Post Doctoral Research Associate in Computational Molecular Physics
Department of Physics & Astronomy, The Open Univeristy
Fixed term contract, 18 months, starting on 1 October 2009
Salary: up to £31,513 p.a.
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the Dept of Physics &
Astronomy at The Open University. This is an outstanding opportunity to be
part of a team comprising researchers from The Open University, Queen’s
University Belfast, University College London and Daresbury Laboratory at the
forefront of developing scientific software to best exploit high performance
computing hardware and "ensuring better HPC software for future science".
The aim of this project is to develop a set of high-quality, atomic and
molecular HPC codes to address newly-emerging areas like atto-second
science and biological radiation damage phenomena.
The appointee will undertake the re-engineering of the UK polyatomic R-matrix
suite using modern programming constructs, extended Fortran 95 and MPI. The
overall curation of the codes will be handled by collaborators at Daresbury
Laboratory with whom the PDRA is expected to maintain close contact. The
suite will be re-designed to run on Linux workstations as well as massively
parallel machines. The PDRA will also be involved in the testing, verification
and validation of the suite.
Applicants should hold a PhD in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics or a related
area, and must have strong skills in software development using Fortran 95,
preferably in a parallel environment. A background in Computational Chemistry
or Molecular Physics is preferred.
For detailed information and how to apply go to www3.open.ac.uk/employment
(to appear shortly). If you wish to discuss this post informally, please contact
Dr Jimena Gorfinkiel: [log in to unmask]
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