The University of Ottawa is located on the unceded ancestral land of the Algonquin people and its location in the National Capital Region provides many collaborative research opportunities, including through the Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Physics and the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Electrical and Computer Engineering, which are joint graduate programs with Carleton University as well as the National Research Council. The Faculties of Science and Engineering value collegiality and applicants should identify ways they contribute positively to their academic communities.
The candidate will grow an exceptional, externally-funded research program in the broad area of quantum electronic devices and circuits. This is a cross-disciplinary position (Department of Physics in the Faculty of Science and The School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the Faculty of Engineering) that will bridge the existing theoretical and experimental expertise including emerging quantum materials, semiconductor optoelectronic devices, organic electronics, and ML/AI. A broad range of topics are of interest for this position: development of nanoscale devices, materials and interfaces for applications in emerging technologies including quantum computing, sensing, renewable energies, and telecommunications. These can include solid-state hybrid quantum devices, neuromorphic computing hardware, superconducting circuits, topological electronics, spintronics, etc.
The selected candidate will build or expand partnerships and research collaborations within University of Ottawa’s Nexus for Quantum Technologies (NexQT-NexTQ) Institute, industry, colleagues in the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Engineering as well as with leading governmental, non-governmental, and educational organizations located in Canada and especially in the National Capital Region.
Tier 2 Chairs, tenable for five years and renewable once, are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field. For each Tier 2 Chair, the institution receives $100,000 annually for five years, with an additional $20,000 annual research stipend for first-term Tier 2 Chairs.
Candidates should, at a minimum, be assistant or associate professors, or possess the necessary qualifications to be appointed to these levels. Candidates who are more than 10 years from their highest degree must contact the University of Ottawa directly for questions related to their potential eligibility for a Tier 2 Chair. The institution may nominate a professor or a researcher who is more than 10 years from their highest degree at the time of nomination and has experienced legitimate career interruptions (see acceptable justifications). In such cases, the institution must submit to the Secretariat a formal justification (using the Tier 2 Justification Screening Form), explaining why the nominee is still considered to be an emerging scholar. The University recognizes the legitimate impact that leaves (e.g., parental leave, leave due to illness) can have on a candidate’s record of research achievement and that these leaves will be taken into careful consideration during the assessment process. New CRC nominees are also eligible for infrastructure support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to help acquire state-of-the-art equipment essential to their work.