The UC Berkeley Physics Department is conducting faculty searches for tenure-track assistant professors in multiple areas. Appliaction deadline: November 15th, 2026 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time
Links to the application portals and more detail on the positions:
Open search: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05524
AMO theory: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05460
DESCRIPTION The UC Berkeley Physics Department is conducting faculty searches for tenure-track assistant professors in multiple areas.
One search is open, with several areas of particular interest:
- Space Sciences, theory or experiment. This includes space and solar plasma physics, gravitational waves, black hole imaging, gamma ray astrophysics, multi-messenger astronomy, radio cosmology, cosmic rays, and dark matter.
- Astrophysics experiment. This includes gravitational-wave detection and space plasma physics.
- Observational and theoretical astrophysics. The focus is on using and developing data science and machine learning techniques.
- Experimental nuclear and particle physics. The focus is on fundamental symmetries, including CP and time reversal symmetry, family and lepton number symmetries, and matter-antimatter symmetry.
One search is in AMO theory, including quantum optics, quantum simulation, connections to quantum information science, emergent phenomena and entangled systems, precision measurement and tests of fundamental physics, ultracold molecules and chemistry, ultrafast optics, and related areas.
Please encourage any promising candidates you know to apply, and to forward this opportunity to others.
For questions, feel free to contact our search committee (physicsAP(at)berkeley.edu) or directly reach out to Victoria Xu (vax(at)berkeley.edu).