Faculty Searches - Department of Physics

Overview

Multiple Faculty Searches - Department of Physics

The Physics Department at the University of California, Berkeley is recruiting for three tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in the following areas.

• Soft Condensed Matter – open to experimentalists and theorists interested in nonlinear physics, non‑equilibrium statistical physics, physics of learning and information, non‑biological and biological soft condensed matter physics, and related areas.
• Atomic Physics Theory – candidates from quantum simulation, many‑body quantum mechanics, emergent phenomena, entangled systems, quantum information science, quantum optics, precision measurement, tests of fundamental physics, ultracold molecules and chemistry, ultrafast optics, and other sub‑fields.
• Open Search in Theoretical Physics – a broad search with particular emphases in theoretical particle physics, plasma theory and computation, and theoretical condensed matter physics.

PhD (or equivalent international degree) or enrollment in a PhD or equivalent international degree‑granting program at the time of application.

Applications must be submitted to each position of interest through the respective links below and must be received by November 14, 2025.

• Soft Condensed Matter – (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./JPF
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• Atomic Physics Theory – /JPF
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• Open Search in Theoretical Physics – /JPF
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Reference letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party, to the UC Berkeley Confidentiality Policy prior to submitting their letters.

For questions, contact the Academic Personnel Office at Physics

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