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2025 Postdoc Positions

Post your postdoctoral openings here. Please consider keeping the status of the positions as open or closed updated!

Please help to keep this list updated with all 2025 postdoctoral positions 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.

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Field Location Group Deadline Link
Theoretical Condensed Matter/AMO/Quantum Information Indiana University Bloomington Ceren B. Dag Open until filled https://sites.google.com/iu.edu/daggroup/opportunities/postdoc-position
Condensed Matter Experiment Stanford University Aaron Sharpe Open until filled https://postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/opportunities/open-postdoctoral-position-faculty-mentor-david-goldhaber-gordon
Quantum Many-Body Theory KU Leuven, Belgium Alessio Lerose December 20, 2025 for full consideration (until filled) https://alessioleroseweb.wixsite.com/mysite/opportunities
Quantum Matter + AI tools Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Alexander Kruchkov Open until filled https://careers.epfl.ch/job/Lausanne-Postdoctoral-Researcher-in-Designer-Quantum-Materials%2C-Ultraquantum-Matter%2C-and-Non-Abelian-Anyons/1163762855/
Experimental Condensed Matter University of Notre Dame Laszlo Forro Open until filled https://quantummatter.nd.edu/assets/641183/lf_pos_2025.pdf
Condensed Matter Experiment University of Arizona Kyle Seyler Open until filled https://arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/24657?c=arizona&sq=req24657
Nonequilibrium statistical physics and theoretical biophysics University of Toronto David Hathcock January 15, 2026; until filled https://www.physics.utoronto.ca/documents/684/UofT_Postdoctoral_Posting.pdf
Condensed matter theory of driven-dissipative systems University of Jyväskylä, Finland Paolo Molignini and Tero Heikkilä (shared) December 14, 2025 https://ats.talentadore.com/apply/postdoctoral-researcher-in-condensed-matter-theory/Z0zPn4
Condensed matter theory-spin dynamics King Fahd University of petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia (https://slides.com/smstry/deck-a79e43/fullscreen) Adel Abbout Until filled https://slides.com/smstry/deck-a79e43/fullscreen
Condensed Matter Physics Experimental - Scanning Probe and Optics Queen's University, Canada Taleana Huff December 17, 2025 https://www.huffnanolab.com/
Condensed Matter Experiment & Theory: Epitaxial Synthesis of Scalable Moiré Materials Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Ilya Belopolski Always interested https://www.quantumx.science
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics / Topological Matter Imperial College London, UK Frank Schindler December 11, 2025 https://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jobs/description/index.php?jobId=26211&jobTitle=Research+Associate+in+Topological+Matter
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Kennesaw State University, Marietta (Atlanta metropolitan area) GA USA Mahmoud Asmar Open until filled https://facultyweb.kennesaw.edu/masmar/Postdoc.php
Theoretical / Computational Condensed Matter Physics Episteme (Cambridge, MA) Peter Lunts December 7, 2025; open until filled https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/episteme/347d9b19-be92-40f5-863d-a3a9f3deccb9
Quantum Postdoctoral Fellowship (experimental or theoretical) University of Chicago Any quantum-related research at UChicago November 3, 2025 https://pme.uchicago.edu/quantum-uchicago/quantum-postdoctoral-fellowship
Condensed Matter Theory King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Saudi Arabia Michael Vogl's theory group Open until filled https://sites.google.com/view/michaelvogl/job-opportunities
IQOQI Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship IQOQI, Innsbruck, Austria Cooperation possible with any of the IQOQI groups (Bernien, Blatt, Ferlaino, Grimm, Kirchmair, Pichler, Zoller) November 15, 2025 https://iqoqi.at/en/iqoqi-innsbruck/iqoqi-prize-postdoctoral-fellowship
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 21, 2025 https://www.pks.mpg.de/visitors-program/distinguished-pks-fellow-2026
Quantum Computing / Quantum Information Theory University of California, Los Angeles Leo Zhou December 1, 2025 https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30927
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Saarland University, Germany Peter P. Orth November 3, 2025 https://www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/upload/verwaltung/stellen/Wissenschaftler/W2729.pdf
Quantum Information Science / Quantum Computing MIT Quantum Information Theory group November 15, 2025 https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/MIT/CTP-LI/POSTDOC2
