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Postdoctoral Scholar Researcher in Dark Matter Searches and Quantum Precision Measurements University of California, Davis in United States

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Postdoc

Field of study

Materials Science

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Supported by a new DOE award; the award covers the full initial two-year appointment. Salary range is $71,491 to $74,140.

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Dec 31, 2026

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United States

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University of California, Davis

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Materials Science
Astronomy
Interferometry
Dark Matter
Optomechanics
Quantum Sensing
Gravitational Wave

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About this position

The Aggarwal Group at the University of California, Davis is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar researcher to help develop a new tabletop radio-frequency gravitational-wave detector aimed at searches for the axion, a leading dark matter candidate.

The project combines ultralight dark matter physics, gravitational-wave concepts, and advanced experimental methods. The detector design is a Fabry-Perot Michelson interferometer with an optically trapped micro-disk in each arm cavity, and it is also intended as a platform for sub-standard-quantum-limit sensing techniques such as squeezed-light methods. The postdoc will take a leading role in the research and development effort behind this hybrid quantum sensing scheme.

The successful candidate will work within a precision-measurement group at UC Davis that focuses on ultralight dark matter and gravitational-wave searches. The group is also involved in ARIADNE, which searches for short-range spin-dependent forces mediated by the QCD axion, and in the LIGO collaboration, where dark matter searches use LIGO instruments and data.

The appointment includes collaboration with Prof. Andrew Geraci’s group at Northwestern, which is developing a companion detector with the goal of operating the two systems jointly. The advert also highlights possible travel to Chicago and the opportunity for extended training periods at LIGO observatories to learn commissioning techniques directly relevant to the project.

This position is supported by a new DOE award for hybrid quantum sensing research and offers a research environment centered on instrumentation, interferometry, and fundamental-physics measurements at the intersection of dark matter and gravitational-wave science.

Funding details

Supported by a new DOE award; the award covers the full initial two-year appointment. Salary range is $71,491 to $74,140.

What's required

Candidates must have completed a Ph.D. in Physics or a related area prior to beginning employment. Preferred qualifications include experience with interferometry, precision measurements, instrumentation, optomechanics, or new physics searches.

How to apply

Apply online through UC Recruit using the job link. Submit a CV with publications, cover letter, research statement, and the required Authorization to Release Information form; optional DEI and teaching statements may also be uploaded. Arrange for 2 to 4 reference letters to be submitted through the portal.

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Research Interests

Astronomy

Materials Science

Optomechanics

Dark Matter

Interferometry

Prof. at University of California, Davis

University Name
Country flag

United States

Research Interests

Astronomy

Gravitational Wave

Interferometry

Optomechanics

Materials Science