Associate Professor

The Department of Physics at the University of Chicago, together with research institutes and centers including the Enrico Fermi Institute and the James Franck Institute, is conducting a search at the rank of tenured Associate Professor. The search is open to all subfields of experimental condensed matter physics, including initiatives in quantum science, atomic molecular and optical physics, and hard condensed matter.  Department members play leading roles in a wide range of research areas; details can be found at the Department website . The University of Chicago has an inherently crosscutting and interdisciplinary structure that is supportive of newly emerging research opportunities.

All University departments and institutes are charged with building a faculty from a diversity of backgrounds and with diverse viewpoints, to cultivating an inclusive community that values freedom of expression, and to welcoming and supporting all their members.

Duties include conducting an independent research program, and teaching and advising undergraduate and graduate students. Review of applications will begin on November 4, 2022 and will continue until the position is filled. Expected start date is in the 2023-2024 academic year.

A Ph.D. in physics or a closely related field is required.

Applicants must apply online through the University of Chicago academic careers website apply.interfolio.com/112695 .  Required materials are:

• a cover letter,
• a curriculum vitae,
• a list of publications,
• a statement of research,
• and a teaching statement (which should include information about the candidate’s teaching and mentoring activities, teaching philosophy and goals, and should also, where possible, include a description of the candidate’s experience in teaching and mentoring students, research or teaching assistants, or postdoctoral fellows, and in fostering their learning and ability to do research; the teaching statement may also include relevant experience in teaching and mentoring students from a diversity of backgrounds, if applicable).
• Applicants are required to request three confidential letters of recommendation via Interfolio.  

We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages diverse perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange. The University’s Statements on Diversity are at https://provost.uchicago.edu/statements-diversity .

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