2 July 2009

I am out of jail, woo-hoo!!! (Just kidding, still in jail...)
Seriously though, sorry about this huge gap. Here's the update:
MIT, Kentucky, McGill, Vermont, Maryland/JQI, Bucknell, Gettysburg College, Cal. State-Long Beach, Syracuse, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado hire.
Missouri makes offer

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Faculty positions

red=accepted position somewhere, blue=offered position somewhere
Arizona State (Nano exp) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Marcus Jones
... 		Offered to:
Augustana College (AMO/Open) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Nathan Frank
... 		Offered to:
Nathan Frank (accepted)
Bates college (open exp) Dec. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Nathan Lundblad
... 		Offered to:
Nathan Lundblad (accepted)
Boston College (CM exp) Jan. 2009
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Boston College (CM th) Jan. 2009
 Short list:
 Adilet Imambekov
Simone Chiesa
Claudio Castelnovo
Ying Ran
... 		Offered to:
Adilet Imambekov (declined)
Ying Ran
Bucknell (open) Dec. 1 2008
 Short list:
 Rajib Ganguly
Dwight Luhman
Jay Vaishnav
Katelyn Allers
Andrew Youdin
Christopher Aubin
... 		Offered to:
Jay Vaishnav (accepted)
Katelyn Allers (accepted)
Bryn Mawr (CM exp) Dec. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Calgary (QOpt th) Aug. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Dominic Berry
David Petrosyan
Peter Rabl
Christoph Simon
Tzu-Chieh Wei
... 		Offered to:
Christoph Simon
Cal. State-Fullerton (CM exp) Oct. 27, 2008
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Cal. State-Long Beach (Open exp) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Yohannes Abate
W.-J. Kim
Zsolt Bor
 Offered to:
Yohannes Abate (accepted)
Cal. State-Long Beach (Computational) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
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Cal. State-Los Angeles (Computational)
 Short list:
 Gregory Lakatos
... 		Offered to:
Gregory Lakatos (accepted)
Caltech (Bio) Dec. 31, 2008
 Short list:
 Eli Rothenberg
Jeff Gore
... 		Offered to:
Carleton (open exp) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Marcius Extavour
Marty Baylor
Dwight Luhman
Anota Ijaduola
... 		Offered to:
Marty Baylor (accepted)
Dwight Luhman (accepted)
Case Western (CM exp) Dec. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Jacinta Conrad
Pengpeng Zhang
Georgy Nazin
... 		Offered to:
Case Western (senior CM)
 Short list:
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Chicago (AMO exp) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Chicago (CM exp) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Chicago State (Open) Jan. 10, 2009
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Cincinnati(CM th) Feb. 1, 2009
 Short list:
 Youngchan Kim
Ed Lyman
Nayana Shah
Ryan Barnett
Erhai Zhao
Nikolai Sinitsyn
Carlos Bolech
... 		Offered to:
Nayana Shah (accepted)
Carlos Bolech
Colorado (CM exp) Dec. 10, 2008
 Short list:
 Minhyea Lee
Oana Jurchescu
Kirill Bolotin
Christian Degan
Mumtaz Qazilbash
... 		Offered to:
Colorado (Opt)
 Short list:
 Stojan Radic
Alberto Marino
Hakan Tureci
Marian Florescu
... 		Offered to:
Colorado School of Mines (CM/Opt exp) Jan. 10, 2009
 Short list:
 Pengpeng Zhang
Ilya Grigorenko
Marian Florescu
Zhigang Wu
Na Sai
... 		Offered to:
Zhigang Wu (accepted)
Columbia (CM/Opt exp, senior) Dec. 10, 2008
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Delaware (AMO exp)
 Short list:
 Wen Li
Oleg Kornilov
Markus Guehr
Virginia Lorenz
... 		Offered to:
Virginia Lorenz (accepted)
Denver (Bio exp) Sep. 12, 2008
 Short list:
 Dinah Loerke
... 		Offered to:
Dinah Loerke (accepted)
GA Tech (Bio th and exp) Oct. 17, 2008
 Short list:
 Raj Chakrabarti
Ekaterina Grishchuk
Harold Kim
... 		Offered to:
