Postdoctoral Fellow

About this position

Stanford UniversityStanford Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics

• The Stanford Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics (LITP) is
• searching for postdoctoral fellows for the Leinweber Physics
• Postdoctoral Fellowship as well as other LITP fellowships. The full
• range of theoretical physics will be considered with particular areas
• of focus this year including quantum field theory and string theory,
• cosmology and quantum gravity, particle physics and phenomenology and
• quantum information science.

• LITP enjoys fruitful interactions with the Q-FARM initiative in
• quantum science and engineering at Stanford, the Kavli Institute of
• Particle Physics and Cosmology, as well as with the Stanford
• Mathematics Department and machine learning research centers on campus
• and in industry. These associations and collaborations contribute to
• the lively atmosphere for postdocs in LITP.
• The deadline for applications is November 15, 2026.
• LITP postdoctoral applicants may also consider applying to the
• Stanford Science Fellows interdisciplinary postdoctoral scholar
• program and the Q-FARM Bloch Fellowship program.
• The Simons Collaboration on the Physics of Learning and Neural
• Computation are also searching for postdoctoral fellows at Stanford to
• perform research on AI.
• Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action
• employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
• employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
• orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected
• veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford
• welcomes applications from all who would bring additional dimensions
• to the University's research mission.