Theoretical Quantum/AMO/Condensed Matter Penn State University Thomas Iadecola Open until filled https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic/job/Penn-State-University-Park/Postdoctoral-Scholar---Quantum-Systems_REQ_0000072468-1
Condensed Matter Theory & Quantum Information Theory University of Southern California Theoretical Physics Group December 1,2025 https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30868
AMO experiment Purdue University Lee R. Liu Open until filled https://sites.google.com/view/liulab-purdue/opportunities
Condensed Matter Theory University of New Hampshire Jiadong Zang Open until filled https://usnh.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/University-of-New-Hampshire--Main-Campus/Postdoctoral-Research-Associate_JR5192
Quantum Device Physics for Rare-Event Searches Syracuse University, Syracuse NY Caleb Fink Open until filled https://www.sujobopps.com/postings/111095
Theoretical Condensed Matter & Quantum Information Science University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Department of Physics December 1, 2025 https://physics.illinois.edu/people/job-openings
UChicago Fellowship in Theoretical Quantum Science University of Chicago PME or CS December 1, 2025 https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/prize/30690
Dirac Postdoctoral Fellowship National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee Condensed matter theory November 15, 2025 https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/fellowship/30674
Theoretical Condensed Matter Yale University Condensed Matter Theory group (John Sous) November 15, 2025 https://postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2025-08-18-postdoctoral-research-associate-position-in-quantum-dynamics-department-of-applied
Condensed Matter Theory Emory University Luiz Santos December 1, 2025; open until filled https://sites.google.com/view/luiz-santos
Theoretical Quantum Many-body Physics and Quantum Information Science University of Oklahoma, Norman Bihui Zhu Open until filled http://apply.interfolio.com/157582
Theoretical Quantum Matter and Quantum Information Purdue University Quantum Science Theory Group (Chamon and Ellison) November 21, 2025 https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30618
Quantum Information Science (Quantum X-ray Imaging) Brookhaven National Laboratory Coherent Hard X-ray Scattering Open until filled https://jobs.bnl.gov/job/upton/postdoctoral-research-associate-quantum-x-ray-imaging/3437/86027260064
Quantum Information Science (Quantum X-ray Imaging) Brookhaven National Laboratory Coherent Hard X-ray Scattering Open until filled https://jobs.bnl.gov/job/upton/postdoctoral-research-associate-computational-imaging-and-data-science/3437/85919551472
Quantum photonics and physics of color centers TU Delft Carlos Errando Herranz, QuTech October 12, 2025 https://careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Postdoc-Researcher-2628-CD/829322902/
Condensed Matter Experiment MIT Zhurun Ji Open until filled https://www.jiquantumlab.com/
Postdoctoral Position in Quantum Information Scrambling UMBC Quantum Thermodynamics Group (Deffner) November 1, 2025 https://apply.interfolio.com/172719
EXP Fellowships in Experimental Physics and Astrophysics Pasadena, CA Multiple positions, all groups November 1, 2025 https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30372
Burke-Leinweber Fellowships in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics Pasadena, CA Multiple positions, all groups November 15, 2025 https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30373
Theoretical CMP, Non-equilibrium and topological systems. New York University, NY Aditi Mitra Open until filled http://apply.interfolio.com/160177
Condensed Matter Experiment (STM and Quantum Transport) The University of Texas at Dallas Mengke Liu Open until filled https://labs.utdallas.edu/mliulab/
AMO experiment Johns Hopkins University Chris Overstreet Open until filled https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30391
Quantum Information Science and Technology, Quantum Photonics University of Illinois Urbana-Chamapaign Chris Anderson Open until filled https://andersonlab.web.illinois.edu/
Condensed Matter Experiment - Scanning Probe Microscopy University of Queensland Peter Jacobson August 24, 2025 https://uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcareers/job/Postdoctoral-Research-Fellow---Scanning-Probe-Methods_R-53488
Condensed Matter Theory - Strongly Correlated Electrons University of Queensland Ben Powell August 24, 2025 https://uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcareers/job/Postdoctoral-Research-Fellow---Strongly-Correlated-Electron-Systems-for-Hydrogen-Storage_R-53484
AMO theory University of Queensland Jacinda Ginges August 24, 2025 https://uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcareers/job/Postdoctoral-Research-Fellow---Atomic-Theory_R-53279