George Mason (CM/AMO th)
 Short list:
 Sophia Economou
Michael Peterson
Erhai Zhao
Ryan Barnett
Predrag Nikolic
senior person
... 		Offered to:
Erhai Zhao (accepted)
Sophia Economou (declined)
Predrag Nikolic (accepted)
senior person (declined)
Gettysburg College (open exp) Jan. 15, 2009
 Short list:
 Jonathan McCoy
Kurt Andresen
Stephen Tsui
Anota Ijaduola
... 		Offered to:
Kurt Andresen (accepted)
Grand Valley Sate (Open) Nov. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 Nathan Frank
... 		Offered to:
Houston (Bio)
 Short list:
 Venkat Balagurusamy
... 		Offered to:
Illinois Wesleyan (open exp) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Dwight Luhman
Palash Banerjee
Bruno deHarak
... 		Offered to:
Bruno deHarak (accepted)
Iowa (CM th) Nov. 17, 2008
 Short list:
 Athanasios Chantis
Sophia Economou
... 		Offered to:
Sophia Economou (declined)
SEARCH POSTPONED
James Madison (Materials) Nov. 21, 2008
 Short list:
 Oana Jurchescu
... 		Offered to:
Johns Hopkins (CM/material science) Nov. 15, 2008
 Short list:
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Kansas State (AMO exp) Dec. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Roland Wester
Matthias Kling
Ande Staudte
Markus Guehr
... 		Offered to:
Matthias Kling
Roland Wester (declined)
Markus Guehr
Kent State (Bio exp) Feb. 15, 2009
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Kentucky (CM exp) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Kentucky (CM th) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Valeri Kotov
Ribhu Kaul
Jesko Sirker
... 		Offered to:
Ribhu Kaul (accepted)
Kenyon College (open) Dec. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Robert Ekey
John Giblin
John Everett
Marty Baylor
... 		Offered to:
John Giblin
Leipzig (CM exp)
 Short list:
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Leipzig (CM th)
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Maryland-College Park/JQI (AMO exp)
 Short list:
 Gretchen Campbell
... 		Offered to:
Gretchen Campbell (accepted)
Maryland-Baltimore (Bio th/exp) Dec. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 SEARCH CANCELLED
... 		Offered to:
McGill (Bio exp) Dec. 29, 2008
 Short list:
 Youngchan Kim
Sarah Veatch
Serge Lemay
Harold Kim
Vernita Gordon
Saveez Saffarian
Walter Reisner
... 		Offered to:
Walter Reisner (accepted)
McGill (CM th) Dec. 29, 2008
 Short list:
 Roman Lutchyn
William Coish
Adilet Imambekov
Vincenzo Vitelli
... 		Offered to:
SEARCH CANCELED
Michigan (CM/AMO) Dec. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Michael Hermele
Cenke Xu
Ying Ran
Dave Bacon
Meera Parish
Gretchen Campbell
... 		Offered to:
Cenke Xu
Michigan (Bio exp)
 Short list:
 Harold Kim
Arjun Raj
Ido Golding
Sarah Veatch
Bo Huang
Julie Biteen
... 		Offered to:
Michigan-Flint (open)
 Short list:
 Rajib Ganguly
Jay Vaishnav
... 		Offered to:
Michigan State (CM th, up to 6 positions)
 Short list:
 Zahirvl Islam
Louis Piper
Shaffique Adam
John McGuire
Meera Parish
Pengpeng Zhang
Mumtaz Quazilbash
Stefan Bernard
Marian Florescu
... 		Offered to:
Minnesota (CM exp)
 Short list:
 Shanti Deemyad
Vidya Madhavan
Minhyea Lee
Ania Bleszynski-Jayich
... 		Offered to:
Minhyea Lee
Missouri (Bio exp)Apr. 15, 2009
 Short list:
 Gavin King
Hamza Balci
Xiangyun Qiu
Silvia Bompadre
Karoly Jakab ... 		Offered to:
Gavin King
MIT (CM/Bio)
 Short list:
 Nicholas Buchler
Ido Golding
Julie Biteen
Pankaj Mehta
Meera Parish
Jeff Gore
... 		Offered to:
Jeff Gore (accepted)
Ido Golding
Mount Holyoke (CM/AMO/Bio Exp)Oct. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 Marcius Extavour
Kurt Andresen
Maria Iavarone
Michael Boyer
... 		Offered to:
Marcius Extavour (declined)
SEARCH POSTPONED
Nebraska (CM) Dec. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 Hiromichi Niikura
Wen Li
Martin Centurion
Valery Milner
Gretchen Campbell
... 		Offered to:
NC State (Bio)
 Short list:
 SEARCH CANCELED
(confirmed)
 Offered to:
North Dakota (CM th) Nov. 17, 2008
 Short list:
 Valeri Kotov
Tzu-Chieh Wei
Nayana Shah
... 		Offered to:
Tzu-Chieh Wei (declined)
Valeri Kotov (declined)
SEARCH POSTPONED
North Dakota (CM exp) Nov. 17, 2008
 Short list:
 Nuri Oncel
Mumtaz Qazilbash
... 		Offered to:
Northern Iowa (CM/Bio/Opt exp) Dec. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Magdalena Nawrocka
Dwight Luhman
Jie Zhang
Svetlana Neretina
Andrew Stollenwerk
... 		Offered to:
Andrew Stollenwerk (accepted)
Notre Dame (AMO exp) Dec. 31, 2008
 Short list:
 Gretchen Campbell
... 		Offered to:
Notre Dame (Bio exp) Dec. 31, 2008
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
NRL (CM)
 Short list:
 Vito Scarola
Paul Haney
Ryan Barnett
Youngchan Kim
... 		Offered to:
Oklahoma State (AMO exp) Nov. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 Yingmei Liu
Mishkat Bhattacharya
Alberto Marino
... 		Offered to:
Yingmei Liu (accepted)
Oklahoma State (Bio exp) Nov. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 Xiangyun Qiu
... 		Offered to:
Penn State (AMO, CM) Dec. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Gretchen Campbell
Shaffique Adam
Xiaoliang Qi
Lode Pollet
... 		Offered to:
Pittsburgh (CM th) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 SEARCH CANCELED
(confirmed)
 Offered to:
Pittsburgh (Nano) Oct. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 SEARCH CANCELED
(confirmed)
 Offered to:
Pittsburgh (Bio) Oct. 31, 2008
 Short list:
 SEARCH CANCELED
(confirmed)
 Offered to:
Princeton (AMO exp) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Nathan Lundblad
Gretchen Campbell
... 		Offered to:
Gretchen Campbell (declined)
SEARCH CANCELED
Queensland (AMO th)
 Short list:
 Joel Corney
Stefano Giovanazzi
Karen Kheruntsyan
Nicolai Nyygard
Guido Pupillo
... 		Offered to:
Guido Pupillo (declined)
Rice (CM th) Nov. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 Jason Alicea
Cenke Xu
Ying Ran
Xiaoliang Qi
Vivek Aji
... 		Offered to:
Jason Alicea (declined)
Cenke Xu
Rice (AMO) Nov. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 Leslie Baksmaty
Adilet Imambekov
Meera Parish
Lode Pollet
... 		Offered to:
Adilet Imambekov (accepted)
Rochester (CM, Bio th and exp, "several positions")
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
San Diego (CM exp) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Nathan Lundblad
... 		Offered to:
Seattle University (CM/AMO/Bio exp) Oct. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Singapore
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
South Carolina (CM/Nano exp) Dec. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 SEARCH CANCELLED
... 		Offered to:
South Florida (CM and Bio/Nano) Dec. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Denis Karaiskaj
Donald Haynie
Eli Rothenberg
... 		Offered to:
Denis Karaiskaj (accepted)
Stanford (AMO exp) Jan. 1, 2009
 Short list:
 search "suspended"
 Offered to:
Stanford (CM th) Dec. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Dmitry Abanin
Adilet Imambekov
Cenke Xu
Xiaoliang Qi
... 		Offered to:
Xiaoliang Qi (accepted)
Stony Brook (CM/Nano exp) Oct. 27, 2008
 Short list:
 Kirill Bolotin
Xu Du
... 		Offered to:
Kirill Bolotin (declined)
Xu Du (accepted)
SUNY-Buffalo (senior CM th) Dec. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 senior people
... 		Offered to:
Sussex (AMO exp, up to 2 positions) Nov. 3, 2008
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Syracuse (CM/Bio exp) Oct. 2008
 Short list:
 Xianglin Ke
Vernita Gordon
Jacinta Conrad
Pengpeng Zhang
Matt LaHaye
senior person
... 		Offered to:
Matt LaHaye (accepted)
Texas (Bio exp) Oct. 2008
 Short list:
 Harold Kim
Vernita Gordon
Woodrow Shew
... 		Offered to:
Vernita Gordon
Trent (Bio exp) Jan. 12 2009
