Job Description

Cornell University's Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics is soliciting applications for the Bethe/Wilkins/KIC Postdoctoral Fellowship in Theoretical Condensed-Matter Physics. This prize fellowship is designed to attract the best and brightest theoretical physicists within three years of PhD attainment to work with theorists and experimentalists in the Department of Physics and the larger Cornell community. Our group has broad interests in hard and soft condensed-matter physics, including (but not limited to): biophysics, cold atom physics, electronic structure theory, hydrodynamics, machine learning, materials science, statistical physics, strongly correlated electrons, and quantum information.Theorists who wish to be considered for sponsorship as a Klarman Fellowship applicant must first apply for the Bethe/Wilkins/KIC Fellowship. In the first stage, applications will be considered by the theory group. Leading candidates will then be nominated for consideration by a college-wide selection committee. The Klarman Fellowship is a distinguished postdoctoral program in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell. (Please note: the Klarman Fellowship is administrated separately, and a further application will be required.)Kavli Fellowships are made as 12-month appointments with an anticipated total duration of two years. Fellowships pay $80,000 annually and carry a discretionary research expense account. All Fellows agree to put the KIC byline on all publications and presentations during their appointment. Criteria for SelectionApplications will be judged on candidate qualifications, the quality and originality of the proposed research, and its suitability to the KIC mission. Applicants should hold a PhD in one of the listed fields of theoretical physics by the time of appointment and be no further than three years past their PhD completion date.How to ApplyApplications should be submitted via our Academic Jobs Online posting: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32454.