Position title and duration: postdoc or research assistant professor, depending on the candidate’s qualifications. The appointment is offered initially for a one-year period, with the possibility of further extensions up to three years of total duration.

Description: this position is offered by the Quantum Information Theory Group within the collaboration “Extreme Universe”, headed by Prof. Tadashi Takayanagi (YITP, Kyoto University). This collaboration brings together Japan-based world-renowned researchers in quantum information theory, quantum gravity, cosmology, and condensed matter physics, with the aim of creating new and exciting bridges between these very active areas of research. The successful candidate will work in close contact with Prof. Francesco Buscemi (Nagoya University), but is expected to interact also with the rest of the collaboration group and to participate in various interdisciplinary meetings within the project. The successful candidate is expected to commence their appointment on April 2022 or as soon as possible after that.

Requirements: applicants are expected to hold a PhD degree in a theoretical field related to quantum information sciences by the time they begin their appointment. Ideally, they will be familiar with recent ideas and techniques in quantum information theory and have at the same time strong interests in fundamental questions in theoretical physics.

Submission procedure: interested candidates should provide

1. a cover letter;
2. an up-to-date curriculum vitae;
3. a research statement;
4. an up-to-date list of research achievements (including published papers, preprints, talks, posters, etc.);
5. contact information of three references able to provide recommendation letters upon request.

The application can be done by sending the above documents directly to buscemi@nagoya-u.jp or through the project’s webpage at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/19880 (where also other openings are advertised)

Submission deadline: 30 November 2021

For further inquiries, please contact me at buscemi@nagoya-u.jp