Field of Interest:cond-mat, hep-th
Deadline: 2018-01-05
Region: Europe
Job description:
The newly established Dresden-Wuerzburg Center for Topological Quantum Matter Research invites applications for a
Postdoctoral researcher (m/f) within the Hallwachs-Roentgen Postdoc Program
working in the area of applications of the AdS/CFT correspondence to condensed matter physics.
We are looking for an exceptional young scientist of great promise to work in either of the following research areas:
1) AdS/CFT, strongly correlated systems and hydrodynamics (for instance strange metals and hydrodynamics for electrons in solids)
2) AdS/CFT, disorder and many-body localization (for instance the SYK model and variants, scrambling and entanglement spreading)
The Hallwachs-Roentgen Postdoc Program is intended to form a link between two of the most active research environments on topological condensed matter physics worldwide – the Technische Universitaet Dresden together with its external research institutes (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Leibniz-Institut für Festkoerper- und Werkstoffforschung, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik komplexer Systeme, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Chemische Physik fester Stoffe) and the Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg. The successful candidate will provide a bridge function between the theory research groups in Wuerzburg (Professors Erdmenger and Trauzettel) and in Dresden (Professors Moessner and Vojta). Interactions with experimentalists (Professors Buechner, Felser, Molenkamp) are also possible.
Subject to personal qualification, employees will be remunerated according to salary group E 13 TV-L of the German Public Service Scale, which includes social benefits. The position is available for a fixed duration of three years, starting in September or October 2018. The period of employment is governed by the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz - WissZeitVG). The position offers the opportunity to obtain further academic qualification. The successful candidate will spend two years at one partner location (either Dresden or Wuerzburg) and the remaining year with the other partner. Therefore, they will be able to directly benefit from interactions with the two complementary research environments.
Requirements: Doctoral degree in physics (or a closely related discipline), in-depth research experience in the AdS/CFT correspondence and its applications to condensed matter physics, very good written and oral English language skills (knowledge of the German language is not a prerequisite), ability to work independently and in a team.
Female researchers are particularly encouraged to apply. The same applies for persons with disabilities.
Please send your application documents (CV, publication list and a research statement explaining the motivation to work in an interdisciplinary research environment involving researchers in both AdS/CFT and in condensed matter physics) preferably as a single pdf document to hr_postdoc@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to the same address. (Please note: We are currently not able to receive electronically signed and encrypted data.). Alternatively use regular mail to Universitaet Wuerzburg, Fakultaet fuer Physik und Astronomie, Prof. Dr. J. Erdmenger, 97074 Wuerzburg, Germany.
The application deadline is Friday 5th January 2018.
Deadline: 2018-01-05
Region: Europe
Job description:
The newly established Dresden-Wuerzburg Center for Topological Quantum Matter Research invites applications for a
Postdoctoral researcher (m/f) within the Hallwachs-Roentgen Postdoc Program
working in the area of applications of the AdS/CFT correspondence to condensed matter physics.
We are looking for an exceptional young scientist of great promise to work in either of the following research areas:
1) AdS/CFT, strongly correlated systems and hydrodynamics (for instance strange metals and hydrodynamics for electrons in solids)
2) AdS/CFT, disorder and many-body localization (for instance the SYK model and variants, scrambling and entanglement spreading)
The Hallwachs-Roentgen Postdoc Program is intended to form a link between two of the most active research environments on topological condensed matter physics worldwide – the Technische Universitaet Dresden together with its external research institutes (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Leibniz-Institut für Festkoerper- und Werkstoffforschung, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik komplexer Systeme, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Chemische Physik fester Stoffe) and the Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg. The successful candidate will provide a bridge function between the theory research groups in Wuerzburg (Professors Erdmenger and Trauzettel) and in Dresden (Professors Moessner and Vojta). Interactions with experimentalists (Professors Buechner, Felser, Molenkamp) are also possible.
Subject to personal qualification, employees will be remunerated according to salary group E 13 TV-L of the German Public Service Scale, which includes social benefits. The position is available for a fixed duration of three years, starting in September or October 2018. The period of employment is governed by the Fixed Term Research Contracts Act (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz - WissZeitVG). The position offers the opportunity to obtain further academic qualification. The successful candidate will spend two years at one partner location (either Dresden or Wuerzburg) and the remaining year with the other partner. Therefore, they will be able to directly benefit from interactions with the two complementary research environments.
Requirements: Doctoral degree in physics (or a closely related discipline), in-depth research experience in the AdS/CFT correspondence and its applications to condensed matter physics, very good written and oral English language skills (knowledge of the German language is not a prerequisite), ability to work independently and in a team.
Female researchers are particularly encouraged to apply. The same applies for persons with disabilities.
Please send your application documents (CV, publication list and a research statement explaining the motivation to work in an interdisciplinary research environment involving researchers in both AdS/CFT and in condensed matter physics) preferably as a single pdf document to hr_postdoc@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to the same address. (Please note: We are currently not able to receive electronically signed and encrypted data.). Alternatively use regular mail to Universitaet Wuerzburg, Fakultaet fuer Physik und Astronomie, Prof. Dr. J. Erdmenger, 97074 Wuerzburg, Germany.
The application deadline is Friday 5th January 2018.