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Available Research Assistantship Positions

To learn about any of these research opportunities, please contact the PI directly.


NameResearch AreaDate Posted
Hung, Chen-LungAtom-nanophotonic integration for many-body quantum optics and quantum information processing, with focus on photonics design, fabrication, and measurement2026-08-31
Xia, QingR&D on a dark matter detector: Design, assemble, and test electronics for detector readout; process and analyze data for photosensor calibration2026-03-01
Xia, QingLZ simulations: Simulate solar-reflected dark matter signals under various interaction mechanisms2026-03-01
Pyrak-Nolte, LauraPosition for a graduate student to run multi-physics models of wave propagation through complex media using COMSOL. Funding agency requires US citizenship/permanent residency, and requires approval from agency for any foreign nationals.2026-09-08
Giannios, DimitriosRelativistic astrophysics, compact objects, radiative processes, non-thermal particle acceleration.2026-09-11
Jung, AndreasDevelopment and Research on Quantum Algorithms and how these can solve modern societies challenges, as well as to apply those to boost discoveries in particle physics.2026-09-11
Jung, AndreasAnalysis of gamma ray spectroscopy data & development of ML/AI techniques2026-09-11
Liang, Qi-Yu (Grace)Build a new optical tweezer apparatus to study kinetically constrained quantum dynamics and develop approaches to quantum information transfer and sensing with Rydberg atom arrays. Target experiments include controlled transport of excitations and en2026-09-11
Liang, Qi-Yu (Grace)Rydberg quantum optics in our cold rubidium atom apparatus. We study nonlinear phenomena in interacting Rydberg atoms and explore new approaches to sensing, including the use of AI to design and interpret experiments. See our recent work on multipara2026-09-11
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