2023-1 Recruitment Announcement for Senior research fellow positions at the Center for Theoretical Physics of the Universe

The Particle Theory and Cosmology Group, Center for Theoretical Physics of the Universe (CTPU-PTC) (http://ctpu.ibs.re.kr) at Institute for Basic Science (http://www.ibs.re.kr), South Korea, invites applications for two Senior research fellow positions in Theoretical High Energy Physics, with particular emphasis on Particle Phenomenology, Astroparticle Physics, and Cosmology. The positions can start anytime in 2023. The initial appointment will be for 2 years, and can be renewed subject to the performance review and funding situation.

The research group at the CTPU-PTC involves 7 faculty members (Kiwoon Choi, Jai-chan Hwang, Sanghyeon Chang, Sang Hui Im, Seung-Joo Lee, Tae Hyun Jung, and Seokhoon Yun), as well as 1 YSF fellow and 14 postdoctoral research fellows. We also have affiliate faculty members (Myeonghun Park and Chang Sub Shin, Seodong Shin, and Jeong Han Kim) who are actively working with our group members. The official language at the center is English. Research interests of our group cover broad areas of theoretical high energy physics and cosmology, including physics beyond the Standard Model, collider phenomenology, dark matter, early Universe cosmology, large scale structure of the Universe, string compactifications and their phenomenological consequences. We have strong ties to the cosmology group at KASI (http://cosmology.kasi.re.kr). We also have close relations with the experimental centers hosted by IBS: the Center for Axion and Precision Physics Research (http://capp.ibs.re.kr) and the Center for Underground Physics (http://cupweb.ibs.re.kr).

Applications should include CV, publication list, research statement, and Consent to Collection and Use of Personal Information / Application for IBS(attached). For full consideration, application materials should be submitted to ctpu_recruit@ibs.re.kr by March 31, 2023 Midnight as KST

* The term can be extended once, and the additional term is 1 year. A researcher with an exceptionally good performance might get a longer additional term. (The additional term cannot exceed 3 years)

**The official title of IBS postdoctoral research fellow is Senior Researcher.

***The revised guidelines of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, and the Ministry of Economy and Finance (revision on 3 Nov. 2022, implementation on 1 Jan. 2023) have allowed a flexible application of the blind hiring policy to secure excellent researchers, thereby broadening the scope of information to be collected (e.g., academic background, schools, period spent on obtaining degrees, reference letters [including referees’ information] and experience). However, personal information that can identify the applicant (e.g., gender and age) is still not collected.