As a hub for the intersection of Physics and AI in the Boston area and beyond, we are happy to share job opportunities at this intersection as we become aware of them.
IAIFI-Adjacent Jobs
The following positions are at IAIFI-affiliated universities and therefore have the potential for IAIFI involvement; they are not necessarily directly hired by IAIFI.
Faculty Opportunities
Postdoc Opportunities
Postdoctoral researchers at any of the partner institutions may collaborate with IAIFI researchers to become a Junior Investigator.
IAIFI Fellow
IAIFI/MIT
Deadline: 2026-10-07 | Apply
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To facilitate advances in AI+Physics, the IAIFI seeks a talented and interdisciplinary group of researchers at an early stage of their careers to join the IAIFI Fellowship program. The role of an IAIFI Fellow is to spark vital interdisciplinary, multi-investigator, multi-subfield collaborations across some of the primary IAIFI domains of theoretical physics, experimental physics, astrophysics, and foundational AI. Such collaborations have immense power to generate new ideas and approaches in both physics and AI, to facilitate abstracting physics challenges beyond their native domains to inform the development of cutting-edge AI tools, and to instill a common language across disciplines. Our program aims to appoint new postdoctoral IAIFI Fellows each academic year, for a three-year fellowship term each.Graduate Student Opportunities
IAIFI does not have a dedicated PhD program, but PhD students at any of the partner institutions may collaborate with IAIFI researchers to become a Junior Investigator.
Other Opportunities
Academic Opportunities
Faculty Opportunities
Assistant Professor at Faculty of Science and Technology
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå, Sweden
Deadline: 2026-10-01 | Apply
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Umeå University aims to give the next generation of research leaders the best possible conditions to conduct cutting-edge research through the Umeå University Northern Star Fellows Programme. Through this university-wide initiative, we offer 10 early-career researchers the opportunity to develop their research over the long term through a six-year tenure-track assistant professorship, with the possibility of promotion to associate professor. All open calls in the initiative can be found here: https://www.umu.se/en/northern-star/northern-star-fellows/Assistant / Associate Professor in AI
University of Edinburgh, Edinborough, UK
Deadline: 2026-10-20 | Apply
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The School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh is recruiting for a faculty position in Artificial Intelligence (AI).Research focus
The candidate's research focus may align with the following, non-exhaustive, list of topics (in no particular order):
Perception (e.g., computer vision) and action (e.g., interactive decision-making systems
Continual, open-ended, self-improving AI
Agentic AI, world models, and generative models
Embodied perception and action
Learning from interaction and reinforcement
Decision-making under uncertainty
Long-duration autonomy.
Assistant Professor in Statistics
The London School of Economics London, UK
Deadline: 2026-12-13 | Apply
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We seek to appoint an Assistant Professor in the field of data science and statistics at the Department of Statistics, London School of Economics (LSE). You should have expertise and research interests in statistics, data science, or machine learning. You will have a track record or trajectory of internationally excellent publications, proven ability, as evidenced by existing publications, or potential to publish in top conferences or journals You will also have a clear, well-developed and viable strategy for future outstanding research that has the potential to result in world-leading publications. You must have a completed PhD, or close to obtaining a PhD in statistics or related areas such as computer science or mathematics by the post start date.Open-Rank, Tenured/Tenure Track Position in Physics - Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Georgia Institute of Technology - School of Physics, Atlanta. Georgia, US
Deadline: 2026-10-20 | Apply
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The School of Physics (https://physics.gatech.edu/) at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia invites applications for an open-rank tenured/tenure-track faculty position at the interface between machine learning and physics. Applicants will be considered at all ranks. We anticipate hiring faculty working on advancing machine learning methodology as applied to quantum science, astrophysics, physics of living systems, nonlinear science, soft matter physics or other related areas. The faculty will be part of an initiative to catalyze machine-learning-driven research in the School of Physics and will benefit from substantial expertise and resources in artificial intelligence and machine learning that already exist in the Colleges of Sciences, Engineering, and Computing. Candidates are expected to demonstrate an exceptional commitment to the teaching and mentoring of students. Appointments at senior ranks will be considered for candidates with established and internationally recognized research programs.Postdoc Opportunities
