Cornell University, Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education
Position Description
Job Title: Postdoctoral Associate
This position has been reactivated following a temporary pause in hiring in February 2025. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis, and all submissions received by August 29, 2025 will receive full consideration.
Position Summary:
A postdoctoral associate is sought for collaborative work in the Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics (LEPP), a part of the Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-based Sciences and Education (CLASSE) at Cornell University. The successful candidate will work on the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. The Cornell CMS group has a broad involvement in many aspects of the experiment, from data analysis to detector operations and high luminosity detector upgrades (HL-LHC) of the pixel forward detector and the track trigger. The successful candidate will actively engage in searches for long-lived particles with displaced vertices and contribute to one of the HL-LHC upgrade projects at Cornell University with preference towards the pixel forward detector upgrade.
Required Qualifications:
● PhD in experimental high-energy physics is required by the start of the
appointment
● Strong record of accomplishment in data analysis
● Experience or interest in detector work or detector operations
Preferred Qualifications:
● Interest and ability to work in a collaborative research environment
● Record of scientific publications
● Ability to communicate effectively with technical experts, operations staff, and researchers of all levels including graduate and undergraduate students
● Proficiency in science communication, written and oral, formal and informal
Compensation:
The Salary Range for this position is $63,000 - $68,000.
Additional Information:
The term of this position is nominally for one year, with the possibility of renewal up to five years in total, based on satisfactory performance and availability of funding. The position is based in Ithaca, New York, though regular travel to CERN in Switzerland is expected. The position is available to begin as early as November 2025. For additional information, contact Hannsjörg Weber at hannsjoerg.weber@cornell.edu.
All applications received before August 29, 2025 will be given full consideration, but the posting will stay open until the position is filled. Only complete applications will be considered.
Please apply at: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29579
A complete application includes the following material:
● Curriculum Vitae which includes a list of publications
● Statement of research, summarizing examples of recent research and areas
of interest for future work
● Three or four letters of recommendation
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Pay Ranges:
The hiring rate of pay for the successful candidate will be determined considering the following criteria:
- Prior relevant work or industry experience.
- Education level to the extent education is relevant to the position.
- Academic Discipline (faculty pay ranges reflects 9-month annual salary)
- Unique applicable skills.
Application Materials Required:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Research statement
- Three reference letters (to be submitted online by the reference writers on this site
)
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