UK and Ireland Theoretical Particle Physics Jobs Rumour Mill

This is an informal rumour board providing (hopefully) useful information about careers in particle physics research in the UK and Ireland. This page is not endorsed in any way from Swansea University, which can not be held responsible for its content. We cannot guarantee that any information is accurate. This information is provided as a public service, no warranty is expressed or implied. Your mileage may vary.

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Links to UK theory groups web pages and those in Ireland. Imperial have a guide to postdoc applications.

Links to currently available PhD places can be found in Oxford

Jobs and 5 Year fellowships for 2006-2007 Academic Year

IPPP Durham (Lecturership, deadline 20th August, more info here )

Short List:
Thorsten Feldmann (Siengen)
Joerg Jaeckel (Durham)
Gudrun Heinrich (Edinburgh)
Uli Haisch (Zurich)
Werner Rodejohann (MPI Heidelberg)
Jose Santiago (Fermilab)
...

Offered to:
Joerg Jaeckel (accepted)
Gudrun Heinrich (accepted)

King's College London (Lecturership, deadline 4th June)

Short List:
Stephen Davis (Leiden)
Damien Easson (Durham)
Malcolm Fairbairn (CERN)
Horace Stoica (Imperial)
...

Offered to:
Malcolm Fairbairn

Swansea (Lecturership, deadline 1st June)

Short List:
Stefan Hesselbach (Southampton)
Vishnu Jejjala (Durham)
Maurizio Piai (Washington Seattle)
Igor Shovkovy (University of Western Illinois)
Urs Wenger (ETH Zurich)
...

Offered to:
Maurizio Piai (accepted)

Oxford (5 year lecturership, deadline 15th April)

Short List:
Horace Stoica (Imperial)
Urs Wenger (ETH Zurich)
...

Offered to:

Edinburgh (5 year fellowship, deadline 10th April)

Short List:
Elena Accomando (Torino)
Thorsten Feldmann (Siegen)
Thomas Gregoire (Boston U)
Alexander Mitov (DESY)
Pavel Nadolsky (Argonne)
...

Offered to:
Thomas Gregoire (accepted)

Maynooth (Deadline 23rd February)

Short List:
Wolfgang Bietenholz (DESY Zeuthen)
Annamaria Sinkovics (DAMTP Cambridge)
Jonivar Skullerud (TC Dublin)
...

Offered to:
Jonivar Skullerud (accepted)

Cambridge (Gravitation and Cosmology, deadline 26th January)

Short List:
Harvey Reall
...

Offered to:
Harvey Reall (accepted)

Schroedinger Fellowship (5 year fellowship, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, deadline 15th December)

Short List:
S. Hirano (NBI)
J. Slingerland (UC Santa Barbara)
E. Scheidegger (U. Piemonte Orientale)

Offered to:
J. Slinderland (accepted)

Oxford (Deadline 1st December)

Short List:
Joe Conlon
Tobias Hurth
Pavel Nadolsky
Dominik Stockinger
Giulia Zanderighi

Offered to:
Giulia Zanderighi (accepted)

Glasgow
(Lectureship in Lattice Gauge Theory or Collider Phenomenology, deadline 20th November)

Short List:
Chris Dawson
Robert Fleischer
Richard Hill
Dominik Stockinger
Thorsten Feldmann

Offered to:
Dominik Stockinger (accepted)

NExT Institute at Southampton/RAL
(Fellowship/Lectureship in particle physics phenomenology, deadline 16th November)

Short List:
Juergen Reuter (Carleton University)
Ayres Freitas (Zurich)
Fulvio Piccinini
Samir Ferrag
Alexander Belyaev
Nikolas Kauer

Offered to:
Alexander Belyaev (accepted)

Lancaster (deadline Nov 6th)

Short List:
Damien Easson (Durham)
Rachel Jeannerot (Leiden, application withdrawn)
Anupam Mazumdar (Nordita)
...

Offered to:
Anupam Mazumdar (accepted)

Queen Mary (two lecturerships/readerships in Astronomy/Cosmology, deadline Sept 11th)

Short List:
Damien Easson (Durham)
Malcolm Fairbairn
Karim Malik
Carlos J.A.P. Martins
Anupam Mazumdar
Parampreet Singh
Filippo Vernizzi
...

Offered to:
Karim Malik (Lancaster)

Royal Society Fellowships (deadline Nov 1st)

Short List:
James Sparks (Harvard), with Oxford Math. Institute
...

Offered to:
James Sparks (accepted)

EPSRC Advanced Fellowships

Short List:
James Sparks (Harvard)
...

