Yale Mossman Fellowship

in any subfield

The Yale Physics Department invites applications for the Yale Mossman Postdoctoral Fellowship. This fellowship is intended to support promising physicists in the early stages of their careers.

This year’s fellowship will be in any subfield of physics. The fellowship provides a three-year appointment with a competitive stipend, discretionary annual research fund, comprehensive health insurance, and access to the department’s research facilities. 

Yale has an active and engaged research community in many subfields of physics including astrophysics and cosmology, atomic physics, biophysics, condensed matter, gravitational physics, nuclear and particle physics, and quantum science. More information about the department’s research activities can be found at physics.yale.edu/research.

Interested candidates should submit their application online. Application materials include a CV, a publication list, a minimum of three letters of recommendation, and a statement of research interest.

Yale strongly welcomes applications from women, persons with disabilities, protected veterans, and underrepresented minorities. Yale is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

For inquiries about this position, please contact the committee.

List of Mossman Fellows

2024 Matthew Leighton(Theoretical biophysics)
2023 Maximiliano Silva-Feaver (Experimental particle physics and cosmology)
2023 Daniil Antonenko (Theoretical condensed matter physics)
2022 Murat Kologlu(Theoretical high-energy physics and string theory)
2021 Justin Lane (Atomic physics)
2020 Yuan Xin (Particle theory)