Assistant/Associate Professor of Experimental Relativistic Heavy-Ion Physics
About the Role
The Department of Physics & Astronomy at Purdue University invites applications for a faculty position in Experimental Relativistic Heavy-Ion Physics to begin August 2027.
The current relativistic heavy-ion efforts in the department involve physics analyses of the RHIC/STAR/sPHENIX and LHC/CMS experiments, detector design and simulation works on the ePIC experiment at the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC), and AI-facilitated research on the EIC under the DOE's Genesis Mission.
Responsibilities
- Establish a vibrant, externally funded research program, driving cutting-edge science in existing experiments while maintaining a strong leadership presence
- Spearhead new hardware, software, and/or physics initiatives for EIC
- Mentor graduate students and postdocs
- Contribute to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level
Qualifications
- PhD in Nuclear Physics or a closely related field by the start of the appointment
- Postdoctoral experience is highly desirable
- Demonstrated record of research accomplishments in nuclear physics, evidenced by publications and presentations at leading conferences
- Experience and expertise in experimental nuclear physics, with an emphasis on relativistic heavy-ion physics or related areas
The Department, College, and University
The Department of Physics and Astronomy has 60 tenured and tenure-track professors, 200 graduate students, and 280 undergraduates. It is engaged in research in astrophysics, atomic-molecular-optical physics, biophysics, condensed matter, high-energy physics, nuclear physics, physics education, and quantum information science. More information is available at https://www.physics.purdue.edu/.
The College of Science, encompassing the physical, computing, and life sciences at Purdue, is home to over 350 faculty and more than 6000 students. More information can be found at https://www.purdue.edu/science/.
Purdue University is one of the nation's leading land-grant universities, with an enrollment of over 52,000 students primarily focused on STEM subjects. The university hosts the Rosen Center for Advanced Computing, which provides faculty and students with access to diverse high-performance computing resources (https://www.rcac.purdue.edu).