Postdoc and PhD positions at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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Application deadline: 

Friday, April 1, 2022

Research group: 

The Quantum Information Group (GIQ) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
(UAB) offers several positions for postdoctoral researchers (2 years, with
the possibility of extension) and PhD students (up to 4 years), starting
1 January 2022 or shortly after.

The group comprises five senior faculty, two junior faculty and a number of
postdocs and graduate students. We work on all aspects of theoretical quantum
information science, specifically metrology and sensing, quantum machine
learning, entanglement theory, non-locality, quantum many-body physics,
open quantum systems, quantum thermodynamics and thermometry, resource
theories (such as coherence, magic, non-classicality, ...), quantum Shannon
theory, and quantum signal processing, among others.
Website - http://grupsderecerca.uab.cat/giq/ (momentarily down)
Recent publications - http://tiny.cc/GIQ_arxiv

Postdocs: We seek researchers with an excellent doctorate and track record
in relevant topics for quantum information theory, either directly after the
PhD or with experience.

PhDs: We seek promising PhD candidates and offer a stimulating environment
to pursue research projects oriented along any of the areas in the remit of
the group.

Applications can be submitted at any time starting now; they will be reviewed
starting 1 December 2021 and will be considered until the positions are filled.

Interested applicants please contact ramon.munoz@uab.cat, john.calsamiglia@uab.cat,
anna.sanpera@uab.cat or andreas.winter@uab.cat at your earliest convenience,
sending a CV and a statement of purpose, and should request two reference
letters to be sent directly to one of the above.