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Last modified: Mon Sept 8, 1997


1997 Junior Faculty Jobs:

Arizona
Short List:
Peter Arnold
David Atwood
Arthur Kosowsky
Rajamani Narayanan
Martin White
...
Offered to:
Arthur Kosowsky (declined)

Search Postponed

Berkeley
Short List:
Petr Horava
Shamit Kachru
Eva Silverstein
Offered to:
Shamit Kachru (accepted)

Brown
Short List:
Michael Bershadsky
Daniel Kabat
David Lowe
Paul Mende
Piljin Yi
...
Offered to:
David Lowe (accepted)

Carnegie Mellon
Short List:
David Atwood
Patricia Ball
Glenn Boyd
Patrick Huet
Zoltan Ligeti
Ira Rothstein
Raman Sundrum
Offered to:
Ira Rothstein (accepted)

Duke
Short List:
Mark Alford
Shailesh Chandrasekharan
Eric Laenen
Raju Venugopalan
...
Offered to:
Shailesh Chandrasekharan (accepted)

Florida State
Short List:
Francesca Borzumati
Lionel Gordon
Eric Laenen
Stephen Martin
...
Offered to:
Eric Laenen (accepted and declined)

Search Re-opened

Harvard
Short List:
Juan Maldacena
Eva Silverstein
Martin White
...
Offered to:
Eva Silverstein (accepted and declined)

Johns Hopkins
Search Postponed


MIT
Short List:
Krishna Rajagopal
...
Offered to:
Krishna Rajagopal (accepted)

Minnesota
Short List:
Peter Arnold
Michael Bershadsky
Alon Farragi
Dima Kharzeev
Stephen Martin
Dirk Rischke
Kari Rummukainen
Raju Venugopalan
Search Cancelled

North Dakota State
Short List:
Peter Anninos
Patrick Kelly
Jorma Louko
...
Offered to:
Patrick Kelly (accepted)

Northwestern
Short List:
Greg Anderson
Peter Arnold
Peter Cho
Offered to:
Peter Arnold (declined)
Greg Anderson (accepted)

Oregon
Short List:
Peter Arnold
K.S. Babu
JoAnne Hewett
Stephen Hsu
Thomas Rizzo
Offered to:
JoAnne Hewett (declined)
Thomas Rizzo (declined)
Stephen Hsu (accepted)

Penn State
Short List:
Shyamoli Chaudhuri
Ramzi Khuri
David Lowe
...
Offered to:
Shyamoli Chaudhuri (accepted)

Pittsburgh
Search Cancelled



Princeton
Short List:
Ori Ganor
Offered to:
Ori Ganor

Rutgers
Short List:
Juan Maldacena
Offered to:
Juan Maldacena (accepted)

Santa Cruz
Short List:
John March-Russell
Eva Silverstein
Scott Thomas
Offered to:
Scott Thomas (declined)

Search Cancelled

SLAC
Short List:
Martin Beneke
Erich Poppitz
Martin Schmaltz
Eva Silverstein
Jim Wells
...
Offered to:
Eva Silverstein (accepted)

Stanford
Short List:
Scott Thomas
Offered to:
Scott Thomas (accepted)

Virginia (two positions)
Short List:
Peter Arnold
David Atwood
Paul Fendley
Laura Reina
John Terning
...
Offered to:
Peter Arnold (accepted)
Paul Fendley (accepted)

William and Mary
Short List:
K.S. Babu
Chris Carone
Steve Martin
Laura Reina
Bira van Kolck
Offered to:
Chris Carone (accepted)

Wisconsin-Madison
Short List:
Peter Arnold
Keith Dienes
Stephen Hsu
Arthur Kosowsky
Rajamani Narayanan
Martin White
...
Offered to:
Martin White (declined)

Search Postponed



1997 Faculty Shuffle:

Tao Han: U.C. Davis ---> Wisconsin-Madison
Nathan Seiberg: Rutgers ---> I.A.S. Princeton
Andrew Strominger: U.C. Santa Barbara ---> Harvard




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