Flatiron Research Fellow, Center for Computational Astrophysics
Flatiron Institute - Simons Foundation
Deadline: 2026-10-31 | Apply
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Applications are invited for postdoctoral research positions as Flatiron Research Fellows (FRF) at the Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA). The CCA offers FRFs the opportunity for independent research in areas that have strong synergy with the CCA or other centers at the Flatiron Institute. Flatiron Research Fellows are expected to carry out an active research program that is independently directed and is encouraged to involve substantial collaboration with other members of the CCA or Flatiron Institute. In addition to their own research, Fellows help build the rich scientific community at the CCA and Flatiron Institute by: participating in seminars, colloquia, and group meetings; developing their software, mathematical, and computational expertise through internal educational opportunities; and sharing their knowledge through scientific publications, presentations, and/or software releases. Flatiron Research Fellows may also have the opportunity to organize workshops and to mentor graduate and undergraduate students through the CCA Pre-Doctoral Program, the CUNY Astrophysics Masters Program, the Simons-NSBP Scholars Summer Program, and the AstroCom NYC Program. FRFs are welcome to take advantage of CCA partnerships with the Simons Observatory, the Terra Hunting Experiment, Sloan Digital Sky Survey V, Gaia, HIRAX, LIGO, and the NASA SPHEREx mission, and to participate in CCA-related software projects such as MESA, AstroPy, Entity, Dedalus, and PASTA. In addition, individual CCA research scientists have significant roles in a variety of collaborations and projects, including Learning the Universe, JWST, PRIMA, Rubin, Euclid, Roman[1] , CAMELS, DREAMS, MESA, AstroPy, Dedalus, LIGO, LISA, and Gaia, and would welcome FRF collaborators. More details can be found on our website under “Projects” and “Software”. CCA members also maintain valuable ties with neighboring academic institutions, with many senior CCA scientists having joint faculty appointments.Postdoctoral Associate
Stony Brook University, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York, US
Deadline: 2026-11-15 | Apply
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The Postdoctoral Associate will assist the Principal Investigator Dr. Steven Skiena in the Department of Computer Science at Stony Brook University. The incumbent will conduct cutting-edge research at the intersection of AI/ML and extreme weather forecasting, employing data science models as developed in computer vision and natural language processing (NLP). This project leverages the large-scale high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure of New York State’s Empire AI enabling us to train large AI models that will outperform traditional numerical prediction models.Statistical physics of attentionand sequence modelling
EPFL - Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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The Statistical Physics of Computation Laboratory (SPOC) at EPFL invites applications for postdoctoral positions on the theoretical foundations of learning with attention and sequencemodels. The positions are supported by SPASM-net, an ERC Advanced Grant funded bythe Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI). We seek candidates with a PhD (completed by the start date) in physics, mathematics, statistics, computer science or a related field, strong analytical skills, and a taste for independent, interdisciplinary research. Applicants from adjacent fields are welcome; prior expertise in every topic or in statistical physics methods is not required.MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Tayebati Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2027–2028
MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States
Deadline: 2026-11-01 | Apply
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The Tayebati Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at MIT supports exceptional researchers whose work explores the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in select science and engineering fields or in music. Hosted by the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, the program fosters research at the forefront of AI, where novel computational approaches can advance scientific discovery or expand the possibilities of music composition and performance. By encouraging ambitious, interdisciplinary scholarship, the fellowship seeks to generate meaningful progress both within these domains and in the development of new AI methods more broadly. MIT now invites applications for the 2027–2028 cohort of fellows. Prospective fellows must have received their doctoral degree between January 1, 2024 and August 31, 2027 and must start no later than September 1, 2027. Each postdoctoral appointment is for 24 months, with continuation into the second-year contingent upon satisfactory performance, as determined through an annual review.AI-MI Postdoctoral Fellowship
The NSF Artificial Intelligence Materials Institute at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States
Deadline: 2026-10-15 | Apply
