Faculty Searches - Department of Physics

Department of Physics – UC Berkeley

The Physics Department at the University of California, Berkeley is actively recruiting for three tenure‑track Assistant Professor positions. These searches are in the following areas:

• Soft Condensed Matter: This position is open to all sub‑fields of soft condensed matter, broadly defined, including but not limited to non‑linear physics, nonequilibrium statistical physics, physics of learning and information, non‑biological soft condensed matter physics, and related areas of biological soft condensed matter physics. Applications from both experimentalists and theorists are welcome.
• Atomic Physics Theory: We welcome applicants from the full range of topics, including quantum simulation, many‑body quantum mechanics, emergent phenomena and entangled systems, connections to quantum information science, quantum optics, precision measurement and tests of fundamental physics, ultracold molecules and chemistry, ultrafast optics, and others.
• Open Search in Theoretical Physics: This is a broad search in theoretical physics with particular emphases in theoretical particle physics, plasma theory and computation, and theoretical condensed matter physics.

Applicants must submit a separate application to each position of interest.

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If an applicant does not include the signed authorization, the application will be considered incomplete, and as with any incomplete application, will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, applicants will only be subject to reference checks if and when they are selected as the candidate to whom the hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer.

More information is available on this website.

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

To guarantee full consideration, applications must be received by November 14, 2025.

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• Atomic Physics Theory: /JPF
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• Open Search in Theoretical Physics: /JPF
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