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KITP Announces Research Programs for 2023-2024

Now Accepting Applications for Postdocs in Theoretical Physics

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara expects to appoint Postdoctoral Scholars in theoretical physics, beginning September 1, 2023. For more information, and to apply, please visit Academic Jobs Online: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/22377. Apply by November 15, 2022 for primary consideration.

Now Accepting Applications for Postdocs in Quantum Materials Theory

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara expects to appoint Postdoctoral Scholars in theoretical physics, beginning September 1, 2023. For more information, and to apply, please visit Academic Jobs Online: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/22474. Apply by November 1, 2022 for primary consideration.

Enhancing Research

The KITP launches a fellowship for physics faculty at minority-serving institutions.
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KITP Spring 2022 Newsletter

The Spring 2022 KITP Newsletter is now available!
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A Flicker From the Dark

While light cannot escape a black hole, the bright glow of rapidly orbiting gas has its own unique flicker. In a recent paper submitted to Astrophysical Journal Letters, UC Santa Barbara’s Sean Ressler, Lena Murchikova at the Institute for Advanced Study and Chris White at Princeton University were able to use this subtle flickering to construct the most accurate model to date of our own galaxy’s central black hole — Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) — providing insight into properties such as its structure and motion. (Read more.)

A Deepening Crisis Forces Physicists to Rethink Structure of Nature’s Laws

For three decades, researchers hunted in vain for new elementary particles that would have explained why nature looks the way it does. As physicists confront that failure, they’re reexamining a longstanding assumption: that big stuff consists of smaller stuff.
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KITP Postdoctoral Scholar Grant Remmen explores new approach to the Riemann hypothesis

Grant Remmen believes he has a new approach for exploring the quirks of the zeta function. He has found an analogue that translates many of the function’s important properties into quantum field theory. (Read more.)

Now accepting Applications for a Permanent Member at KITP

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara seeks applications for a Permanent Member with a start date as soon as July 1, 2022. For more information, and to apply, please visit: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02034. Apply by February 28, 2022 to ensure full consideration by the committee.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Policy https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/SARS-CoV-2_Covid-19. ​

Now Accepting Applications for Postdocs in Theoretical Physics

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara expects to appoint Postdoctoral Scholars in theoretical physics, beginning September 1, 2022. For more information, and to apply, please visit Academic Jobs Online: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/19212. Apply by November 15, 2021 for primary consideration.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Policy https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/SARS-CoV-2_Covid-19. ​

Now Accepting Applications for Postdocs in Quantum Materials Theory

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) seeks applicants for two Moore Postdoctoral Scholar positions in quantum materials theory, beginning September 1, 2022. This postdoctoral program is part of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems initiative (EPiQS). For more information, and to apply, please visit Academic Jobs Online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/19210. Apply by November 1, 2021 for primary consideration.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program Policy https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/SARS-CoV-2_Covid-19. ​

The Art of Doing Science

A global leader in collaborative physics research, KITP expands its reach with a series of free, virtual events for all. (Read more.)

KITP on Campus

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics is among the first areas of campus to resume full in-person activities. (Read more.)

KITP Announces Research Programs for 2022-2023

KITP Spring 2021 Newsletter

The Spring 2021 KITP Newsletter is now available!
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Mixing Massive Stars

A team of astronomers led by May Gade Pedersen, a KITP postdoctoral scholar, have now measured the internal mixing of elemental nuclei within an ensemble of massive stars using observations of waves from their deep interiors. (Read more.)

An Accidental Astrophysicist

The American Astronomical Society honors an unlikely astrophysics leader from UC Santa Barbara (read more)

KITP Announces Research Programs for 2021-2022

KITP Fall 2020 Newsletter