Hiring Department: Physics
Reports To: Assistant Professor - Physics
Job Location: Physics Building
Posting End Date: Open until filled. This posting may close once a sufficient number of qualified applications have been received.
Hours: 40 hours per week, standard Monday- Friday 8:00am- 5:00pm, flexibility is required on evenings and weekends
FLSA status: Exempt
Earliest Start Date: As soon as possible.
Salary: Commensurate with experience.
Required Application Materials:
Cover Letter and List of three references (strongly recommended)
Note: This is a full time, temporary contingent upon availability of funds position with a possibility of extension and is eligible for full benefits, including medical, dental, and vision.
The Condensed Matter Theory group led by Prof. Cuozzo is seeking a motivated postdoctoral fellow who is interested in condensed matter and quantum device theory including: topological phases of matter, superconductivity, quantum device modeling, quantum materials, moiré materials, and quantum optics. For inquiries, please submit your curriculum vitae and a brief research statement. Candidates should also arrange for two letters of recommendation to be submitted.
Statement of Duties and Responsibilities:
Under the supervision of Prof. Cuozzo, the successful candidate will lead a research project investigating electronic transport properties of superconducting materials and devices with applications in topological quantum computing, non-reciprocal electronics, and single-photon detection. Some tasks involve interdisciplinary collaboration with computational or experimental groups.
Duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
If the successful candidate is interested, they will have the opportunity to participate in proposal writing and mentoring graduate or undergraduate students.
The successful candidate must comply with all State and University policies.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Required Qualifications:
Education: PhD in relevant field
and
Experience: Experience in one or more of the following areas: (i) topological materials, (ii) superconductivity, (iii) quantum transport, (iv) nanoscale materials, (v) light-matter interactions, or (vi) quantum optics.
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a comprehensive public research university that is increasing access to excellent higher education. We advance discovery of public value and positively impact the health, culture, education, and economy of the community we serve.
UTEP is America’s leading Hispanic-serving university. Located at the westernmost tip of Texas, where three states and two countries converge along the Rio Grande, 84% of our 26,000 students are Hispanic, and half are the first in their families to go to college. UTEP offers 170 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs at the only open-access, top-tier research university in America.
This is an especially exciting time to join UTEP as it advances the goals of its 2030 Strategic Plan. Built around the institution’s core strengths—its location, its people, its supportive culture, and its community partnerships—the plan lays out a bold vision for the next decade, aimed at maximizing the University’s regional impact and national stature.
About the Department
The Physics Department at the University of Texas at El Paso currently enrolls more than 120 graduate and undergraduate students. The department offers a B.S. and M.S. degrees in Physics and participates in the multidisciplinary Ph.D. programs in Materials Science and Engineering, Computational Science, and Environmental Sciences and Engineering. The department has active research programs in condensed matter, atomic and molecular physics, environmental and nuclear physics, astrophysics, and physics education. Physics faculty and students benefit from state-of-the-art research laboratories that allow structure-property investigations, optical spectroscopy and microscopy, as well as high-resolution imaging. The department also boasts exceptional computational facilities. The department has 12 faculty members and total annual research expenditures of about $1 million.
Note: To the extent that this position involves research, work, or access to critical infrastructure as referenced in Executive Order GA-48, being hired for and continuing to be employed in this position requires the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure.
The primary accountabilities are intended to describe the general content of and requirements of this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. Incumbents may perform all or some of the primary accountabilities listed. Specific tasks or responsibilities will be documented in the incumbents’ performance objectives as outlined by the incumbents’ immediate supervisor or manager. This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes the employer to obtain criminal history record information. A valid driver’s license issued by the State where the applicant resides and insurability as defined in UTS 157 may be required to perform the position's essential functions.
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee must frequently stand and walk. The employee must regularly sit; use hands to feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee must lift and move up to 10 pounds.
The noise level for this work environment is usually moderate.
In keeping with its access, excellence, and impact mission, The University of Texas at El Paso is committed to a learning and working environment that honors the talents, respects the differences, and nurtures the growth and development of all. We seek to attract faculty and staff who share our commitment.
The University of Texas at El Paso is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity in employment or the provision of services in accordance with state and federal law. Discrimination on the basis of sex includes an employee’s or prospective employee’s right to be free from sexual harassment under Title IX of the Higher Education Amendments of 1972. Inquiries—including the filing of a Formal Complaint or reporting an incident—about the application of Title IX may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, who can be reached by phone at (915) 747-8358, by email at titleix@utep.edu, or by mail at 500 W. University Ave., El Paso, TX, Kelly Hall, Room 223C.
For accommodation information for employees and applicants with disabilities, please contact UTEP's Equal Opportunity Office at eoaa@utep.edu.
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