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Postdoctoral positions

The SLAC Theory Group holds an annual competition for Research Associate postdoctoral positions. We welcome applications from anyone working in theoretical high-energy physics, broadly defined. The activities of our group cover the whole range of interests from low-energy QCD in nuclei to M-theory and quantum gravity.

Candidates interested in applying for these positions should email us their CV, Research Statement and list of publications. They should also ask three senior physicists who know their work to email us letters of recommendation by December 1, 2008. For the current year's competition, candidates should be sure that all their emailed materials reach us by December 1, 2008. The positions we will offer will begin on October 1, 2009 and run for a 3-year term.

Please EMAIL your materials in electronic format (pdf) to: thpostdoc@slac.stanford.edu and ask your three references to EMAIL their letters to: thpostdoc@slac.stanford.edu

The SLAC Theory Group subscribes to the Rutgers agreement on postdoctoral offer acceptance deadlines. In fact, we normally do not give an acceptance deadline when we offer a postdoctoral position.

Long-term visitors

The SLAC Theory Group would be pleased to arrange visits to our group from theoretical physicists who have won traveling fellowships or have other sources of outside financial support. To inquire about visiting our group under such an arrangement, please contact Professor Michael Peskin by email at mpeskin@slac.stanford.edu. In principle, we can provide a supplement to outside fellowships, but our funding for this purpose is severely limited.

Summer program

The SLAC Theory Group has a limited budget to support theorists who wish to visit the laboratory in the summer. Typically, we will arrange to share costs with your home institution to facilitate your visit to SLAC. We welcome summer visitors in all fields of theoretical high-energy physics, but especially theorists who would like to interact directly with physicists in the SLAC experimental programs. To inquire about the summer program, please contact Prof. Michael Peskin by email at mpeskin@slac.stanford.edu. If it is possible, we would like to hear from you before March 31 for a visit in the upcoming summer.

Guadalupe Makasyuk