About this opportunity
The Pennsylvania State University lists this Postdoctoral Fellow - Center for Theory of Emergent Quantum Matter (C-TEQ) opportunity in ferguson township, Pennsylvania. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location.
This is a term position; length of the term will be discussed during the interview process.
Continuation past the term length discussed will be based on university need, performance, and/or availability of funding.
Position specifics
Penn State's interdisciplinary Center for Theory of Emergent Quantum Matter (C-TEQ), part of the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) Quantum Hub, invites applications for several "C-TEQ Fellow” Postdoctoral Scholar positions. Start dates are flexible but can be immediate. The successful candidates will have expertise in one or more areas related to quantum information science, quantum materials, quantum computation, artificial intelligence and computational approaches to emergent quantum matter, quantum geometry, Majorana modes, the fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect, or closely related fields.
C-TEQ Fellows will benefit from a highly collaborative and intellectually stimulating research environment, working alongside fellow postdoctoral scholars and faculty affiliates from Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Information Sciences and Technology.
Faculty affiliates include
Zhen Bi
Long-Qing Chen
Swaroop Ghosh
Vasant Honavar
Thomas Iadecola
Jainendra Jain
Ribhu Kaul
Xiantao Li
Chaoxing Liu
Vincent Meunier
Lukas Muechler
Marcos Rigol
Sarah Shandera
Abhinav Verma
Binghai Yan
Fellows will also have access to the advanced computational resources and cyberinfrastructure of the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS).
Candidates must possess a Ph.D. before their appointment start date at Penn State.
The salary of the C-TEQ Fellows is $80,000, with an additional one-time award of $5,000 toward research-related expenses, such as conferences.
Applications will be reviewed beginning immediately. Applications received by October 30, 2026, will receive first-round consideration. We will continue reviewing applications on a rolling basis until the positions are filled.
Background checks/clearances
Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies.
Benefits
Penn State provides a competitive benefits package for full-time employees designed to support both personal and professional well-being. For more detailed information, please visit our Benefits Page. (Note: For Postdoctoral benefits, please see our Postdoctoral Benefits page.)
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EEO is the law
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Who can apply
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