Post-doctoral position financed by the Simons Foundation
One 2 or 3 year position financed by the Simons Position is open
Postdoctoral position financed by the Simons Foundation
Duration: 2 or 3 years
Description
Thanks to the support of the Simons Foundation, IHES offers each academic year several postdoctoral positions for 2 years, with a possible extension of one year.
The selected candidates develop their research on topics of their choice in mathematics and theoretical physics and have the opportunity to collaborate with the Institute’s permanent professors.
Contract details
The position will be covered by highly competitive package: salary and full health coverage, housing at the IHES residence in exchange for a monthly contribution for the first two years, subsidized access to the cafeteria for lunch Monday through Friday, funds for travel.
Applications should be submitted online and include the application form duly completed, a CV, a list of publications, a description of the research project and future plans as well as 2 or 3 recommendation letters.
Will be funded by the Simons Foundation in 2026:
– 1 position in theoretical physics
IHES is advertising one (2+1) year post-doctoral position in theoretical physics with a starting date in the fall 2026. Candidates with a strong background in quantum and/or conformal field theory, effective field theory, gravitation, condensed matter theory and topological field theory, broadly interpreted, and interested in critical phenomena in condensed matter and statistical mechanics, bootstrap, renormalization group, topological phases of matter, generalized symmetries, tensor networks, scattering amplitudes and gravitational wave physics are invited to apply. Successful candidates will collaborate with the IHES physics faculty Clément Delcamp, Sridip Pal, Julio Parra-Martinez, Slava Rychkov et Thibault Damour (Emeritus) and will benefit from the vibrant physics community of the greater Paris area.
Contacts: Clément Delcamp, Julio Parra Martinez, Slava Rychkov
Applications should be submitted to the Academics Jobs Online site only.
Next call for applications: Fall 2025
