Institution Background:

The International Centre for Theoretical Physics Asia-Pacific (ICTP-AP) operates in affiliation to the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), and is under the auspices of UNESCO  in cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), the National Science Foundation China (NSFC), and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Trieste).

Job description:

The position is based in ICTP-AP Beijing, also in collaboration with the theory group of the Institut de Física d'Altes Energies (IFAE) in Spain, announces the opening of a postdoctoral position for 2024. 

The candidate should have a doctoral degree and experience in High-Energy Particle Physics, especially in Effective Field Theory, Scattering Amplitudes, Quantum field theory, New Physics and its Phenomenology. 

The successful candidate is expected to work with Prof. Teng Ma ( https://inspirehep.net/authors/1064170?ui-citation-summary=true) in ICTP-AP and Prof. Alex Pomarol and Andrea Wulzer in IFAE. The candidate will spend two to three months each year visiting the theoretical group in IFAE. The position will be for two years, with the strong possibility of extending for the third year. 

The salary is around 320,000 CNY per year before tax. Additional funding is available for travel expenses, and benefits are purchased by the institute.  

Successful candidates will be encouraged to apply for the research associate project of CAS, once succeed, the salary will be increased accordingly.

Online Application:

Candidates should submit the following materials at: https://ictp-ap.org/form/12#/

1) A cover letter and CV;

2) Research Statement;

3) Three Reference Letters;

4) List of Publications.

After submission of the application form, a link to upload the reference letter will display. Please send the link to your referees to upload the reference letter.

Any questions regarding this position should be addressed to mateng@ucas.ac.cn, a.wulzer@gmail.com, or pomarol@ifae.es with the email subject "PD_joint”.

Review of applications will begin on January 21st, 2024, and continue until the positions are filled. The starting time for this position can be as early as possible.