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Department of Physics - Open Rank Faculty Search
Experimental Condensed Matter and Quantum Information Science
The Grainger College of Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The Department of Physics in the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites applications for one open-rank (assistant, associate, or full professor level) tenure track, full-time faculty position in experimental quantum physics, broadly defined, including quantum information science (QIS), condensed matter physics (CMP), and atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics.

Illinois Physics has broad and internationally recognized strengths in experimental and theoretical research spanning condensed matter physics (CMP), atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics, and quantum information science (QIS). Current research encompasses a wide range of topics, including strongly correlated and topological quantum matter, superconductivity, bulk, thin films, and 2D quantum materials, magnetism, non-equilibrium quantum phenomena, quantum simulation and sensing, quantum algorithms and quantum error correction, superconducting and solid-state qubits, atomic and photonic quantum systems, quantum memories, hybrid quantum networks, quantum transduction, and the development and study of novel platforms for quantum information processing.

Faculty have access to a rich campus-wide research environment and extensive opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, including close interactions with theorists at the Anthony J. Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory and through the Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center (IQUIST). IQUIST brings together QIS researchers from Physics and departments across the University, while the Illinois Seitz Materials Research Laboratory(MRL) provides a major hub for interdisciplinary materials research and state-of-the-art experimental facilities. Illinois researchers also participate in and lead major multi-institutional quantum initiatives, including the NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks (HQAN), Q-NEXT, the Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE), the IBM-Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute, and the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP).

Please visit go.physics.illinois.edu/ECMQIS26 to view the complete position announcement, which includes salary and benefits information and application instructions. Full consideration will be given to applications received by November 2, 2026. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

The U of I is an EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled that participates in the federal e-Verify program and participates in a background check program focused on prior criminal or sexual misconduct history.

Applicants with disabilities are encouraged to apply and may request a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (2008) to complete the application and/or interview process. Requests may be submitted through the reasonable accommodation portal, or by contacting the Accessibility & Accommodations Division of the Office for Access and Equity at 217-333-0885, or by accessibility@illinois.edu.