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
UC Irvine (CM th) Dec. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 Meera Parish
Adilet Imambekov
Cenke Xu
Jason Alicea
... 		Offered to:
Jason Alicea (accepted)
UC Merced (CM th/exp) Dec. 30, 2008
 Short list:
 Muhammad Qazilbash
Michael Scheibner
... 		Offered to:
Michael Scheibner (accepted)
UC Merced (Bio th/exp) Dec. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 SEARCH POSTPONED
... 		Offered to:
UC Riverside (CM th) Jan. 31, 2009
 Short list:
 Cenke Xu
Vivek Aji
Jason Alicea
Tami Pereg-Barnea
Ying Ran
... 		Offered to:
Vivek Aji
UCSB (CM exp) Nov. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 Yuanbo Zhang
Kirill Bolotin
Ania Bleszynski-Jayich
... 		Offered to:
Ania Bleszynski-Jayich (accepted)
UCSB (CM th) Nov. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 Ying Ran
Vincenzo Vitelli
Cenke Xu
Xiaoliang Qi
... 		Offered to:
Xiaoliang Qi (declined)
Cenke Xu
UCSB (Bio exp) Nov. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 Ofer Feinerman
Jeff Gore
Sarah Veatch
Nicolas Buchler
... 		Offered to:
Jeff Gore (declined)
Umass Lowell (CM exp) Feb. 1, 2009
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Umass Lowell (Bio exp) Feb. 1, 2009
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Utah (Bio exp) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Vanderbilt (CM exp) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Kirill Bolotin
senior person
... 		Offered to:
Kirill Bolotin (accepted)
Vanderbilt (Bio exp) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Vermont (CM th and exp, 2 positions) Nov. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 Jason Alicea
Athanasios Chantis
Sophia Economou
Valeri Kotov
Sheng Meng
Di Xiao
... 		Offered to:
Sophia Economou (declined)
Valeri Kotov (accepted)
Virginia (CM exp) Dec. 30, 2008
 Short list:
 Shanti Deemyad
Diyar Talbayev
... 		Offered to:
Virginia (Nano/Q senior exp)
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Virginia Tech (CM th) Jan. 5, 2009
 Short list:
 Enrico Rossi
Shaffique Adam
Vito Scarola
... 		Offered to:
Vito Scarola (accepted)
Wake Forest
 Short list:
 Oana Jurchescu
Jianmin Tao
Zhenrong Zhang
Thomas Clinton
Christian Ratsch
John Jameson
... 		Offered to:
Washington University in St.Louis (CM th) Nov. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 Na Sai
Athanasios Chantis
Meera Parish
Nayana Shah
Zhigang Wu
Li Yang
Jason Alicea
... 		Offered to:
Nayana Shah (declined)
Li Yang
Wayne State (Bio exp) Dec. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Wayne State (Nano) Dec. 2008
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
West Virginia (CM th/exp, 3 positions) Dec. 12, 2008
 Short list:
 Mikel Barry Holcomb
Maitri Warusawithana
Maxim Dzero
Pinaki Sengupta
Tudor Stanescu
Nayana Shah
Diyar Talbayev
... 		Offered to:
Mikel Barry Holcomb (accepted)
Maitri Warusawithana (declined) Tudor Stanescu (accepted)
Diyar Talbayev (declined)
Western Washingon (CM th) Nov. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 SEARCH SUSPENDED
 Offered to:
Willamette (CM/AMO/Bio exp) Dec. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Wisconsin - Milwaukee (Opt exp) Dec. 1, 2008
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Wright State (senior CM exp) Jan. 5, 2009
 Short list:
 ... 		Offered to:
Wyoming (CM th) Oct. 15, 2008
 Short list:
 Li Yang
Adrian Feiguin
Kevin T. Moore
... 		Offered to:
Adrian Feiguin (accepted)


Faculty shuffle

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Igor Litvinyuk Kansas State Griffith University
Keith Schwab Cornell Caltech
Alexander Grosberg Minnesota NYU
Philippe Cluzel Chicago Harvard
Howard Stone Harvard Princeton
Daniel Kosov Maryland Université Libre de Bruxelles
Heiner Linke Oregon Lund University



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