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There is an opportunity for an experimental postdoctoral researcher to begin a new project with a multidisciplinary group to investigate and control material defects in superconducting qubits. This opportunity will focus on the fabrication and low-temperature measurements of quantum two-level system defects and sources of noise in superconducting resonators and qubits. The research will directly impact the coherence in superconducting qubits through collaborative work that will link these defect and noise measurements to new theories and microscopic simulations. In particular, this researcher will collaborate with experts in atomic-layer deposition, theories of interacting two-level systems, and ab initio simulations of interface defects.

This research opportunity is centered at the University of Maryland. Applicants for this position should have a Ph.D. in physics and experience in photolithography, rf electronics, and low-temperature measurements. If you would like to apply for this position, please send your CV to Dr. Kevin Osborn (Laboratory for Physical Sciences, osborn [at] lps [dot] umd [dot] edu) and Prof. Chris Lobb (Department of Physics, lobb [at] squid [dot] umd [dot] edu). Additional collaborators include Prof. Gary Rubloff (Department of Materials Science and Engineering), Prof. Victor Galitski (Department of Physics), and Prof. Charles Musgrave (Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder).