We invite applications for a postdoctoral position in the Multiscale Computational Nanoscale Lab led by Prof. A. Violi at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
The work aims at determining chemical and physical properties of biofuels using quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics simulations.
Specific challenges include accurate understanding of transport properties as well as a detailed and rigorous picture of energy transfer in chemical kinetics of biofuels, a challenge motivated by the increasing importance of high pressure phenomena in advanced engine design. Pressure dependences of molecular decomposition reactions exhibit complex behavior at high pressures, where collisional effects may occur on timescales competitive with unimolecular decomposition times, affecting the branching between different products.
Successful candidates will have a PhD in Computational/Theoretical Chemistry, Material Science or related fields, and experience with electronic-structure calculations, molecular-dynamics simulations and statistical rate theory will be an asset.
Consideration of candidates will begin immediately until the position is filled.
Letters of application, including CV with publication list and the names of 3 references with a brief explanation of the relationship to each reference, should be sent directly via e-mail to `mcnlab.um+app2010qc` `at` `gmail.com`. Letters of recommendations should be sent upon invitation.
To join or leave the molecular-dynamics-news email list, go to:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/molecular-dynamics-news.html
|