The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles is searching for a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor with outstanding potential as a research scientist, science educator, and mentor to students from groups that are under- represented in the physical sciences. This search is part of a cluster hire with faculty positions in the departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mathematics, and Physics and Astronomy who will support UCLA’s goals to achieve federal designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution as early as 2025. In preparation for this designation, the Office of the Chancellor and the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost have sponsored this search in order to recruit exceptional scholars whose teaching, scholarship and/or mentoring has strong ties to Latinx experiences in the United States. This search is conducted as a partnership between the Chicano Studies Research Center and the Division of Physical Sciences. Faculty hired through this search are expected to have a demonstrated commitment to and future plan for mentoring and encouraging the success of Latinx and first-generation scholars and to maintain an active affiliation with the Chicano Studies Research Center. Since the Latina population is particularly under-represented in physical sciences nationwide, the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Division of Physical Sciences are especially interested in candidates with potential to serve as outstanding mentors to Latina students.
Candidates in any area of Physics and Astronomy, broadly defined, will be considered. A necessary qualification is a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in Physics, Astronomy, or a related discipline in hand at time of appointment. Post-doctoral research experience is strongly encouraged. The successful candidate will be expected to develop an externally funded research program, and teach and mentor at both the undergraduate and graduate levels employing inclusive pedagogical approaches. UCLA and the Department of Physics and Astronomy are committed to the highest standards of scholarship and professional activities, and to the development of a campus climate that supports diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Candidates should provide a cover letter, a curriculum vitae including a list of publications, a research statement including future research directions, a teaching statement that includes teaching interests as well as experience employing pedagogies that promote active learning and inclusive teaching practices, a statement of contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion that includes previous and planned efforts that advance EDI through formal and/or informal mentoring especially of Latina students, arrange for at least three and up to five letters of reference to be uploaded to UCLA Academic Recruit, and complete a reference check authorization release form. All applications must be uploaded and submitted through UCLA Academic Recruit at https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10131.
The Department of Physics and Astronomy Search Committee will begin initial review of materials and applications on March 2, 2025 and continue until the position is filled.
Salary is commensurate with qualifications and based on University of California pay scales. The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See Table 1: Faculty – Ladder Ranks. The salary range for this position is $78,200-$101,400. “Off-scale salaries” and other components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions. See campus compensation page for additional information.
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The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles invites applications for a full-time tenure-track assistant professor faculty position in theoretical/computational plasma physics, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2025.
The UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy has research programs in theoretical, computational, and experimental plasma physics, which include efforts in particle-in-cell simulation, turbulence and transport in magnetized plasmas, the nonlinear optics of plasmas, intense laser and beam plasma interactions, plasma-based acceleration, magnetic reconnection, inertial and magnetic confinement fusion energy, high-energy density plasmas, space and astro plasmas, and physics informed machine learning. Outstanding candidates are sought with expertise in theory and simulation, and who have demonstrated exceptional research in frontier areas of plasma physics. The candidate is expected to carry out a vibrant research program that complements existing programs, and to effectively teach at both the undergraduate and graduate level. The successful candidate should also have a clear commitment to enhancing the diversity of the faculty, graduate student population, and of the majors in physics and astronomy. A Ph.D. or equivalent degree is required.
Candidates should submit a cover letter; a curriculum vita including a list of publications; a synopsis of educational goals, including a commitment to teaching and a philosophy for teaching a graduate level plasma physics course; a statement of research accomplishments, interests and plans; a statement on past, present or planned contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion; complete a reference check authorization release form; and arrange for at least three and up to five letters of reference to be uploaded to UCLA Academic Recruit. Please submit your application materials online at https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF09944.
The deadline for full consideration is January 15, 2025; however the search will remain open until the position is filled. The Department has a strong commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff.
The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists' current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University's Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled "Authorization to Release Information" into RECRUIT as part of their application. If the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted employment reference checks.
The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See Table 1 Faculty-Ladder Ranks-Professor Series Academic Year (ucop.edu). The salary range for this position is $78,200-$101,400. “Off-scale salaries” and other components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/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, age or protected veteran status.
For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf.
For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.
The Department of Physics & Astronomy at the UCLA College of Letters and Sciences invites highly qualified applicants for temporary instructor positions for the 2024-25 Academic Year. This is a temporary, non-tenure teaching track appointment, on a part-time basis and made quarter by quarter, as dictated by instructional needs.
Responsibilities will include lecturing, conducting regularly scheduled office hours, and the writing and grading of exams and problem sets.
Qualified candidates must have a Ph.D., several tears of professional teaching experience and a demonstrated record of distinguished graduate teaching or proven expertise in the area of Quantum Information Science.
Candidates should provide a curriculum vitae. Please submit your application materials at https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09959. The deadline for applications is March 7, 2025. However, the search will remain open until any positions are filled.
The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 1 Faculty-Ladder Ranks-Professor Series Academic Year (ucop.edu). The salary range for this position is $78,200 - $205,400. “Off-scale salaries”, i.e. a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/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, age or protected veteran status.
For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy, please visit https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf.
For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.
The Department of Physics & Astronomy at UCLA invites applications for a postdoctoral research position in experimental condensed matter physics. The successful candidate will join Professor Stuart E. Brown's research group, with an emphasis on investigations of strongly correlated and frustrated quantum materials. The research employs advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques and other methods to explore emergent quantum phenomena in novel materials.
The Postdoctoral Scholar appointment offer is contingent upon evidence of a doctoral degree, documentation of employment eligibility in compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, funding availability, and the approval of the Dean of the Division of Graduate Education. Applicants should submit a current Curriculum Vitae (CV) with a list of publications, and a brief statement of research interests and experience. Additionally, applicants should arrange for two letters of recommendations to be submitted. The regular duration of the position would be two years, with a possible extension upon agreement. Applications will be considered until the position is filled. However, for full consideration in the first review of applicants, materials should be submitted by June 15, 2025. Please submit your application materials online at https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10315.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.
Contact: Stuart Brown (UCLA) (brown@physics.ucla.edu)
More Information: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10315