We invite applications for the position of Research fellow in Condensed Matter Theory.

Topic of the research project is quantum simulation with ultracold atoms and molecules. The research will be done in close collaboration with the Condensed Matter Theory group (Kareljan Schoutens in particular) and Florian Schreck's Strontium Quantum Gases group.

Key areas of interest will be topological band structures and states of matter, quantum magnetism, and many-body systems with long-range interactions. A unique opportunity of this position is the close connection of theory and experiments, which will allow us to implement some of the developed ideas in a strontium quantum gas microscope or with ultracold RbSr groundstate molecules. There’s flexibility for pursuing your own research agenda as long as it broadly aligns with proposed activities. You will conduct the research ogether with the two PIs, one theory PhD student and four experimental PhD students or postdoctoral researchers.

• PhD degree in Physics;
• expertise in the area of the research project;
• the ability to work independently as well as in a team;
• good communication skills (English).

The appointment will be for a period of 3 years. The salary ranges between €2.599 and €4.084 in dependence of experience. An 8% holiday allowance and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus will be added. Favorable tax agreements may apply to non-Dutch applicants. The Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (Cao) is applicable.

University of Amsterdam

With over 5,000 employees, 30,000 students and a budget of more than 600 million euros, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is an intellectual hub within the Netherlands. Teaching and research at the UvA are conducted within seven faculties: Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Economics and Business, Law, Science, Medicine and Dentistry. Housed on four city campuses in or near the heart of Amsterdam, where disciplines come together and interact, the faculties have close links with thousands of researchers and hundreds of institutions at home and abroad.  

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Institute of Physics

The Institute of Physics (IOP) of the Faculty of Science combines the Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute (WZI), the Institute of Theoretical Physics (ITFA) and the Institute for High Energy Physics (IHEF) and is one of the large research institutes of the faculty of Science at the University of Amsterdam. The project is a collaboration between WZI and ITFA – the postdoc will also keep close ties with QuSoft and with the Delta Institute for Theoretical Physics.

http://iop.uva.nl/