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The Artificial Intelligence Materials Institute (AI-MI) invites applications for the AI-MI Postdoctoral Fellowship. Established in 2025, AI-MI is the first NSF National AI Research Institute focused on materials science. AI-MI's mission is to shift materials discovery from serendipitous to intentional design, reducing discovery timelines from months to days while building reproducible, open workflows for the broader materials and AI research communities. For the postdoctoral fellowship, we seek candidates with a PhD in theoretical or computational condensed-matter physics, applied math, computer science, or a related discipline by the appointment start date. The fellowship is a full-time 12-month appointment with the potential for renewal up to two additional years, based on satisfactory performance and available funding. The anticipated start date is spring/summer 2027. The fellowship will be located on the main campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The Fellow will receive a salary of $80,000 and be eligible for Cornell University benefits. Fellows also receive up to $5,000 per year in discretionary research funds and support to attend at least one conference annually.Postdoctoral Researcher in Mechanistic Understanding of AI Reasoning
Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Deadline: 2026-09-30 | Apply
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We are seeking to recruit a postdoctoral researcher to work on understanding the mechanisms of AI reasoning. Their core duty will be to advance our understanding of how LLMs acquire, integrate and reason over evolving, pluralistic knowledge using mechanistic interpretability methods. This can involve the development of novel conceptual frameworks, methods, or empirical studies. The postdoc’s duties will also to a small degree include teaching or supervision. The position is offered in the context of the context of an ERC Starting Grant held by Isabelle Augenstein on ‘Explainable and Robust Automatic Fact Checking (ExplainYourself)’, as well the Pioneer Centre for AI.Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship
University of Toronto, Canada
Deadline: 2026-10-05 | Apply
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The University of Toronto is pleased to announce the third call for applications for the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a program of Schmidt Sciences, which brings together the brightest minds who have completed a PhD in the natural sciences or engineering and who aim to pursue a research project that includes the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to their domain. The program will fund cutting edge applications of AI in the natural sciences and engineering and create a community of interdisciplinary leaders.Applicants must demonstrate clear expertise and promise within their field of study. Experience with AI is not a requirement, but applicants must have a desire to learn new AI methodologies that stand to accelerate discoveries in their domain. These Fellowships will fund research and provide training in AI and related computational skills to support new directions in the application of AI.
Other Academic Opportunities
AI Researcher and Interns (Internships only can be remote)
Shanghai Institute of Intelligent Science (SAIS), Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
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AI Researcher - Large Model Inference and Internship - Large Model Reasoning Intern: The Scientific Reasoning and Discovery Team at the Shanghai Academy of AI for Science (SAIS) is looking for researchers excited to build Large Reasoning Models that can understand and solve hard scientific problems. We're building System 2 reasoning systems for science: models capable of multi-step logical deduction, cross-modal knowledge integration, and autonomous hypothesis generation and verification. You'll push LLMs past their current limits in scientific settings and help shape a new paradigm for how discovery is done.Senior Instructional Professor (open rank) in Data Science
Physical Sciences Division - Data Science, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
Deadline: 2026-10-01 | Apply
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The Data Science Institute at the University of Chicago invites applications for the position of Senior Instructional Professor (open rank) to lead the Data Science Clinic. The Data Science Clinic is an experiential project-based course where students work in teams as data scientists with real-world clients from industry, academia, and social impact organizations. You can view more information about the DSI Clinic on our website here. The candidate will be appointed as Assistant Senior Instructional Professor, Associate Senior Instructional Professor, or Senior Instructional Professor, depending on qualifications and years of experience in a similar role. The appointment will be made in the Data Science Institute. The appointment will be for a term of up to five years, renewable. This is a career-track position with competitive salary and benefits. This position is expected to begin on or around December 1st, 2026.Lecturer Pool - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The University of California, Berkeley
Deadline: 2027-02-01 | Apply