Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, T-2
Position ID:
Position Title:
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Nuclear Theory
Position Type:
Postdoctoral
Position Location:
Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, United States of America
Subject Area:
Appl Deadline:
2025/12/07 11:59PM
(posted 2025/08/21, listed until 2026/02/21)
(posted 2025/08/21, listed until 2026/02/21)Position Description:
Position Description
The T-2 group (Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology) in the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory invites applications for two-year postdoctoral positions in Nuclear Theory to begin in Fall 2026. Candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. in nuclear theory or a closely related field by the beginning of the postdoctoral appointment (but no earlier than December 2020 per LANL policy). We conduct research on a broad set of topics, including effective theories of strong and weak interactions, heavy-ion physics and physics of the quark-gluon plasma, low-energy phenomenology within and beyond the Standard Model, neutrino physics and astrophysics, nuclear astrophysics, nuclear structure, perturbative QCD, and quantum few- and many-body systems, and quantum computing. Candidates in all these areas are strongly encouraged to apply. Scientists in the group working in these areas include Joe Carlson, Stefano Gandolfi, Christopher Lee, Emanuele Mereghetti, Duff Neill, Ingo Tews, and Ivan Vitev. We collaborate actively with our colleagues in high-energy theory and applied nuclear theory in T-2 and have close ties with our colleagues in astrophysics, cosmology, condensed matter/quantum information and experimental physics. LANL offers Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships (Curie, Feynman, Hoffman, Oppenheimer) and Director’s funded postdoc positions through a lab-wide competitive selection process. Exceptionally well qualified candidates, that wish to be considered for these Postdoctoral Fellowships, must have all application materials submitted by Monday, September 1, 2025. Interested applicants should submit their applications (CV, research statement, and list of publications) on https://lanl.jobs/ for the opening with Req. Number IRC140088 as well as on academicjobsonline.org and arrange to have at least three letters of recommendation uploaded on your behalf. Applications for group postdoc positions should be submitted by Sunday, December 7, 2025, for full consideration. For eligibility and salary information, please see https://www.lanl.gov/careers/career-options/postdoctoral-research/index.php. For further information please contact Ingo Tews (itews@lanl.gov).Application Materials Required:
Submit the following items online at this website to complete your application:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Research statement
- Publication list
- Three reference letters (to be submitted online by the reference writers on this site )
And anything else requested in the position description.
Further Info:
Los Alamos Natl. Lab
Theoretical Division, T-2
P.O. Box 1663
MS B285
Los Alamos, NM 87545-0285
Theoretical Division, T-2
P.O. Box 1663
MS B285
Los Alamos, NM 87545-0285