Spring 2023 Physics Careers Seminar Series Concludes on April 21 with Talk by Alumna Dr. Yulia Maximenko from NIST

The Spring 2023 Physics Careers Seminar series concludes on Friday, April 21 with a talk by alumna Dr. Yulia Maximenko from National Institute of Standards and Technology, who will talk about "Searching for a Tenure-Track Position in Experimental Condensed Matter" at 12:00 noon in 276 Loomis. Details of Dr. Maximenko's seminar are given below.

Time: 12:00 noon on Friday, April 21, 2023

Location: 276 Loomis. A Zoom link will also be forwarded to the Illinois Physics Grad Student email list. For a copy of the link, please contact Lance Cooper (slcooper@illinois.edu).

Title: Searching for a Tenure-Track Position in Experimental Condensed Matter

Speaker: Dr. Yulia Maximenko, Postdoctoral Research Associate, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Abstract: I will discuss my experience searching for a tenure-track faculty position. I will talk about different stages of the process including getting your application package together, searching for open positions, interviewing, and negotiating. I will tell you about many lessons I learned on the way and about things I wish I had done differently. I applied for both physics and engineering positions and interviewed at many diverse departments, so the lessons I learned are to some extent applicable to other subfields besides condensed matter.

Bio: I did my undergrad and Master's in Moscow, Russia in both physics and applied mathematics. As a Master's student, I spent a year in Fermilab (near Chicago, IL) as a visiting scientist working on superconducting radiofrequency niobium cavities. After I joined the University of IL as a physics PhD student, I focused on studying quantum materials in Vidya Madhavan's group. I studied thin films of topological insulators and nanopatterned superconductor/topological insulator heterostructures. My experimental expertise includes scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), molecular beam epitaxy, atomic force microscopy, and various material analysis techniques. Currently I work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and use STM and transport at 10mK to study quantum materials, namely twisted graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides.

You can see the rest of the Spring 2023 Physics Careers Seminar series here: https://physics.illinois.edu/calendar/careers-seminar