Theoretical Physics Research Associate

Fermilab is America’s premier laboratory for particle physics and accelerator research, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.  We support discovery science experiments in Illinois and at locations around the world, including deep underground mines in South Dakota and Canada, mountaintops in Arizona and Chile, and the South Pole.

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The Fermilab Theory Division/Particle Theory Department invites applications for postdoctoral research appointments starting in the fall of 2023. Postdoctoral research associates in the Fermilab Theory Division are appointed for three years.  

They are expected to perform self-directed theoretical physics research on topics of their own choosing, and are encouraged to work with members of the senior scientific staff and other postdocs within the Division. The Fermilab Particle Theory research program includes neutrino physics, perturbative QCD, lattice QCD, Higgs & flavor physics, collider phenomenology and physics beyond the standard model. Collaboration with members of the other two departments in the Theory Division (Astrophysics Theory and Quantum Theory) is encouraged and supported.

The senior staff of the Particle Theory Department consists of John Campbell, Marcela Carena, Bogdan Dobrescu, Patrick Fox, Walter Giele, Roni Harnik, Stefan Hoeche, Andreas Kronfeld, Pedro Machado, Stephen Parke, Noemi Rocco, Ruth Van de Water and Michael Wagman. The emeriti are William Bardeen, Estia Eichten, Christopher Hill, Boris Kayser, Paul Mackenzie and Chris Quigg. Our colleagues in the Astro Theory Department are Joshua Frieman, Nick Gnedin, Craig Hogan, Dan Hooper, Gordan Krnjaic and Albert Stebbins, and in the Quantum Theory Department Asher Berlin and Henry Lamm. 

Further details can be found on our website: http://theory.fnal.gov/.

Candidates should submit via Academic Jobs Online: (https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/22895)

 

1) Curriculum Vitae, 

2) List of publications, 

3) Statement of research interests, and 

4) Three or more letters of recommendation, submitted to AJO by the reference writers. 

To learn more about members of the theoretical physics department and our activities, please visit:  https://astro.fnal.gov/science/theory/  and  http://theory.fnal.gov 

 

HUMAN FACTORS: Mental Concentration, Sitting, and Tight Work Schedule. 

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