Information about Joining Our Group
Post-Docs:
We are presently searching for a post-doc. The search will continue until the position is filled. The announcement for this position follows:

Postdoctoral Research Position
Experimental Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
The University of Texas at Austin

Applications are invited for a post doctoral research position in the group of Prof. Dan Heinzen. The starting date can be at any time during fall 1998 or spring 1999. The post-doc will participate in ongoing experimental studies of ultracold atomic photoassociation and collisions, ultracold molecule formation and trapping, and dilute gas Bose-Einstein condensation. Experience in experimental AMO physics is required. Further information about these research projects may be found on the web at http://www.ph.utexas.edu/dept/research/heinzen/

For further information please contact:
Prof. Daniel J. Heinzen
Dept. of Physics
The University of Texas
Austin, TX, 78712

Tel: (512) 471-3960 Fax: (512) 471-9637
e-mail: heinzen@physics.utexas.edu

To apply for the position, please send a CV and the names and telephone numbers of three references.

Graduate Students:

Graduate students who would like to work in our group may contact Dan at anytime. Interested students are strongly encouraged to join the group as early in their graduate careers as possible; in most cases students join our group either when they arrive at UT, or they begin with a summer RA after completing their first nine months of studies. Students working in our group are typically supported for one or two semesters on a TA and with summer support on an RA, before going to year-round RA support. However, in special cases academic year RA support for new students can be arranged. Undergraduate students who are applying to UT for graduate school, and who would like to work in our group, are encouraged to contact Dan when they apply to UT. Prospective UT graduate students should also feel free to contact the current students in the group for more information.

We typically have funding for four year-round RA positions and another two summer RA positions. At present (9/01) we have four graduate students, all supported on RAs. Positions are open for students who would like to begin research sometime during this coming academic year or at the beginning of next summer; summer 1999 RA support is available. Interested students are encouraged contact Dan at any time for further information, or to stop by the lab (RLM 2.304) to talk with the current students.

Undergraduate Students:

We accept undergraduate students to work in our group. Students must be physics majors with a GPA of at least 3.5, in their sophomore or junior year, be willing to put in at least 12 hours per week during the semester and 30 hours per week during the summer, and be available to work at least three consecutive semesters. Work can be either for pay or for course credit, but all students joining the group must work for course credit for the first one to two semesters, except typically with pay over the summer. Most undergraduates in our group work together with graduate students on small construction projects - diode laser systems, electronics, etc. - but students who start early may be able to carry out their own research project during their senior year.

We typically have one to two undergraduate students in our group. At present (9/98) we have one undergraduate student, and have room for a second student. Interested students should contact Dan.

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