Fellow (Post Doc)

The Department of Physics is seeking a highly motivated, creative, and self-driven Postdoctoral Researcher to explore the statistical mechanics of soft matter and biological systems. The successful candidate will join the Group of Prof.Buddhapriya (Buddho) Chakrabarti in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Biomanufacturing Cluster at Kansas State University.

The Department of Physics at Kansas State University is built around highly productive faculty members with teaching and research expertise. Research is conducted in our department and other world-class facilities such as Fermi National Lab, CERN, DESY (German Electron Synchrotron), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab providing students a wide variety of experiences.

This position is On-site.

All employees must reside in the United States when they begin working to comply with state law. K-State is unable to provide remote or hybrid work opportunities for residents of the state of Idaho.

Minimum Qualifications:

• PhD in Physics with a preferred focus on theoretical Soft-Matter and Biological Physics or related fields.

The degree requirement is necessary to ensure candidates possess the specialized knowledge, skills and abilities that can only be attained through a formal educational program at this level.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise in statistical mechanics and computational modelling of soft matter
• Expertise in Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics simulations e.g., LAMMPS/GROMACS, and data visualization in OVITO
• Expertise in numerical solutions of ordinary, partial, stochastic, and delay differential equations - in C/C++/FORTRAN/Python/MATLAB
• Expertise in Symbolic computation in MATHEMATICA
• Familiarity with continuum mechanics - e.g., elasticity and fluid mechanics
• Familiarity with techniques of statistical field theory including mean-field and self-consistent field theories

Sponsorship eligibility:

This position is eligible for sponsorship

Please submit the following documents:

1. Cover Letter
2. CV
3. List of three academic references

Applications close on: May 30, 2026

$48,000 - $60,000