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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
The Department of Physics at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park campus, invites applicants for non-tenure track research professor appointments in any of the following current areas of research, which are AMO physics, astro-particle physics, biological physics, condensed matter physics, cosmology and gravitation, and particle physics. The position will be filled as an Assistant, Associate, or Full Research Professor depending upon qualifications.
Required qualifications include a demonstrated interest in and capacity to do research publishable in top-tier journals and a Ph.D. in physics or a related field. All positions will remain open until appropriate candidates are found. This is a limited-term appointment funded for one year from date of hire, with possibility of re-funding.
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