High-Energy Experiment
Open Position
Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brandeis University
Application deadline: Feb 15, 2026
The Experimental High Energy Physics Group at Brandeis University has an opening for a postdoctoral research associate to work on the ATLAS experiment. The ATLAS group at Brandeis plays a leading role in the ATLAS Inner Tracker (ITk) Strip detector while pursuing a broad physics program focusing on the measurement of Higgs boson properties, precision Standard Model measurements, and direct searches for physics beyond the Standard Model.
The successful candidate is expected to play a major role in one or more of the following areas: data analysis, building and commissioning the ITk Strip detector, ATLAS tracking performance studies. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in experimental particle physics, excellent data analysis and programming skills, and the ability to carry out an independent research program. Experience with detector work is highly valued but not required. This position is based at CERN and the start date is flexible.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The application material should be sent electronically. Interested candidates should send a curriculum vitae, a brief statement about research experience and interests, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to Prof. Gabriella Sciolla, e-mail: sciolla@brandeis.edu
Brandeis University is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to creating equitable access and opportunities for applicants to all employment positions.
Contact information: Gabriella Sciolla (sciolla@brandeis.edu)
Introduction of the Research Group
The Brandeis experimental high energy physics group has a long history of studying electroweak and strong interactions at the world’s highest energy hadron colliders. Currently our research is focused on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the international accelerator laboratory CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. The group is comprised of Professors Aram Apyan and Gabriella Sciolla.
The Brandeis group is a member of the ATLAS Collaboration, which built one of the two large, general purpose detectors for the LHC. In the LHC, beams of protons collide at a center-of-mass energy of 13.6 TeV, the highest energy particle collisions in the world.
The LHC provides the potential for many discoveries and precision measurements of many parameters. The Brandeis group pursues a broad physics program presently focusing on the measurement of Higgs boson properties, precision Standard Model measurements, and direct searches for physics beyond the Standard Model. The Brandeis ATLAS group is very active on detector activities. Brandeis faculty and staff have been key contributors to the ATLAS Muon detector, both in building and operating the detector (Bensinger, Blocker) and to the Inner tracker (ITk) Strips detector upgrade for the High-Luminosity LHC run (Apyan, Sciolla). The group also plays a leading role in the ATLAS Tracking Combined Performance group activities.