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["Bi, Wenli" <wbi AT uab.edu>]

Dear Colleagues,

Please find below for a postdoctoral position at University of Alabama at 
Birmingham.

Best regards,

Wenli Bi, Ph.D.| Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
UAB | The University of Alabama at Birmingham
P: 205.934.8068 | wbi AT uab.edu<mailto:wbi AT uab.edu>

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Postdoctoral Position
Experimental High-Pressure Studies of Magnetic Topological Systems
Department of Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Birmingham, 
Alabama, USA
Contact: Dr. Wenli Bi (wbi AT uab.edu<mailto:wbi AT uab.edu>)

The Department of Physics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has an 
immediate opening for a postdoctoral scholar working on emergent quantum 
phenomena in novel magnetic topological materials using high-pressure 
transport, synchrotron spectroscopy, scattering, and diffraction techniques. 
We are seeking strongly motivated individuals in experimental condensed 
matter/material physics to get involved in high-pressure research in diamond 
anvil cell. Prior experience in synchrotron x-ray diffraction or 
spectroscopic techniques is preferred. The postdoctoral scholar will have 
access to materials growth and characterization facilities in the 
well-established High Pressure Research group (Dr. Wenli Bi and Dr. Yogesh 
Vohra) at UAB and at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National 
Laboratory (ANL). The scholar is expected to visit APS, ANL for up to 3 
months/year to develop new techniques and conduct experiments. The extended 
visit at the APS will be primarily hosted by Dr. Esen Ercan Alp at Sector 3. 
A Ph.D. in physics or materials science is desirable for this position.



The anticipated salary for this position is $53,000/year. The postdoc program 
offers fringe benefits including health insurance. The position will have an 
initial appointment for one-year and can be renewed up to 3 years depending 
on satisfactory performance. Interested applicants should send a cover 
letter, a curriculum vitae, and the names of three references to Dr. Wenli Bi 
at wbi AT uab.edu.<mailto:wbi AT uab.edu.> Review of application will start 
immediately and continue until the position is

filled.



About the University:

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a research university and 
academic health center that discovers, teaches, and applies knowledge for the 
intellectual, cultural, social, and economic benefit of Birmingham, the 
state, and beyond. UAB is internationally renowned for its intensely 
collaborative culture that has — for more than five decades — produced 
breakthroughs in education, health care, research, and service. UAB was 
ranked #1 in the United States, and in the top 10 worldwide, in the Times 
Higher Education World University Rankings, 2018 Young University Rankings.

Spanning more than 100 city blocks, UAB is the state of Alabama’s largest 
single employer with some 25,000 employees and has an annual, state-wide 
economic impact exceeding $7.15 billion. U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 
“America’s Best Graduate Schools” ranks 14 UAB graduate programs among the 
nation’s top 25 and 10 UAB specialties were ranked among the nation’s top 50 
in the magazine’s 2018-2019 Best Hospitals report. UAB research grants and 
awards are at a record high, exceeding $527 million in FY18, including $320 
million in NIH funding for FY18. UAB ranks 31st among all universities in 
federal research funding and 15th among public universities. UAB's NIH 
funding continues to grow among peer institutions in the Southeast and 
beyond, with the university ranking 20th among all universities in NIH 
funding and eighth among public universities. The UAB School of Medicine is 
ranked 21st among medical schools in NIH funding and eighth among public 
medical schools.

UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to 
fostering a diverse, equitable and family-friendly environment in which all 
faculty and staff can excel and achieve work/life balance irrespective of, 
race, national origin, age, genetic or family medical history, gender, faith, 
gender identity, and expression as well as sexual orientation. UAB also 
encourages applications from individuals with disabilities and veterans.