Assistant Professor with Conditional Tenure Track or Associate Professor in High-Energy Physics at Colliders

Job description

Title and Required Skills

• A PhD in physics or a qualification deemed equivalent;

• An outstanding publication record in experimental particle physics;

• Demonstrable leadership in detector R&D and construction;

• Proven ability to lead an independent research programme supported by competitive external funding.

APPLICATION DEADLINE : 17.12.2026

STARTING DATE: 1st August 2027, or as agreed.

CONTACT: For further information, please contact Prof. Tobias Golling, Director of DPNC ( Tobias.Golling@unige.ch ).

Additional Information: Applications must include the following documents:

• a cover letter;

• a detailed CV with a list of publications;

• a copy of highest degrees / diploma;

• a one-page Alignment with the chair profile (maximum one page) addressing concretely (i) how your work connects to the detector-hardware anchor of this chair, (ii) how you would make use of the department's mechanical and electronics laboratories , (iii) how your programme relates to the HL-LHC physics and/or future-collider strands, and (iv) your orientation toward the evolving modern computational tools and data-analysis methods in particle physics;

• a research and teaching statement , with explicit attention to the detector-hardware primary anchor and to the laboratory environment of the department ;

• a list of three reference persons who can be contacted directly by the search committee. Recommendation letters are not requested for now.

Applications must be submitted exclusively online by clicking on the "Postuler/Apply now" button below, no later than 17 December 2026 (23h59 Geneva time).

APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED BY E-MAIL OR POST WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.