UK Theoretical Particle Physics Job Rumour Mill - 1998-1999




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York University (Maths) (2 jobs) (deadline: 11th June)
Short List:
Adrian Kent (Cambridge DAMTP)
Gustav Delius (KCL)
Bobby Acharya (QMW)
Niall MacKay (Sheffield)
.....
Offered to:
Gustav Delius (accepted)
Niall MacKay (accepted)
Durham University (Maths) - 2 jobs (deadline 8th June)
Short List:
Simon Ross (Santa Barbara)
Joe Minahan (Princeton IAS)
Clifford Johnson (Kentucky)
Paul Sutcliffe (Kent)
Bobby Acharya (QMW)
Harmut Wittig (Oxford)
.....

Offered to:
Simon Ross (accepted)
Clifford Johnson (accepted)


Durham University (Maths) (temporary)
Short List:
Gordon Chalmers (Argonne)
Andrew Chamblin (Cambridge DAMTP)
Ivo Sachs (Durham)
Douglas Smith (Humboldt)
....

Offered to:
Douglas Smith (accepted)

QMW (deadline 23rd June)
Short List:
Andrew Chamblin (Cambridge, DAMTP)
Fay Dowker (Imperial) ....

Offered to:
Fay Dowker (accepted)

Edinburgh University (Maths)
Short List:
Jose Figueroa-O'Farril (QMW) ...
Offered to:
Jose Figueroa-O'Farrill

Imperial College (deadline March 19th)
Short List:
Antonio Riotto (CERN) (declined interview)
Joao Magueijo (Imperial)
Fay Dowker (Imperial)
Adrian Kent (Cambridge DAMTP)
...
Offered to:

Joao Magueijo
Herriot Watt (Mathematics) (deadline Jan 11th)
Short List:

Offered to:
*outside particle theory*

PPARC Advanced Fellowships (deadline Nov 15th)
Short List:
Neil Lambert (KCL) (with KCL)
Richard Battye (Cambridge) (with Cambridge)
Alon Faraggi (Minnesota) (with Oxford)
....
Offered to:
Neil Lambart (accepted)
Richard Battye (accepted)
Alon Faraggi (accepted)

Royal Society Fellowships (deadline Jan 29th)
Short List:
Matthias Gaberdiel (Cambridge) (with Cambridge)
Offered to:
Matthias Gaberdiel






Other Theorist Promotions/Shuffles:


Nick Manton (Cambridge) awarded personal chair.
Paul Townsend (Cambridge) awarded personal chair.
Ken Bowler (Edinburgh) awarded personal chair.
Ed Corrigan (Durham) to become head of maths department, York University.
Graham Shore (Swansea) on leave as visiting Prof at Univ Geneva/ CERN (Oct 99- Sept 00).





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