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| Field/specialty | Institution | Group | Deadline | Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simons Targeted Research Group on the Non-Equilibrium Frontier | Oxford, Cologne, Sydney, UC Davis, Stony Brook, Bard College, NYU, Tata Institute | Paul Fendley, Simon Trebst, Dominic Williamson, Isaac Kim, Nathanan Tantivasadakarn, Abhinav Prem, Aditi Mitra, Sanjay Moudgalya | https://www.non-eq.com/openings | ||
| Condensed Matter Theory | King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals | Michael Vogl | Open Unitil filled | https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32626 https://sites.google.com/view/michaelvogl/job-opportunities | |
| Condensed matter theory and Quantum information | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Two positions: Anthony J. Leggett and Gordon and Betty Moore Postdoctoral Fellowships. | Oct. 15, 2026 | https://my.physics.illinois.edu/submit/ | |
| Edwin Thompson Jaynes Postdoctoral Fellow in Physics | Washington University in St. Louis | Independent research in Dept. of Physics with faculty collaboration and oversight, and a $10k/year fund | Nov. 15, 2026 | https://wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Washington-University-Danforth-Campus/Edwin-Thompson-Jaynes-Postdoctoral-Fellow-in-Physics_JR96997 | |
| Experimental Quantum Sensing and Precision Measurement | University at Buffalo–SUNY | Saroj Chand | Open until fillied | https://chandlab.eng.buffalo.edu/join/ | |
| YQI Fellowship, experimental AMO physics, neutral atom quantum computing | Yale University | Bichen Zhang | Fellowship Oct. 4, 2026; position open until filled | https://bichenzhang.github.io/contact.html#positions | |
| Quantum Materials and THz spectroscopy | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Japan | Taketo Handa | Nov. 30, 2026 | https://www.oist.jp/careers/postdoctoral-scholars-quantum-and-ultrafast-optoelectronics-unit | |
| IQOQI Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship (Quantum Science Theory or Experiment) | IQOQI Innsbruck | Free choice to work with any group at IQOQI: https://iqoqi.at/en/research/groups | September 30 | https://iqoqi.at/en/apply/iqoqi-prize-postdoctoral-fellowship | |
| Computational Materials | Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory | Christopher Lane in the Quantum and Condensed Matter Physics Group (T-4) | Open until fillied | https://lanl.jobs/search/jobdetails/theory-postdoctoral-research-associate-in-computational-materials-theory-and-discovery/779041d0-2737-4093-a550-a7f4554b6b17 | |
| Condensed Matter Theory | Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) | Adolfo G. Grushin | August 9th 2026 | https://dipc.ehu.eus/en/dipc/join-us/disorder-superconductivity-and-topological-order | |
| ELBE Postdoc Fellowships (Math / Physics / Computer Science / Machine Learning applied to life science) | Center for Systems Biology Dresden | Free choice among all groups listed at https://www.csbdresden.de/research/research-groups | Sept. 11th, 2026 | https://www.csbdresden.de/join-us/as-a-postdoc | |
| Condensed Matter Theory | University of Michigan | Emanuel Gull / Gaurav Harsha / Kai Sun | Open until filled, Evaluation starting Aug 10 | https://gull-group.org/positions/ | |
| Condensed Matter Theory | Temple University | Adarsh Patri | Open until filled | https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32166 | |
| Startup - Brillouin-Scattering Experiments | Graz University of Technology | Egbert Zojer | Open until filled | https://jobs.tugraz.at/en/jobs/565415f2-b746-47c0-acad-ccc683a50808 | |
| Experimental Quantum Optics and Neutral-Atom Quantum Computing | Purdue University | Shengwang Du | Open until filled | https://engineering.purdue.edu/QuantumOptics/people/positions | |
| Scanning Probe Microscopy | University of Toronto | Sergio de la Barrera | Open until filled | https://barrera.physics.utoronto.ca/ | |
| Experimental Condensed Matter / Ultrafast / X-ray | PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute / SwissFEL) & EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne), Switzerland | Simon Gerber and Gregor Jotzu | Sept. 30th, 2026 | https://www.leaps-ultrafast.eu/research_areas/thz_control_of_many_body_quantum_systems | |
| Condensed Matter Theory | University of Oklahoma | Two positions: one as a Dodge Family Postdoctoral Fellow and one in Tsung-Cheng Lu’s group. | Open until filled | https://apply.interfolio.com/188587 | |
| Condensed Matter Experiment | University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT | Vikram Deshpande | Open until filled | https://deshpandegroup.github.io/vacancies | |
| Optical Microscopy Hardware | Rice University | Sangyeon (Fred) Cho | Open until filled | https://sang-yeon.github.io/cholab/openings/ |