POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS
EMORY UNIVERSITY
Two postdoctoral positions are available with
JOEL M. BOWMAN beginning Sept. 1, 2003.
One position is in the general area of novel methods in molecular
dynamics, funded by the National Science Foundation. One project of
interest is "Driven Molecular Dynamics". In this approach a molecular
system is driven harmonically and the response is recorded. For
example, mild driving yields the normal modes, while harder driving
yields information on anharmonic motion and motion on mode coupling.
This new work is described in “Normal-Mode Analysis Without the
Hessian: A Driven Molecular-Dynamics Approach”. (A preprint can be
downloaded from
http://www.emory.edu/CHEMISTRY/faculty/bowman/preprints)
A second area is the application of "direct dynamics" coupled
with novel fitting of ab initio potential and gradient data to be
used in subsequent dyamics. This work is currently being
applied to very challenging molecular systems, such as CH5+.
The second position is in the area of reaction dynamics, funded
by the Department of Energy. The research in this area is
broadly defined and ranges from quantum calculations of
isomerization, for example our recent work in
vinylidene/acetylene, to studies of the influence of van der Waals and
H-bonded wells on reaction rates.
Access to our new Beowulf cluster ‘MULTINODE’
provides outstanding computational capabilities.
Each position is funded for more than one year; however, the
initial appointment is for one year, with continuation contingent
on mutual agreement. Salary and benefits are competitive.
Applicants should contact me via email, include a CV and and
arrange for two letters of recommendation to be send via email.
Joel M. Bowman
Department of Chemistry and
Cherry L. Emerson Center
Emory Univeristy, Atlanta, GA 30322
phone: 404-727-6592
fax: 404-727-6628
web site: http://www.emory.edu/CHEMISTRY/faculty/bowman
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