Condensed Matter and Materials Theory Columbia University Chris Marianetti Open until filled https://apply.interfolio.com/169156
Quantum Information Theory Virgina Tech Vito Scarola Open until filled https://scarola.phys.vt.edu/Openings.html
NanoARPES of moiré materials Rice University Ming Yi and Yonglong Xie Open until filled https://yilab.rice.edu/ https://qmicroscopy.rice.edu/opportunities/
Condensed Matter Experiment University of Ottawa, Canada Hang Chi Open until filled https://www.creatematerials.org/join-us/
Condensed Matter Experiment University of Wisconsin-Madison Tiancheng Song Open until filled https://songlab.physics.wisc.edu/
All fields including Condensed Matter Theory and Experiment Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France Multiple positions, all groups July 31, 2025 https://www.cofund-physics.universite-paris-saclay.fr/
Optics & Nanophotonics MIT Haoning Tang Open until filled https://www.haoning-tang.com/join-us/
Stanford Department of Applied Physics 2025-26 Karel Urbanek and the Marvin Chodorow Postdoctoral Fellowships Stanford University Department of Applied Physics October 31, 2025 https://appliedphysics.stanford.edu/news/karel-urbanek-and-marvin-chodorow-postdoctoral-fellowships
AMO experiment University of Chicago Zoe Yan Open until filled https://sites.google.com/view/yan-lab/
Condensed Matter Theory: Tensor Networks and FQHE LPMMC, CNRS, Grenoble, France Loic Herviou Open until filled https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR5493-LOIHER-001/Default.aspx?lang=EN
Precision measurement and spectroscopy with color centers University of New Mexico Victor Acosta Open until filled https://sites.google.com/site/victormarcelacosta/
Optoelectronics and magnonics for QIS University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Wei Zhang Open until filled https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307230
Research Scientist of Physics and Astronomy-Instrumentation University of Oklahoma, Norman Condensed Matter Physics Open until filled https://apply.interfolio.com/159986
Quantum Condensed Matter Theory (frustrated magnets, disorder, topology) Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA USA Itamar Kimchi Dec 9; open until filled https://kimchi.physics.gatech.edu/
Leinweber Fellows (Condensed Matter theory, High energy theory) University of Chicago, LITP Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics November 1, 2025 https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30567
Condensed Matter Physics Virginia Tech Vsevolod Ivanov Open until filled https://careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/job/534453/postdoctoral-associateresearch-scientist-physics
Quantum Information and Computer Science - QuICS Hartree Postdoctoral Fellowships QuICS, University of Maryland, College Park QuICS Dec. 1, 2025 for full consideration (until filled) https://umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMCP/details/QuICS-Hartree-Postdoctoral-Fellow_JR102700
Condensed Matter Theory The University of Texas at Dallas Yves Kwan Dec. 1, 2025; open until filled https://jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/30691
Condensed Matter Theory (quantum geometry, topology, AI/ML) University of Notre Dame Yi-Ting Hsu Jan. 15, 2025; open until filled https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30862
AMO experiment (atomic parity violation) Argonne National Lab & University of Oklahoma Emine Altuntas & David DeMille Open until filled http://apply.interfolio.com/159567
Condensed Matter Theory University of California San Diego (UCSD) Tarun Grover December 1, 2025 https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31179
Quantum Information and Quantum Matter University of Washington (UW) Yaodong Li, Mark Rudner, Lukasz Fidkowski Dec. 15, 2025; open until filled https://apply.interfolio.com/177068
Edwin Thomas Jaynes Postdoctoral Fellowship Washington University in St. Louis all research areas in the department December 16, 2025 https://wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Washington-University-Danforth-Campus/Edwin-T-Jaynes-Postdoctoral-Fellow---Physics_JR91233
Condensed Matter Theory Washington University in St. Louis Shaffique Adam January 31, 2026 for full consideration. https://wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Washington-University-Danforth-Campus/Postdoctoral-Research-Associate---Physics_JR91383
Condensed Matter Experiment- 2D materials University of Arizona John Schaibley Dec. 15, open until filled https://arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/24503?c=arizona&sq=req24503
Eberly Senior Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Quantum Science (Theory) University of Rochester Independent fellowship; collaboration possible with any quantum physics group Dec 15; open until filled https://apply.interfolio.com/177628
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