll.mit.edu/job/Lexington-Tech-Staff-Quantum-Information-and-Integrated-Nanosystems-Group-MA-02420/678989600/|MIT Lincoln Laboratory]] | Technical Staff | Until filled ​ ​ | | | | Quantum Engineering | [[http://web.mit.edu/nse/jobs/index.html|MIT Nuclear Science & Eng.]] | Tenure track | Jan. 31, 2021 | | | | Quantum Info Theory | [[https://www.usherbrooke.ca/iq/en/jobs/call-for-a-physics-professor-institut-quantique/| Université de Sherbrooke]] | Open rank tenured/tenure-track | Dec 14, 2020 | | | | CM/AMO/QIS Exp | [[https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF05913|UCLA]] | Open rank tenured/tenure-track | Dec. 18, 2020 | Yunqiu Kelly Luo, Abigail Crites, Sergio Carbajo, Noah Kurinsky, Miguel Daal, Mirna Skanata, Alvine Kamaha, Qianhui Shi, Wenchao Xu, and others | | | CM Exp | [[http://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/108308|University of Utah]] | Open rank tenured/tenure-track | Nov. 30, 2020 - Until filled | | | | Quantum Materials Theory | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/80082|University of Tennessee]] | Assistant tenured/tenure-track | Jan. 15, 2021 | Aris Alexandradinata, Ben Wieder, Ruixing Zhang, Justin Wilson | Ruixing Zhang (accepted) | | Quantum Materials Experiment | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/80142|University of Tennessee]] | Associate/Full Tenured | Jan. 15, 2021 | | | | Quantum Information/Algorithms | [[http://www.ece.ubc.ca/our-department/openings/faculty-positions|University of British Columbia]] | Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair, Tier II | Dec 1, 2020 | | | | Open exp/computation | [[https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/17389|Cornell]] | Open rank & Assistant tenured-track (2 positions) | Jan. 1, 2021 | Valla Fatemi, Evelyn Tang, Joshua Riback, Alberto de la Torre, Wenchao Xu, Aaron Kuan, Ruixing Zhang, Tian-Ming Fu, Aakash Basu, Ben Wieder | Valla Fatemi(accepted) | | Exp. quantum tech. | [[https://ethz.ch/en/the-eth-zurich/working-teaching-and-research/faculty-affairs/ausgeschriebene-professuren/naturwissenschaften-und-mathematik/assistant-professor--tenure-track--of-experimental-quantum-techn.html|ETH]] | Assistant tenure-track | Jan. 10, 2021 | Karan Mehta, Dorian Gangloff, Nils Engelsen, Wenchao Xu, Mengjie Yu | Wenchao Xu (accepted) | | | Quantum computing | [[https://ethz.ch/en/the-eth-zurich/working-teaching-and-research/faculty-affairs/ausgeschriebene-professuren/ingenieurwissenschaften/assistenzprofessur--tenure-track--fuer-computer-science--quantum.html|ETH]] | Assistant tenure-track | Jan. 10, 2021 | | | | Theoretical and Computational CMP | [[https://uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/8028?fbclid=IwAR2m1tn7LaZqed545aNXvFuRw1O8iepzOztTdtY6jnma06rTI9Uu3S5SRoQuni|University of Alabama at Birmingham]] | Assistant Professor - Tenure Track | Jan 31, 2021 - Until filled. | Justin Wilson | | | Quantum Engineering/QIS | [[https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo?joblist---582-17688|Cornell]] | Assistant tenure-track/open (multiple positions) | Jan. 15, 2021 | | | | CM & Quantum theory | [[https://cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/pitt_faculty_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=20006035|University of Pittsburgh]] | Assistant tenure-track | Jan. 8, 2021 | Anja Metelmann, Michael Kolodrubetz, Martin Rodriguez-Vega | | | CM Comp/Theory | [[https://lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0202-JW-Nicholson-Hall/Assistant-Associate-Full-Professor--tenure-track-tenured--Computational-Theoretical-Condensed-Matter-Physics_R00051293|Louisiana State University]] | Open rank | Jan. 15, 2021 | Justin Wilson | | | AMO/QIS/CM | [[https://jobs.odu.edu/postings/12783|Old Dominion University]] | Assistant tenure-track | Jan 4, 2021 until filled | Matt Grau, Alisa Javadi, Pankaj K. Jha, Emine Altuntas, Pedrozo Penafiel, Simone Colombo | Emine Altuntas | | CM Theory (broad) | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/82526|John Hopkins University]] | Open-rank (two positions) | Jan. 18, 2021 | Aris Alexandradinata, Alex Thomson, Eslam Khalaf, Yizhi You, Yahui Zhang | | | Materials Science and Engineering | https://jobs.illinois.edu/academic-job-board/job-details?jobID=138269&job=the-grainger-college-of-engineering-open-rank-faculty-materials-science-and-engineering-138269 | tenured Associate Professor and Full Professor | December 15, 2020 | | | | Materials Science and Engineering | https://slu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Careers/job/Shannon-Hall/Tenure-Track-Assistant-Professor--Physics_2020-01648?source=HigherEdJobs | Tenure-Track Assistant Professor | December 31, 2020 | | | | Materials Theory | [[https://recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF00958|UC Santa Cruz]] | Tenure-Track Assistant Professor | Jan. 4, 2021 - Until filled | Alex Thomson, Aris Alexandradinata, Ruixing Zhang, Ben Wieder | | | QI, AMO, QCD, CMT | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/81105|Stony Brook University]] | Tenure-Track Assistant Professor | Feb 5, 2021 | Aris Alexandradinata, Przemyslaw Bienias, Eslam Khalaf, Dominic Else, Wen Wei Ho | | | Physics (open) | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/80367|Carnegie Mellon University]] | Tenure-Track Assistant Professor | Jan 4, 2021 | Rachel Rosen, Dominic Else, Vladyslav Kozii, Katja Taute, Ana Bonaca, Aris Alexandradinata, Tian-Ming Fu, Yao Mao, Fangwei Si, Alessandra Corsi, Valentina Dutta, Philip Mocz, Cristián Pena, Indara Suarez, Caryn Palatchi | Vladyslav Kozii (accepted) Fangwei Si (accepted) | | QI | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/81984|Arizona State University]] | Open rank tenured/tenure-track | Jan 29, 2021 | | | | Open | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/77532|University of Chicago]] | Tenure-Track Assistant Professor | Oct 15, 2020 | | | | Quantum Systems | [[https://enme.umd.edu/event/15979/now-hiring--open-rank-faculty-positions|University of Maryland, Mechanical Engineering]] | Open rank tenured/tenure-track | Mar 15, 2021 | | Avik Dutt (accepted) | | CM EXP | [[https://www.mun.ca/physics/alumni/jobs/Tenure-track-2021.pdf|Memorial University]] | Tenure-Track | May 15, 2021 | | |