Offered to:
James Sparks (declined)

PPARC Advanced Fellowships

Short List:
Yang-Hui He (Oxford)
Giulia Zanderighi (Oxford)
Andrei Starinets (Southampton)
Einan Gardi
...

Offered to:
Yang-Hui He (accepted)
Giulia Zanderighi (accepted)
Andrei Starinets (accepted)
Theorist 2006-2007 Shuffles:
Anupam Mazumdar (NORDITA) -> Lancaster

Jobs for Previous Academic Years

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IPPP Durham (Lecturership, deadline 20th August, more info here )
Short List: Thorsten Feldmann (Siengen) Joerg Jaeckel (Durham) Gudrun Heinrich (Edinburgh) Uli Haisch (Zurich) Werner Rodejohann (MPI Heidelberg) Jose Santiago (Fermilab) ...	Offered to: Joerg Jaeckel (accepted) Gudrun Heinrich (accepted)

King's College London (Lecturership, deadline 4th June)
Short List: Stephen Davis (Leiden) Damien Easson (Durham) Malcolm Fairbairn (CERN) Horace Stoica (Imperial) ...	Offered to: Malcolm Fairbairn

Swansea (Lecturership, deadline 1st June)
Short List: Stefan Hesselbach (Southampton) Vishnu Jejjala (Durham) Maurizio Piai (Washington Seattle) Igor Shovkovy (University of Western Illinois) Urs Wenger (ETH Zurich) ...	Offered to: Maurizio Piai (accepted)

Oxford (5 year lecturership, deadline 15th April)
Short List: Horace Stoica (Imperial) Urs Wenger (ETH Zurich) ...	Offered to:

Edinburgh (5 year fellowship, deadline 10th April)
Short List: Elena Accomando (Torino) Thorsten Feldmann (Siegen) Thomas Gregoire (Boston U) Alexander Mitov (DESY) Pavel Nadolsky (Argonne) ...	Offered to: Thomas Gregoire (accepted)

Maynooth (Deadline 23rd February)
Short List: Wolfgang Bietenholz (DESY Zeuthen) Annamaria Sinkovics (DAMTP Cambridge) Jonivar Skullerud (TC Dublin) ...	Offered to: Jonivar Skullerud (accepted)

Cambridge (Gravitation and Cosmology, deadline 26th January)
Short List: Harvey Reall ...	Offered to: Harvey Reall (accepted)

Schroedinger Fellowship (5 year fellowship, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, deadline 15th December)
Short List: S. Hirano (NBI) J. Slingerland (UC Santa Barbara) E. Scheidegger (U. Piemonte Orientale)	Offered to: J. Slinderland (accepted)

Oxford (Deadline 1st December)
Short List: Joe Conlon Tobias Hurth Pavel Nadolsky Dominik Stockinger Giulia Zanderighi	Offered to: Giulia Zanderighi (accepted)

Glasgow (Lectureship in Lattice Gauge Theory or Collider Phenomenology, deadline 20th November)
Short List: Chris Dawson Robert Fleischer Richard Hill Dominik Stockinger Thorsten Feldmann	Offered to: Dominik Stockinger (accepted)

NExT Institute at Southampton/RAL (Fellowship/Lectureship in particle physics phenomenology, deadline 16th November)
Short List: Juergen Reuter (Carleton University) Ayres Freitas (Zurich) Fulvio Piccinini Samir Ferrag Alexander Belyaev Nikolas Kauer	Offered to: Alexander Belyaev (accepted)

Lancaster (deadline Nov 6th)
Short List: Damien Easson (Durham) Rachel Jeannerot (Leiden, application withdrawn) Anupam Mazumdar (Nordita) ...	Offered to: Anupam Mazumdar (accepted)

Queen Mary (two lecturerships/readerships in Astronomy/Cosmology, deadline Sept 11th)
Short List: Damien Easson (Durham) Malcolm Fairbairn Karim Malik Carlos J.A.P. Martins Anupam Mazumdar Parampreet Singh Filippo Vernizzi ...	Offered to: Karim Malik (Lancaster)

Royal Society Fellowships (deadline Nov 1st)
Short List: James Sparks (Harvard), with Oxford Math. Institute ...	Offered to: James Sparks (accepted)

EPSRC Advanced Fellowships
Short List: James Sparks (Harvard) ...	Offered to: James Sparks (declined)

PPARC Advanced Fellowships
Short List: Yang-Hui He (Oxford) Giulia Zanderighi (Oxford) Andrei Starinets (Southampton) Einan Gardi ...	Offered to: Yang-Hui He (accepted) Giulia Zanderighi (accepted) Andrei Starinets (accepted)