Job Description
Appointment Status: Tenure Track
Department: IU Bloomington Vice Provost For Faculty Affairs
Location Bloomington
Position Summary As part of a
major, multi-year initiative to expand research activities in Quantum Information Science across the IU Bloomington campus, the
College of Arts and Sciences and the
Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering invite applications for
multiple tenure-track positions at the assistant professor rank to begin in the Fall of 2025. While appointments will be made to outstanding
candidates with primary homes in one or more departments, including Physics,
Chemistry ,
Mathematics ,
Computer
Science , and
Intelligent Systems Engineering , this cycle of the
search is particularly focused on applicants in chemistry, mathematics, computer science and intelligent system engineering. Furthermore,
successful candidates will have the opportunity to interact broadly with our IU Quantum Science and Engineering center faculty, which is a
vibrant mixture of physicists, chemists, mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers, linguists and economists.
We are
particularly interested in researchers working in the areas of quantum information theory and experiment, simulation, sensing, and
materials. Candidates who conduct research that complements our activities in atomic/molecular/optical physics, quantum simulations, quantum
algorithms, quantum machine learning, materials chemistry, quantum algorithms for chemistry and condensed-matter physics, experimental and
computational photonics, and ongoing efforts within the interdepartmental
Quantum Science &
Engineering Center and multi-institutional
Center for Quantum
Technologies , will be given preference. We encourage applications from scholars who apply interdisciplinary perspectives across
a variety of these domains.
Responsibilities: Candidates are expected to sustain an active, externally funded
research program, to engage undergraduate and graduate students through effective teaching, and to participate in service to the university
and the profession. Candidates should be able to work effectively in a team environment. To advance scholarly innovation and excellence, we
especially welcome candidates whose demonstrated experience, research, teaching, and mentoring will support the university's priorities
related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Basic Qualifications Qualifications:
Applicants should possess a PhD in Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics (or a related field) and be
committed to excellence in scholarship and teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Department Contact for
Questions All queries about the position or the application procedures may be addressed to
[email protected] .
Special Instructions Application Procedures: Applicants should apply online and include a letter of application; CV; statements
on research and teaching. IUB faculty members are expected to interact with our diverse student and faculty community. As such, we are
especially interested in applicants with a potential for successful teaching and mentoring of students from diverse backgrounds; applicants
are encouraged to address this experience in their letter of application and define how this experience will enhance their research,
mentoring, teaching, and/or service at IUB.
Applicants seeking appointment at the Assistant Professor rank should apply at and provide three
letters of reference. Review of applications will begin immediately and for best consideration, applications should be received by
November 1, 2024 For Best Consideration Date: 11/01/2024
Expected Start
Date: 08/01/2025
Posting/OAA # IU-100996-2024
Job Tags
Full time, Immediate start,