Two Postdoctoral Fellows - School of Physics

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About the School of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology

The School of Physics at Georgia Tech currently has 56 academic faculty, and its graduate program is ranked 21st in the nation by US News and World Report. The School of Physics has a broad research program with strengths in astrophysics, condensed matter, atomic, molecular, theoretical physics, and optical physics, physics of living systems, nonlinear science and soft matter physics. The School of Physics is also a key player in interdisciplinary initiatives established within Georgia Tech, such as quantum systems, neuroscience, microbial dynamics, planetary sciences, and data science/machine learning. Its student body comprises more than 156 graduate students (Ph.D. and Masters) and over 240 undergraduate majors.

The School of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for its inaugural School of Physics Postdoctoral Fellowship beginning in the Fall of 2027. The fellowship will support one or more outstanding early-career physicists pursuing an ambitious and independent research program within one or more research areas of the School of Physics. The proposed research program may be theoretical, experimental, observational, and/or instrumental. The fellowship is intended for a three-year term, comprising of an initial two-year appointment and a third-year contingent upon satisfactory performance and the continued availability of funds. This is a full-time position, 40 hours weekly.

The Fellow will pursue an independent research program in collaboration with one or more faculty members at the School of Physics. Research programs involving the broader Georgia Tech community are welcomed and encouraged, provided that the Fellow has a primary faculty host in the School of Physics. The Fellow will be encouraged to establish an independent scientific identity and develop collaborations across the School and Georgia Tech, with access to the research facilities, intellectual community, and professional-development resources of the Institute.

Responsibilities of the Fellow include:

Developing and conducting research

Analyzing results

Preparing publications

Presenting findings at conferences.

Applicants must hold a PhD in Physics or a closely related field by the start date of the fellowship.

Applicants should submit:

A cover letter describing their interest in the fellowship and identifying one or more potential physics faculty hosts and, where relevant, proposed collaborators elsewhere at Georgia Tech

A curriculum vitae, including a complete publication list;

A research statement describing past accomplishments and the proposed research program at Georgia Tech, not to exceed three pages excluding references.

Three confidential letters of recommendation by the time of application.

Application materials should be submitted as PDF files only via Georgia Tech's Careers portal.

For full consideration, applications should be received by the deadline of December 1, 2026

Inquiries should be sent to: sopppf@gatech.edu -- Subject line: Post Doctoral Fellowship Search

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Applicants should identify one or more potential primary faculty hosts(s) in the School of Physics. Prior communication with prospective faculty host(s) is strongly encouraged but is not required at the time of application. Research collaborations with faculty and researchers elsewhere at Georgia Tech are welcomed.

Candidates will be evaluated based on the quality and originality of their research accomplishments, the promise of their proposed research program, and their potential for productive intellectual engagement with the School of Physics and the Georgia Tech community.