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1998 Junior Faculty Jobs:


Alberta
Short List:
Sean Carroll
Patrick Brady
Carsten Gundlach
...
Offered to:
Patrick Brady (declined Feb. 1999)

Argonne (part time at U. of Chicago)
Short List:
Carlos Wagner
Offered to:
Carlos Wagner (accepted)

Baruch College
Short List:
Mark Alford
Keith Dienes
Ramzi Khuri
...
Offered to:
Ramzi Khuri (accepted)

Cal Tech
Short List:

Offered to:


Chicago
Short List:
John March-Russell
Max Tegmark
...
Offered to:
junior search cancelled in failed
attempt to hire a senior person

Cornell
Search to be continued into 1999




Davis (two positions)
Short List:
Marcela Carena
Jonathan Feng
Carlos Wagner
Jim Wells
...
Offered to:
Marcela Carena (declined)
Carlos Wagner (declined)
Jim Wells (accepted Jan. 99)
Duke
Short List:
Peter Cho
Zoltan Ligeti
John March-Russell
+ 3 senior condensed matter types

Offered to:


FermiLab
Short List:
Mark Alford
Melanie Becker
Gustavo Burdman
Peter Cho
Keith Dienes
Alon Faraggi
Jonathan Feng
Stephane Keller
Chris Kolda
Zoltan Ligeti
Martin Schmaltz
John Terning
Jim Wells
...
Offered to:
Zoltan Ligeti (accepted)

Florida State
Short List:
Steve Martin
Laura Reina

Offered to:
Laura Reina (accepted)

Fresno
Short List:
David Bowser-Chao
Carlos Figueroa
Randall Scalise
Douglas Singleton
Offered to:
Randall Scalise (declined)
Douglas Singleton (accepted)
Johns Hopkins
Short List:
John March-Russell

Offered to:
John March-Russell (accepted)

LBNL
Short List:
Jonathan Feng
Chris Kolda
John March-Russell
John Terning
Jim Wells
...
Search Cancelled
committee deadlocked
no search next year
Minnesota
Short List:
Antonio Riotto
Guenter Sigl
...
Offered to:
astrophysicist (accepted)

MIT (two positions)
Short List:
Micha Berkooz
Amihay Hanany
Wati Taylor
...
Offered to:
Amihay Hanany (accepted)
Wati Taylor (accepted)

Montana
Short List:
Patrick Brady
Neil Cornish
Alan Wiseman
...
Offered to:
Neil Cornish (accepted)

New York
Short List:
Gia Dvali
Offered to:
Gia Dvali (accepted)

Northern Illinois
Short List:
Francesca Borzumati
Stephane Keller
Steve Martin
Steve Mrenna
Tim Stelzer
John Terning
Offered to:
Steve Martin (accepted)

Oklahoma State
Short List:
Kaladi Babu
Keith Dienes
Steve Martin
...
Offered to:
Kaladi Babu (accepted)

Rutgers
Short List:
Jonathan Feng
Chris Kolda
Nir Polonsky
Carlos Wagner
...
Offered to:
Carlos Wagner (declined)

Santa Barbara
Short List:
senior person
Offered to:
senior person (declined)

Stony Brook
Short List:
Damiano Anselmi
Melanie Becker
Jan de Boer
Gia Dvali
Amihay Hanany
Petr Horava
Zurab Kakushadze
Alex Kusenko
Joe Minahan
Yaron Oz
Vipul Periwal
Nir Polonsky
Misha Stephanov
John Terning
+ other fields
...
Offered to:
Gia Dvali (declined)
search to be continued in fall
Temple
Search Cancelled




Toronto
Short List:
John March-Russell
Nima Arkani-Hamed
...
Offered to:
Nima Arkani-Hamed (accepted)

Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Short List:
Patrick Brady
Martin Bucher
Sean Carroll
Steve Martin
Alan Wiseman
...
Offered to:
Patrick Brady (accepted)

Yale
Short List:
Peter Cho
Erich Poppitz
Martin Schmaltz
John Terning
Offered to:
Erich Poppitz (accepted)









1998 Faculty Shuffle:

Glennys Farrar: Rutgers ---> New York University
Juan Maldacena: Rutgers ---> Harvard
Stephen Shenker: Rutgers ---> Stanford
Paul Steinhardt: Pennsylvania ---> Princeton
Erik Verlinde: CERN & Utrecht ---> Princeton
Herman Verlinde: Amsterdam ---> Princeton





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