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HEP and string/math Physics Jobs Rumor Mills

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Thursday, December 13th, 2012

Hire in Leipzig.

Monday, December 10th, 2012

Offer in Karlsruhe.

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

New position in Bergen, fixed an affiliation (sorry!).

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

New positions in Amsterdam, Tübingen.

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

New position in Stockholm, Oslo shortlist, Freiburg accepted.

Monday, June 18th, 2012

Heidelberg accepted.

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Shortlist Aachen.

Monday, May 21st, 2012

Two more people in Karlsruhe.

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

Short list Karlsruhe.

Tuesday, Apr 10th, 2012

Short list Amsterdam.

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

We have moved! (see above)
New position in Zürich, Short list Hamburg / DESY.

Friday, Mar 23rd, 2012

One question mark removed.

Tuesday, Mar 13th, 2012

Münster offered and accepted, new W3 in Aachen.

Monday, Feb 20th, 2012

Another W3 in Karlsruhe.

Mon, Feb 13th 2012

New offer Heidelberg, Zürich.

Wed, Feb 1st 2012

Short list Freiburg.

Mon, Jan 30th 2012

Heidelberg declined.

Tuesday, Jan 10th, 2012 - Happy New Year!

New W3 in Karlsruhe.


2011/2012 HEP Faculty Jobs:

Aachen (W3, successor to Martin Beneke) [31.3.12]
Short List:
T. Gehrmann (Zurich U.)
R. Harlander (Wuppertal U.)
M. Kramer (RWTH Aachen)
S. Moch (DESY, Zeuthen)
P. Uwer (Humboldt U., Berlin)
A. Weiler (CERN & DESY)
Amsterdam (assistant/associate professor in String Theory/High Energy Physics) [15.12.12]
Short List:
Bergen ([assistant] professor in Theoretical Particle Physics) [1.2.13]
Short List:
CERN (Tenured Senior Theoretical Physicist) [June 2010]
Short List:
 Offered To:
Lance Dixon (declined)
DESY (Particle Cosmology, tenure track) [7.1.11]
Short List:
Fedor Bezrukov (LMU Munich)
Alexander Vikman (CERN)
Sarah E. Shandera (Perimeter Institute)
Bjoern Garbrecht (RWTH Aachen)
Anders Tranberg (Niels Bohr Institute)
Thomas M. Konstandin (CERN)
...
Offered To:
Thomas Konstandin (accepted)
Frankfurt (W1, lattice) [15.10.10]
Short List:
Freiburg (W1, with tenure track option to W3) [15.11.11]
Short List:
Jürgen Reuter (DESY)
Barbara Jäger (Mainz)
Harald Ita (UCLA)
Alexander Mück (RWTH)
Christian Sturm (MPI München)
Andrea Banfi (Freiburg)
Andreas Weiler (DESY)
Michael Rauch (Karlsruhe)
Rikkert Frederix (Zürich)
 Offered To:
Harald Ita (UCLA) (accepted)
Hamburg / DESY (Nachfolge Fredenhagen)
Short List:
J. Plefka (Berlin)
R. Britto (Saclay)
G. Arutyunov (Utrecht)
S. Weinzierl (Mainz)
J. Teschner (Hamburg)
J. Erdmenger (München)
J. Henn (Princeton)
S. Hollands (Cardiff)
Heidelberg (W3) [6.1.11]
Short List:
S. Huber (Sussex)
J. Jackel (Durham)
T. Schwetz-Mangold (Heidelberg)
A. Frey (McGill)
I. Yavin (NYU)
+ 2 more senior people
Offered To:
Tim Tait (Irvine) (declined)
Jörg Jackl (accepted)
Karlsruhe (Astro) (W3) [28.2.12]
Short List:
Karlsruhe (successor Kühn) (W3) [13.4.12]
Short List:
M. Czakon (RWTH Aachen)
T. Gehrmann (Zurich U.)
M. Kramer (RWTH Aachen)
F. Krauss (Durham)
K. Melnikov (Johns Hopkins U.)
T. Schwetz (MPI Heidelberg)
A. Weiler (CERN)
Offered To:
T. Gehrmann (Zurich U.)
Leipzig (W3) [22.11.10]
Short List:
Jesper Grimstrup
Stefan Hollands (Cardiff)
Joerg Jackel (Durham)
Daniel Litim
Harold Steinacker (Vienna)
 Offered To:
Stefan Hollands (accepted)
Münster (W1) [30.4.2011]
Short List:
Oliver Brein (Freiburg U.)
Olaf Kittel (Granada U.)
Anna Kulesza (RWTH Aachen)
Luminta Mihaila (Karlsruhe U., ITP)
Christian Schwinn (Freiburg U.)
Karol Kovarik
seminar organized by a member of the comsission (candidate?): Walter Winter (Würzburg)
Offered To:
Anna Kulesza (accepted)
Nijmegen (Full Prof.) [28.2.2011]
Short List:
Oslo (Associate Professorship) [15.1.2012]
Short List (ranked):
Torsten Bringmann (Hamburg)
Pat Scott (McGill)
Tomi Koivisto (Oslo)
Alex Vikman (CERN)
Chris Savage (Utah)
Valeria Pettorino (Geneva)
Sigbjørn Hervik (Stavanger).
PSI (phenomenology) [28.2.2011]
Short List:
 Offered To:
Adrian Signer (IPPP Durham) (accepted)
Stockholm (Senior Lecturer in Phenomenology) [1.10.2012]
Short List:
Tübingen (W3) [15.1.2013]
Short List:
Utrecht (assistant professor) [1.8.2011 or until filled]
Short List:
Zürich (Tenure track / dep. on cand.) [31.5.2012]
Short List:
 Offered To:

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