Sign InCreate ProfileEnglish (US)Grainger Engineering: Professor (Open Rank) Theoretical QIS - Department of PhysicsUrbana, IL, United States|1038316Apply NowPosted on: 9/25/2026 Back to Search Department of Physics - Open Rank Faculty SearchTheoretical Quantum Information Science The Grainger College of EngineeringUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign The Department of Physics in the Grainger College of
Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track, faculty position in quantum information science (QIS) theory, broadly defined, at the assistant, associate, or full professor level. Applications are welcome across specialties including but not limited to quantum algorithms, quantum error correction, quantum computing architectures, quantum information, and
quantum simulation of physical systems.Successful candidates must be able to teach in these and other areas while also contributing to the excellence of our programs through research and service efforts. Candidates are expected to establish and maintain an active and independent research program, teach effectively at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and provide service to the department, the university,
and the profession.Successful candidates are expected to tackle leading problems in QIS and complement the numerous groups already working on QIS at Illinois Physics and the University. At Illinois Physics, theoretical efforts include aspects such as developing new quantum algorithms and quantum computing platforms; studying the role of quantum entanglement in areas ranging from quantum gravity to nuclear physics and
condensed matter systems; quantum error correction and tomography; developing digital and analog quantum simulations of physical systems; and improving quantum materials and devices. Experimental efforts at Illinois Physics span superconducting and solid-state qubits, atomic and photonic qubits, quantum memories, hybrid quantum networks, quantum materials, quantum transduction, and quantum simulation.The Illinois
Quantum Information Science and Technology Center (IQUIST) is an interdisciplinary center for QIS research on campus that includes people from many departments, including Illinois Physics. QIS researchers at Illinois are part of and leading many multi-institutional centers such as the NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks (HQAN), Q-NEXT, the Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE),
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