Dear Colleague,
We want to bring to your attention the existence at Princeton ofseveral openings for recent PhDs in theoretical physics who wishto pursue a career in theoretical biological physics. As we hopeyou know, we have been building a group in this area at Princetonover the last decade, and we now have a robust activity thatinvolves students, postdocs and faculty from several departments.We are actively recruiting postdocs to join this group, and wehope that you will urge any outstanding prospective or recent PhDstudents of your acquaintance to apply to any of the following
positions for which they might be eligible (do point out that there aremid-‐ October application deadlines for all of them!).
1. Postdoctoral Associate in our group. This is a regular Physicspostdoctoral position, but one in which the incumbent has greatfreedom to choose projects, and can benefit from the mentorship ofany of the senior members of our group (or linear combinationsthereof). Past holders of this position have had a remarkablerecord of success in landing
2. Postdoctoral
Fellow
of
the
Princeton
Center
for
Theoretical
Science (PCTS).
The
PCTS
sponsors
interdisciplinary
research
based
in
theoretical physics
and
the
PCTS
Faculty
Fellows
select
three
new
Fellows
each
year from
a
pool
of
candidates
in
all
fields
of
theory.
The
PCTS
provides
a
unique
environment
for
exceptional
recent
PhDs
in
theoretical
physics, broadly
construed,
to
broaden
their
horizons
and
explore
new
fields. Candidates
must
be
nominated
by
senior
scientists.
Nominations
of biological
physicists
are
encouraged,
and
Fellows
with
such
interests would
be
welcomed
as
participants
in
our
group.
Appointments
to
thisposition
are
at
the
level
of
Associate
Research
Scholar.
Please
consult http://pcts.princeton.edu/pcts for
more
information.
3. Lewis-‐Sigler Theory Fellow. The Lewis-‐Sigler Institute (LSI),a joint venture of the Physics and Molecular Biology (andother) departments, offers positions at the level of AssociateResearch Scholar that
carry extra resources and the opportunity to teach in innovativeundergraduate programs. These positions are appropriate forexceptional newly-‐ minted PhD’s who areready to lead their own group. LSI Theory Fellows are selected bythe full LSI faculty, but typically work very closely with ourgroup. Application procedures will be described on the LSI website.Applicants to (1) who wish to also be considered as Lewis-‐SiglerTheory Fellows should so indicate in their cover letter.
We emphasize that we are interested in applications fromstudents with exceptional theoretical skills and a strongmotivation to use
these skills to pursue biological problems, independent of the depth oftheir research experience in biology. Many of our most successfulpostdocs have learned their biology "on the job", and we think that weprovide an outstanding environment for such learning. Your assistancein encouraging strong candidates for any of these positions to applywould be appreciated.
Bill Bialek, Curt Callan and Ned Wingreen
Lee Morgan
257 Carl Icahn Laboratory
Lewis-Sigler Institute of Integrative Genomics
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
609-258-0859