Crossing Hurdles
Physics Expert (Professor / Principal Investigator)
United Kingdom
$80 – $160/hr
Posted about 11 hours ago
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Position: Physics Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $80 - $160/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10-40 hrs/week
Role Responsibilities
- Adjudicate and render expert judgment on contested or competing physics arguments, solutions, or interpretations within your subfield.
- Compare alternative approaches to the same problem, detailing which is superior, under what assumptions, and in which regimes.
- Identify and articulate meta-level criteria for evaluating the robustness and validity of competing physics work.
- Exercise calibrated confidence by providing authoritative assessments while acknowledging genuine uncertainty or open questions.
- Draft defensible written evaluations suitable for review by fellow senior physicists, ensuring clarity and rigor.
- Leverage technical tools such as LaTeX, SymPy, Python, and Jupyter to verify or contrast technical claims as needed.
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Requirements
- PhD in physics with demonstrated expertise and scholarly impact in your specified subfield.
- Current or former Associate Professor, Full Professor, Chair Professor, or Principal Investigator/Group Leader with a track record of independent research leadership.
- Ongoing research activity in areas such as High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics, Biophysics, Statistical Physics, Condensed Matter, AMO/Quantum Optics, Gravitation, Cosmology, Astrophysics, Quantum Information, or Optical Properties of Materials.
- 3-5 recent representative publications in your target subfield, with arXiv or DOI references.
- Prior experience supervising PhD students or postdocs, or equivalent leadership in industry research settings.
- Proficiency with LaTeX, SymPy, Python, and Jupyter.
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Skills
Physics Expertise
Technical Evaluation
LaTeX
SymPy
Python
Jupyter
Research Leadership
Academic Writing
Peer Review
Mathematical Physics
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