Graduate Student Blog

Friday, July 12, 2019 is the deadline to arrange your Fall 2019 TA appointments.

A two-year position is available for a post-doctoral researcher to work on the theoretical description of superconductivity and correlations in twisted bilayer graphene.

Honeywell is seeking 2 Senior Cryogenic Scientists in two locations, Minneapolis and Denver.

Insight is now accepting applications from graduating students. Apply to the Insight Fellows Program by June 24: https://apply.insightdatascience.com

The Physics & Astronomy Department of Butler University is looking for a non-tenure track instructor to begin teaching in August 2019.

Interesting New York Times article -- forwarded by Nigel Goldenfeld -- on how data analytics is being used in soccer, specifically at Liverpool.

The Canadian Banting postdoctoral fellowship program is open to both Canadians and non-Canadian citizens.  The application deadline is September 18, 2019.

Illinois Physics PhD student Angela Barragan receives first place in the Biophysics Society's Science Behhind the Image Competition.

Physics grad student John Yoritomo, a PhD student in Richard Weaver's acoustical physics research group, has been awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship for the 2019 - 2020 academic year.

The May 3 Physics Careers seminar slides of Dr. Olabode Sule on "Computer technology industry: adventures, opportunities and outlook from a physicist's perspective" have been posted.

The Institute for Quantum Matter (http://iqm.jhu.edu) seeks an outstanding postdoctoral fellow to participate in research at the interface between spintronics, experimental condensed matter physics, and materials science.

The April 25 Physics Careers seminar slides of Dr. Ivan Teo on "Getting Into Data Science" have been posted.

The final Spring 2019 Physics Careers seminar will be held on Friday, May 3, 2019 with alumnus Dr. Olabode Sule.

Insight is now accepting applications from graduating students. Deadline to apply is May 13.

Illinois Physics PhD students Preetha Sarkar and Astha Sethi have been selected to be Mavis Future Faculty Fellows for the 2019-2020 academic year.

A reminder that April 26 is the deadline to make Summer 2019 TA requests.