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2002 Junior Faculty Jobs:


Austin (U. Texas)
Short List:
Raphael Bousso
Nemanja Kaloper
2 more senior people
Offered To:
Raphael Bousso (declined)
Berkeley
Short List:
Raphael Bousso
Andrew Chamblin
Jaume Gomis
Albion Lawrence

Offered To:
Raphael Bousso (accepted)
Boston(cont. from 2001)
Short List:
Csaba Csaki
Bogdan Dobrescu
Jonathan Feng
Leonardo Giusti
Nir Polonsky
Yuri Shirman
more senior person
...
Offered To:
Martin Schmaltz (accepted)
Boulder
Short List:
Per Berglund
Michael Gutperle
Nemanja Kaloper
Gary Shiu
...
Offered To:
Gary Shiu (declined)
search postponed
Brandeis
Short List:
Mina Aganagic
Jaume Gomis
Michael Gutperle
Nemanja Kaloper
Albion Lawrence
Sanjaye Ramgoolam

Offered To:
Albion Lawrence (accepted)
British Columbia
Short List:
four candidates
in other fields
Offered To:
astronomer (declined)
search postponed
Buffalo
Short List:
Sanjaye Ramgoolam
Kirill Melnikov
Doreen Wackeroth
Yuri Shirman
Ren-Jie Zhang
...
Offered To:
Doreen Wackeroth (accepted)

Davis
Short List:
Daniel Chung
Nemanja Kaloper
...
Offered To:
Nemanja Kaloper (accepted)
Duke (cont. from 2001)
Short List:
Jinn-Wei Chen
Hans-Werner Hammer
Thomas Mehen
more senior person
Offered To:
more senior person (declined)
Thomas Mehen (accepted)
Fermilab (two jobs)
Short List:
Tom Blum
Hsin-Chia Cheng
Bogdan Dobrescu
Gregory Gabadadze
Yasunori Nomura
Kirill Melnikov
Tilman Plehn
Ren-Jie Zhang
...
Offered To:
Yasunori Nomura (accepted)
Bogdan Dobrescu (accepted)
Florida International (cont. from 2001)
Short List:
Weon Jong Lee
Offered To:
Weon Jong Lee (declined)
Florida International
Short List:
Rajamani Narayanan
Offered To:
Rajamani Narayanan
Hawaii
Short List:
Gustavo Burdman
David E. Kaplan
Graham Kribs
Kirill Melnikov
Yuri Shirman
Ren-Jie Zhang
...
Offered To:
David E. Kaplan (declined)
Kirill Melnikov (accepted)
Illinois
Short List:
Jing Wang
...
Offered To:
search cancelled
Johns Hopkins
Short List:
Michael Gutperle
David E. Kaplan
Albion Lawrence
Iain Stewart
Neal Weiner
...
Offered To:
Iain Stewart (declined)
David E. Kaplan (accepted)
Kentucky (cont. from 2001)
Short List:
senior person
Offered To:
Sumit Das (accepted)
Los Alamos (2 Feynman Fellowships)
Short List:
Yuri Shirman
Alex Friedland
Offered To:
Yuri Shirman (accepted)
Alex Friedland (accepted)
Maryland (two jobs, no deadline)
Short List:
Gunnar Bali
Gabriela Barenboim
Tom Blum
Zacharia Chacko
Bogdan Dobrescu
David E. Kaplan
Yuri Shirman
a more senior person
...
Offered To:
David E. Kaplan (declined)
search cancelled
Massachusetts (Amherst)
Short List:

Offered To:
search cancelled
McGill
Short List:
Mina Aganagic
Zacharia Chacko
Andrew Chamblin
Guy Moore
Gary Shiu
Ren-Jie Zhang
...
Offered To:
Gary Shiu (declined)
Guy Moore (accepted)
Michigan
Short List:
Tobias Hurth
Yuri Shirman
Iain Stewart
Neal Weiner
more senior people
...
Offered To:
James Wells (accepted)
Middlebury College
Short List:
Noah Graham
...
Offered To:
Noah Graham (accepted)
MIT
Short List:
Silas Beane
Raphael Bousso
Bogdan Dobrescu
David E. Kaplan
Kirill Melnikov
Guy Moore
Yasunori Nomura
Witold Skiba
Iain Stewart
Doreen Wackeroth
...
Offered To:
Raphael Bousso (declined)
Iain Stewart (accepted)
Notre Dame
Short List:
Gabriela Barenboim
Daniel Chung
...
Offered To:
search postponed
Northeastern
Short List:
Gabriela Barenboim
Gregory Gabadadze
Michael Gutperle
Yuri Shirman
Ren-Jie Zhang
...
Offered To:
experimentalist (accepted)
Pittsburgh
Short List:
Bogdan Dobrescu
Sean Fleming
Paolo Gondolo
Adam Leibovich
Kirill Melnikov
Dan Pirjol
Witold Skiba
...
Offered To:
Bogdan Dobrescu (declined)
Adam Leibovich (accepted)
Princeton
Short List:
Leonardo Rastelli
...
Offered To:
Leonardo Rastelli (accepted)
Regina
Short List:
Gunnar Bali
Andrei Belistky
Jinn-Wei Chen
Bhaskar Dutta
Kirill Melnikov
Offered To:
Bhaskar Dutta (accepted)
Simon Fraser
Short List:
Gary Shiu
Guy Moore
Ken Olum
people in other fields
...
Offered To:
Gary Shiu (declined)
people in other fields (accepted)
SLAC (cont. from 2001)
Short List:
3 more senior people
Offered To:
Nima Arkani-Hamed
Texas A&M (updated ad)
Short List:
Bhaskar Dutta
Ren-Jie Zhang
...
Offered To:

Texas, Pan American
Short List:
Alakabha Datta
...
Offered To:
search cancelled
Toronto
Short List:
Mina Aganagic
Kentaro Hori
Albion Lawrence
Calin Lazaroiu
...
Offered To:
Kentaro Hori (accepted)
UCLA
Short List:
Michael Gutperle
Albion Lawrence
Leonardo Rastelli
...
Offered To:
Michael Gutperle (accepted)
Victoria (cont. from 2001)
Short List:
Sacha Davidson
Nemanja Kaloper
Graham Kribs
Maxim Pospelov
...
Offered To:
Nemanja Kaloper (declined)
Maxim Pospelov (accepted)

Waterloo (no deadline)
Short List:

Offered To:

Washington
Short List:
Mina Aganagic
Michael Gutperle
Nemanja Kaloper
Matt Strassler
...
Offered To:
Matt Strassler (accepted)
Mina Aganagic (accepted)
Washington
Short List:

Offered To:

Washington U. (St. Louis)
Short List:
Tom Blum
Daniel Chung
Bogdan Dobrescu
Guy Moore
Mark Alford
...
Offered To:
Mark Alford (accepted)
Daniel Chung (declined)
Wisconsin
Short List:
Mina Aganagic
Arthur Hebecker
Nemanja Kaloper
Albion Lawrence
Yuri Shirman
Gary Shiu
...
Offered To:
more senior person
Mina Aganagic (declined)
Gary Shiu (accepted)
Wisconsin (astro)
Short List:
Ted Baltz
John Beacom
Daniel Chung
Chris Fryer
Tomislav Prokopec
...
Offered To:
more senior person (declined)
Daniel Chung (accepted)
Yale (three jobs)
Short List:
Raphael Bousso
Gustavo Burdman
Hsin-Chia Cheng
Bogdan Dobrescu
Michael Gutperle
Nemanja Kaloper
Albion Lawrence
Hong Liu
Witek Skiba
Vijay Balasubramanian
more senior person
...
Offered To:
Vijay Balasubramanian (declined)
Raphael Bousso (declined)
Witek Skiba (accepted)
more senior person (declined)






Faculty Shuffle:

Mark Alford: Glasgow ---> Washington U.
Sumit Das: on leave from Tata ---> Kentucky
Boris Kayser: NSF ---> Fermilab
Raymond Laflamme: LANL ---> Perimeter
Juan Maldacena: Harvard ---> IAS Princeton
Lisa Randall: MIT ---> Harvard
Martin Schmaltz: Fermilab ---> Boston U.
Dam Thanh Son: Columbia ---> INT (Seattle)
Matt Strassler: U. Pennsylvania ---> U. Washington (Seattle)
James Wells: Davis ---> Michigan
Uwe-Jens Wiese: on leave from MIT ---> Bern





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