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Jobs and 5 Year fellowships for 2011-2012 Academic Year
The University of Edinburgh
(Lectureship in Particle Physics, deadline 26th October)
Offered to:
University of Liverpool
(Letureship/Senior Lectureship in Theoretical Physics, deadline 25th May, details via search form)
Martin Gorbahn (Munich, Tech. U.)
Craig McNeile (Wuppertal)
Marco Panero (Helsinki)
Andrea Shindler (Berlin)
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Offered to:
Martin Gorbahn (Accepted)Trinity College Dublin
(Two Permanent Assistant Professorships, one in Maths and one in Physics, at the School of Mathematics, deadline 30th March, details via search form)
Volker Braun (DIAS)
Tristan McLoughlin (Potsdam)
Donal O'Connell (NBI)
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Offered to:
Tristan McLoughlin (Accepted)
University of Kent
(Three Lectureships in Maths, deadline 6th March)
Offered to:
Trinity College Dublin
(5-year HPC Professorship at the School of Mathematics, deadline 30th March, details via search form)
Offered to:
The University of Edinburgh
(Lectureship/Readership in Particle Physics, deadline 31st January)
Roman Zwicky (Southampton)
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Offered to:
Roman Zwicky (Accepted)
City University London
(Professorship in Maths, deadline 20th January)
Offered to:
DAMTP
(Two Lectureships in Theoretical Physics, deadline 20th January)
Biagio Lucini (Swansea)
Agostino Patella (CERN)
Ulrich Sperhake (CALTECH)
David Skinner (Perimeter)
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Offered to:
Ulrich Sperhake (Accepted)
David Skinner (Accepted)
The University of Edinburgh
(Fellow/Lecturer/Reader (Tenure Track), deadline 16th January)
Jennifer Smillie (Edinburgh)
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Offered to:
Jennifer Smillie (Accepted)King's College London
(Lectureship in Theoretical Physics)
Daniel Feldman (Michigan)
Alexadner Vikman (CERN)
Scott Watson (Syracuse)
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Offered to:
Scott Watson
Plymouth University
(Lecturer in Maths, Job Ref. A2352, deadline 8th December)
Marco Panero (Helsinki)
Agostino Patella (CERN)
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Offered to:
University of Surrey
(Lectureship in Maths, deadline 3rd November)
Jock McOrist (DAMTP)
Sara Pasquetti (QMUL)
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Offered to:
Jock McOrist (Accepted)
Sara Pasquetti (Accepted)
City University London
(2 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer positions in Maths, deadline 10th October)
Offered to:
IPPP Durham
(2 Lecturer positions, deadline 7th October)
Jeppe Andersen
Claude Duhr
Alexander Lenz
Sonny Mantry
Adam Martin
Benjamin Pecjak
Veronica Sanz
Maria Ubiali
Graeme Watt
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Offered to:
Jeppe Andersen
Claude Duhr
Alexander Lenz
Benjamin Pecjak
Nottingham
(four-year temporary lectureship)
Adam Moss (British Columbia)
Alexander Vikman (NYU)
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Offered to:
Adam MossRoyal Society Fellowships (deadline 15 September)
Guido Bell (with Oxford)
Jennifer Smillie (with Edinburgh)
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Offered to:
Guido Bell
Jennifer Smillie (Accepted)
EPSRC Advanced Fellowships (no deadline)
Offered to:
STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowships (deadline 15 October)
Jennifer Smillie (with Edinburgh)
Sungjay Lee (with DAMTP, U. Cambridge)
Offered to:
Jennifer Smillie (Declined)
Sungjay Lee (Accepted)
Theorist 2011-2012 Shuffles:
Chong-Sun Chu Durham ---> National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (Phys) (from Sept 2012)
Kostas Skenderis Amsterdam ---> Southampton (Maths) (from Sept. 2012)
Marika Taylor Amsterdam ---> Southampton (Maths) (from Sept. 2012)
Jobs for Previous Academic Years
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