Theoretical Particle Physics Jobs Rumor Mill
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The following information is based on rumors submitted by our correspondents from around the world. Since many physics departments will not verify this (in principle) public information, we cannot guarantee that any information is accurate. This information is provided as a public service, no warranty is expressed or implied. Your mileage may vary.
The UC Davis Physics Department disavows any responsibility for the information contained herein.
1998 Junior Faculty Jobs:
Alberta
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| Short List: Sean Carroll Patrick Brady Carsten Gundlach ... | Offered to: Patrick Brady (declined Feb. 1999) |
Argonne (part time at U. of Chicago)
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| Short List: Carlos Wagner | Offered to: Carlos Wagner (accepted) |
Baruch College
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| Short List: Mark Alford Keith Dienes Ramzi Khuri ... | Offered to: Ramzi Khuri (accepted) |
Cal Tech
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| Short List: | Offered to: |
Chicago
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| Short List: John March-Russell Max Tegmark ... | Offered to: junior search cancelled in failed attempt to hire a senior person |
Cornell
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| Search to be continued into 1999 | |
Davis (two positions)
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| Short List: Marcela Carena Jonathan Feng Carlos Wagner Jim Wells ... | Offered to: Marcela Carena (declined) Carlos Wagner (declined) Jim Wells (accepted Jan. 99) |
Duke
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| Short List: Peter Cho Zoltan Ligeti John March-Russell + 3 senior condensed matter types | Offered to: |
FermiLab
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| Short List: Mark Alford Melanie Becker Gustavo Burdman Peter Cho Keith Dienes Alon Faraggi Jonathan Feng Stephane Keller Chris Kolda Zoltan Ligeti Martin Schmaltz John Terning Jim Wells ... | Offered to: Zoltan Ligeti (accepted) |
Florida State
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| Short List: Steve Martin Laura Reina | Offered to: Laura Reina (accepted) |
Fresno
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| Short List: David Bowser-Chao Carlos Figueroa Randall Scalise Douglas Singleton | Offered to: Randall Scalise (declined) Douglas Singleton (accepted) |
Johns Hopkins
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| Short List: John March-Russell | Offered to: John March-Russell (accepted) |
LBNL
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| Short List: Jonathan Feng Chris Kolda John March-Russell John Terning Jim Wells ... | Search Cancelled committee deadlocked no search next year |
Minnesota
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| Short List: Antonio Riotto Guenter Sigl ... | Offered to: astrophysicist (accepted) |
MIT (two positions)
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| Short List: Micha Berkooz Amihay Hanany Wati Taylor ... | Offered to: Amihay Hanany (accepted) Wati Taylor (accepted) |
Montana | |
| Short List: Patrick Brady Neil Cornish Alan Wiseman ... | Offered to: Neil Cornish (accepted) |
New York
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| Short List: Gia Dvali | Offered to: Gia Dvali (accepted) |
Northern Illinois
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| Short List: Francesca Borzumati Stephane Keller Steve Martin Steve Mrenna Tim Stelzer John Terning | Offered to: Steve Martin (accepted) |
Oklahoma State
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| Short List: Kaladi Babu Keith Dienes Steve Martin ... | Offered to: Kaladi Babu (accepted) |
Rutgers
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| Short List: Jonathan Feng Chris Kolda Nir Polonsky Carlos Wagner ... | Offered to: Carlos Wagner (declined) |
Santa Barbara
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| Short List: senior person | Offered to: senior person (declined) |
Stony Brook
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| Short List: Damiano Anselmi Melanie Becker Jan de Boer Gia Dvali Amihay Hanany Petr Horava Zurab Kakushadze Alex Kusenko Joe Minahan Yaron Oz Vipul Periwal Nir Polonsky Misha Stephanov John Terning + other fields ... | Offered to: Gia Dvali (declined) search to be continued in fall |
Temple
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| Search Cancelled | |
Toronto
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| Short List: John March-Russell Nima Arkani-Hamed ... | Offered to: Nima Arkani-Hamed (accepted) |
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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| Short List: Patrick Brady Martin Bucher Sean Carroll Steve Martin Alan Wiseman ... | Offered to: Patrick Brady (accepted) |
Yale
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| Short List: Peter Cho Erich Poppitz Martin Schmaltz John Terning | Offered to: Erich Poppitz (accepted) |
1998 Faculty Shuffle:
| Glennys Farrar: | Rutgers | → | New York University |
| Juan Maldacena: | Rutgers | → | Harvard |
| Stephen Shenker: | Rutgers | → | Stanford |
| Paul Steinhardt: | Pennsylvania | → | Princeton |
| Erik Verlinde: | CERN & Utrecht | → | Princeton |
| Herman Verlinde: | Amsterdam | → | Princeton |
Send questions or comments to: terning@physics.ucdavis.edu
