Postdoctoral Positions in Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics

ICTP's Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics section (CMSP) is offering a limited number of post-doctoral positions for young condensed matter and statistical physics theoreticians, available starting in autumn 2012.

CMSP's current research areas include:

• disordered quantum many-body systems, quantum Monte Carlo simulations of ultra-cold gases: BEC-BCS crossover in strongly interacting Fermi gases, low-dimensional and/or disordered Bose gases;
• physics of nano-devices;
• statistical physics of complex systems and interdisciplinary applications;
• random matrix theory and its applications;
• density functional theory based investigations of structural, electronic and optical properties of materials, in particular in the field of renewable energy storage and conversion;
• development of efficient algorithms for the computation of electronic excitations in nanoscale systems.

Appointments will be made for two years, with the possibility of renewal for one more year. Applicants should be no more than 35 years of age at the time of application and should have obtained their PhD after 2007. The application form can be accessed online.

Applicants must append to the online application a detailed curriculum vitae and a list of publications. They should also arrange for at least three recommendation letters to be uploaded on-line separately after the submission of the application.

The deadline for receipt of applications is 15 January 2012.

For more information, please contact the CMSP secretariat at:

Phone: +39 040 2240 540
Fax: +39 040 2240 7540 or 040 2241 63
Email: cm@ictp.it

Mailing address:
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Secretary, Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics Section  (ref. postdoc 12/13)
Strada Costiera 11
I-34151 Trieste, Italy