Job Openings

If you are looking for a PhD position at ITP, please contact first one of the professors/lecturers before applying for a position.

There is currently an opening for a PhD position in the junior research group of Anke Biekötter starting between February and October 2025. Applicants should be interested in working on the phenomenology of effective field theories, including Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) and axion-like particles (ALPs). Previous experience with EFTs, collider pheno, Higgs and electroweak physics or beyond SM pheno would be ideal.

The selected PhD candidate will become a member of the Karlsruhe School of Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics (KSETA), which offers training programs and additional support. They will also have the opportunity to collaborate with researchers at RWTH Aachen, Siegen University and Heidelberg University within the collaborative research center TRR 257 Particle Physics Phenomenology after the Higgs Discovery.

Applicants should email their CV, a description of their research interests and motivation, as well as a transcript of records of their current degree including grades to Anke Biekötter. They should also organize for one (or ideally two) reference letter(s) by their current supervisor(s) and colleagues (e.g. postdocs) to be sent via email to the same address.

Applicants are also highly encouraged to apply for a KSETA doctoral fellowship. The application deadline for this fellowship is February 9, 2025. Details on the required documents for the fellowship application are given on the linked website. If you plan to apply for the fellowship directly, please contact your preferred supervisor first.

The salary will be 65% of E13 (equaling a net salary of ~1800 EUR for an unmarried person in the first year of contract).

To apply, please send your application documents via email, preferably as a single PDF document. Preference is given to applicants submitting before February 1st. Later applications will be considered until the position is filled. If you have any further questions about the position or the application process, please email Anke Biekötter directly.

The official application site can be found here.

The application site for a postdoc position at ITP can be found here.