Opening Date: January 28, 2026
Closing Date: February 12, 2026
Ref:IFAE2026/07_TH_ Postdoc
About IFAE
The Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) is a public consortium of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Autonomous Government of Catalonia, and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB, a public university) whose main objective is to carry out research and to contribute to the development of high energy physics from a theoretical, experimental and technological point of view. IFAE has the status of a “University Institute" attached to the UAB and its premises are within the campus of the University.
About the Theoretical Physics Group
The candidates should have research expertise in Theoretical Physics, along the strategic lines of the Beyond the Standard Model and Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology groups (https://www.ifae.es/groups/theory/ ) and in particular of A. Wulzer. Required skills and evaluation criteria
The successful candidate is expected to have:
- Physics PHD
The process of evaluation and selection guarantees the principles of open competition, publicity and transparency, according to the following criteria:
Criteria
Points (total of 100)
CV and research direction
30
Letters of recommendation
40
Publication record
30
Offered contract
- Full-time Contract (40 h/week)
- Temporal contract Indefinido Actividades Científico Técnicas
- The position will correspond to a Postdoctoral position.
- Salary will be proportional to experience and qualifications within the corresponding category range.
- Work with interesting experimental science. Opportunity to gain first-hand learning experience. Personal growth, innovation and learning every day.
- The selected candidate is expected to join the IFAE as soon as possible.
Application and Selection process
Interested candidates should submit an up-to-date CV including full University Records, a motivation letter and arrange for three letters of references to be sent by email to awulzer@ifae.es and rrhh@ifae.es with the reference IFAE2026/07_TH_ Postdoc.
Sending CVs to the above addresses implies consent to the IFAE’s legal warning on data privacy.
The application must contain a personal identification number (DNI, NIE or passport) in order to proceed to the verification of absence of conflict of interest required by Recovery and Resilience Mechanism of the Spanish Government.
IFAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace and social integration of people with a disability. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates. People from groups that are typically underrepresented in the labour market in general and in Science and Engineering in particular, such as women, minorities, or people with a disability, are particularly encouraged to apply.
A Selection Committee will evaluate the received applications. If more than one candidate seems equally suitable for the position, the Selection Committee will arrange an on-line interview with each one of them as part of the Selection process.
In compliance with article 121 of the Spanish Public Sector Legal Regime Act, staff with a pre-existing relationship with the Consortium administration (Generalitat de Catalunya and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) will have priority in the awarding of the position.
For further information please contact: Andrea Wulzer (awulzer@ifae.es ).