QUP Postdoctoral Fellow

The International Center for Quantum-field Measurement Systems for Studies of the Universe and Particles (QUP) ^*) at High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) solicits applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowship program.

We are seeking candidates who are interested in our broad range of sciences and engineering. Our postdoctoral fellows are for three years with the possibility of a 2-year renewal based upon satisfactory job performance, continuing availability of funds, and ongoing operational needs, and provided with salaries comparable to those at other prestigious institutions. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Physics or a related field by the time the appointment begins. We may offer a higher position, at the rank of assistant professor, for five years with the possibility of a 2-year renewal to outstanding candidates. Each appointee will receive financial support for starting-up research, and have opportunities to work with 13 initial PIs who are active in experimental cosmology, experimental and theoretical particle physics, data science, electromagnetic analyses, and device engineering. More information on their research activities can be found in the job application web page.

The posting shall remain open until the positions are filled, however for full consideration, we encourage all candidates to apply by February. 28, 2022. Applicants should submit curriculum vitae (with an email address and citizenship), a statement of research interests with name(s) of PI with whom they wish to work, and a list of publications. Applicants should also ensure that at least three letters of reference are submitted on their behalf. They should be uploaded at Application Form ( https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/programs/21028 ).

Note that they need to sign up with AcademicJobsOnline.org.

Email inquiries regarding the application process may be sent to qup_job_inquiry@ml.post.kek.jp

As a WPI research center, QUP is designed to establish an international environment where more than 30% of researchers are non-Japanese. English is the official language of QUP. QUP is an Equal Opportunity employer that will build a diverse community of scientists. We welcome qualified applicants from all over the world, including women, persons with disabilities, and underrepresented minorities, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, etc. About 40% of initial PIs at QUP are female.

*) QUP was established on  December 16, 2021, at High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) as one of the research centers under the World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI) of the Japanese government.

QUP’s main laboratories are located on the Tsukuba campus of KEK in Tsukuba science city, 60 km northeast of Tokyo, Japan. In addition, QUP is opening up three satellite laboratories at the University of California Berkeley, the Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (ISAS) at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Toyota Central R&D Labs.

QUP sets the following missions:

1. Integrate particle physics, astrophysics, condensed matter physics, measurement science, and systems science.
2. Invent and develop new systems for measuring quantum fields (space-time with particles and quasiparticles created and annihilated, and associated physical quantities).
3. Bring innovation to measurements in cosmological observations and particle experiments, and elucidate the true nature of space-time and matter.
4. Establish a new measurement science, quantum field measurement systemology, as a science of means through the above practices.
5. Last but not least, we will create a new level of fusion of various research areas beyond physics and new social values through application to other fields and social implementation.

In short, QUP will bring "new eyes" to humanity.