The Schilling Group is seeking outstanding and highly motivated PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in the theoretical quantum sciences with strong analytical and/or computational skills and scientific creativity.
Our research addresses fundamental challenges at the interface of quantum information theory, quantum chemistry, many-body physics, and quantum computing, with a particular focus on strongly correlated fermionic systems. We combine analytical and mathematical approaches with numerical methods within an ambitious and highly collaborative research environment.
Successful applicants will join an international and intellectually vibrant group working on frontier problems in the theoretical quantum sciences, including:
• P1: Functional theories for strongly correlated electrons (BeyondDFT)• P2: OpenMolcas – quantum chemistry code development• P3: Tensor network methods for quantum chemistry• P4: Foundations of quantum computing for fermionic systems• P5: Quantum information theory for fermions
The projects are partly funded by the ERC Consolidator Grant BeyondDFT.
The group is expected to relocate permanently to the University of Geneva on 1 September 2026.
Application Details:
• Application deadline: 3 June 2026• Expected start date: Flexible, ideally September 2026• Location: University of Geneva
Further information:
https://sites.google.com/view/christianschilling/open-positions
https://www.theorie.physik.uni-muenchen.de/17ls_th_nanophys_en/join_us1/schilling_group/index.html
