Postdoctoral Research Associate

Posting Number: PG191606PD

Position Number:

Position Type: Post Doc

FLSA: Exempt

Department : 170601 - Physics

Department: 170601 - Physics

Job City & State: Raleigh, NC

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Job Duties:

The Department of Physics & Astronomy provides:

The department enrolls approximately 120 graduate students and 140 undergrad physics majors. The department size is approximately 56 faculty members. While working in this department, you will be expected to foster a supportive and welcoming environment.

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• We seek a postdoctoral research associate with the primary purpose of research in Quantum field theory.
• Applicants must have a Ph.D. in physics, with a background in quantum field theory, with applications to the non-perturbative aspects, physics of confinement, phases of matter, and particle and nuclear physics.
• This position is supported by funds from the Simon Collaboration on Confinement and QCD Strings.
• The successful candidate will work in collaboration with Mithat Unsal and other faculty, postdocs, and students of the nuclear theory at the North Carolina State University.

Graduate student advising, scientific presentations.

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40 hours a week, days will vary

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in physics, with a background in quantum field theory, with applications to the non-perturbative aspects, physics of confinement, phases of matter, and particle and nuclear physics.

Research experience in quantum field theory, non-perturbative physics.

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$62,000 -$65,000

01/13/2026

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