Postdoctoral/Fellowship Position(s) in Nuclear Theory at LANL

Postdoctoral/Fellowship Position(s) in nuclear theory at LANL

The T-2 group (Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology) in the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory invites applications for two-year postdoctoral positions in Nuclear Theory to begin in Fall 2027. The ad is posted on Academic Jobs Online https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32729 Candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. in nuclear theory or a closely related field by the beginning of the postdoctoral appointment (but no earlier than December 2021 per LANL policy). 

We conduct research on a broad set of topics, including effective theories of strong and weak interactions, heavy-ion physics and physics of the quark-gluon plasma, low-energy phenomenology within and beyond the Standard Model, neutrino physics and astrophysics, nuclear astrophysics, nuclear structure, perturbative QCD, and quantum few- and many-body systems, and quantum computing. Candidates in all these areas are strongly encouraged to apply. Scientists in the group working in these areas include Joe Carlson, Stefano Gandolfi, Emanuele Mereghetti, Duff Neill, Ingo Tews, and Ivan Vitev. We collaborate actively with our colleagues in high-energy theory and applied nuclear theory in T-2 and have close ties with our colleagues in astrophysics, cosmology, condensed matter/quantum information and experimental physics. 

LANL offers Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships (Curie, Feynman, Hoffman, Oppenheimer) and Director’s funded postdoc positions through a lab-wide competitive selection process. Exceptionally well qualified candidates, that wish to be considered for these Postdoctoral Fellowships, must have all application materials submitted by Monday, October 5, 2026. 

Interested applicants should submit their applications (CV, research statement, and list of publications) on https://lanl.jobs/for the opening with Req. Number IRC145807 as well as on academicjobsonline.org and arrange to have at least three letters of recommendation uploaded on your behalf. Applications for group postdoc positions should be submitted by Monday, December 14, 2026, for full consideration. For eligibility and salary information, please see https://www.lanl.gov/careers/career-options/postdoctoral-research/index.php. For further information please contact Duff Neill (dneill@lanl.gov) or Ingo Tews (itews@lanl.gov).