Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Personnel Office

Position ID:

ITPCAS-Personnel Office-ASSOCIATEPROFESORRESEARCHASSOCIATE [#31249]

Position Title:

Faculty Positions Available IN 2026

Position Type:

Tenured/Tenure-track faculty

Position Location:

Beijing, Beijing 100190, China

Subject Areas:

Theoretical Physics / Quantum Statistical Mechanics, Astrophysics, Biophysics, Cold Atom Physics, cold atom theory; condensed matter theory, cold atom theory; condensed matter theory; ultraold quantum gases, Complex systems including applications to biology, condensed matter analogues of axions, Condensed matter theory, Conformal Field Theory, cosmological implications of axions, Cosmology, Electronic Structure, Fundamental interactions, General relativity, Gravitation Theory, Gravitational waves, Gravity, Quantum Information, Cosmology, Hadronic physics, Higher Spin Gravity, Holographic Dualities, Light-front Physics, Mathematical physics, Mesoscopic Physics and Nanoscience, Nanoscience, Nonequilibrium dynamics, Nuclear and Many-Body Theory, Particle physics (theoretical and experimental), particle physics around axions, Phenomenology, Physics Beyond the Standard Model, Physics of cold atoms, QCD, Quantum Condensed Matter Theory, Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Gravity, Quantum Information Theory, Quantum information/quantum matter, Quantum Optics, Quantum Transport, Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model, Soft Condensed Matter, Statistical physics, String theory, theoretical, Theoretical Astrophysics, Theoretical condensed matter physics, Theoretical High Energy Physics, Theoretical particle physics, Theory of physics, use of anyons for topological quantum computing

Appl Deadline:

2026/01/15 11:59PM help popup

(posted 2025/11/20, listed until 2026/02/28)

Position Description:

The Institute of Theoretical Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ITP-CAS) (http://english.itp.cas.cn) is calling for applications for faculty positions in 2026. Research areas include but not limited to:

1) Theoretical particle physics and nuclear physics,

2) Quantum field theory and Unified Theories,

3) Gravitational Theory, Cosmology, and Gravitational Wave Physics,

4) Statistical Physics, Theoretical Biophysics, and Soft Matter Physics,

5) Condensed matter theory,

6) Quantum Physics, Quantum Information, and Quantum Computing,

7) ‌Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Interdisciplinary Sciences

Excellent young scientists working on Theoretical particle physics and nuclear physics and‌ Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Interdisciplinary Sciences are particularly encouraged to apply.

ITP-CAS will provide a competitive salary and good working conditions for successful applicants.

1. Tenure-track associate professors (through Overseas Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program)

The applicant should be under 40 years old and have held full-time research positions in overseas institutions for more than 36 months after receiving his/her Ph.D. degree.

When submitting the applications, the applicant should have been working less than one year with a full -time position in the mainland of China or have not taken a full time position in the mainland of China.

The successful applicant should work full-time in the mainland of China more than 3 years.

2. Tenure-track associate professors (through CAS talents’ program)

The applicant should be under 40 years old and have a minimum of three years’ research or working experience in an overseas institution after receiving his/her Ph.D. degree.

3. Fixed-term (3 to 5 years) associate professors

The applicant should be under 38 years old and have a minimum of 24months’ research experience after receiving his/her Ph.D. degree.

4. Research associates (through CAS Special Research Assistants’ program)

The applicant should be under 35 years old and have post-doctoral working experiences. Outstanding fresh Ph.D. graduates may also be considered. Before submitting the application, please contact one of the following contact persons.

Research Areas for Research Associates

NO.

Research Area

Contact Person

Research interests: Theoretical condensed matter physics, intelligent computation, extreme cooling.

Prof. Gang Su

(sugang@itp.ac.cn)

Statistical physics and dynamics of biological systems (cell state transition, neural coding)

Associate Prof. Wei-Kang Wang (wangwk@itp.ac.cn)

The study of nuclear fusion, nuclear fission, and structure and synthesis mechanism of superheavy nuclei

Prof. Shan-Gui Zhou

(sgzhou@itp.ac.cn)

Emergent Physics of Large Language Models, Scientific Reasoning, and Quantum AI

Associate Prof. Kun Chen

(chenkun@itp.ac.cn)

Interactions of molecules and ultracold collisions

Prof. Tao Shi

tshi@itp.ac.cn

The application for positions of type 1, type 2, and type 3 should consist of: 1) Cover letter, 2) Curriculum vitae, 3) A list of publications together with citations of each paper, 4) Research statement and plan, 5) Three to five representative publications, and 6) At least three references sent directly by referees (for the CAS talents’ program, at least one reference should be from the applicant’s Ph.D. supervisor).

The application for positions of type 4 should consist of: 1) Cover letter and curriculum vitae, 2) A list of publications together with citations of each paper, 3) copies of Ph. D. degree and graduation certificates, 4) Research statement and plan with no more than 2 pages, 5) One to three representative publications, and 6) at least two references sent directly by referees (one should be from the applicant’s Ph.D. supervisor).

These files (in PDF) should be sent via emails to Mr.Fang (Email: zhaopin@itp.ac.cn; Tel: 86-10-6256 0951).The deadline for receipt of applications is Jan. 15, 2026.

We are not accepting applications for this job through AcademicJobsOnline.Org right now. Please see the job description above on how to apply.

Contact: Mr. Fang

Email: email address

Postal Mail:

: Zhong Guan Cun East Street 55 #, P. O. Box 2735, Beijing 100190, P. R. China

Web Page: http://english.itp.cas.cn