The group of Professor Gerbrand Ceder at the MIT Materials Science
Department has postdoctoral positions available in computational
materials design.
The Ceder group is involved in the design of materials, from ab initio
computation to experimental synthesis and characterization. Applications
include energy capture, conversion and storage. Our experimental efforts
in the synthesis and characterization of novel materials work closely
with our theory and modeling group, leading to many opportunities for
cross-fertilization. More information about our research group can be
found at http://ceder.mit.edu. We particularly value innovation and a
passion to bridge fundamental scientific inquiry and high-impact
applications. Our group offers candidates the opportunity to work in a
highly interdisciplinary and dynamic environment. There are no
citizenship restrictions. Starting dates are negotiable. We ask those
interested to send their curriculum vitae and references to
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Positions are available in the following areas:
1. Computational design of materials for novel battery technologies
The successful candidate will work in close collaboration with
experimental colleagues by predicting novel materials, providing
synthesis guidelines, and/or understanding experimental observations.
The position requires:
- A strong background in solid state physics,
- Excellent practical knowledge of the pseudopotential plane-wave DFT
approach, and
- Strong communication skills (in both, written and spoken English).
In addition, expertise in one or more of the following subjects is
beneficial:
- Electrochemical energy storage,
- Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics,
- Beyond GGA electronic structure methods, such as DFT+U, hybrid
functionals, GW, and TD-DFT,
- Molecular dynamics simulations and/or Monte-Carlo techniques, and
- Scientific programming skills, preferably in the Python programming
language.
2. Computational support for the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research
The Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR,
http://www.jcesr.org) is a major interdisciplinary North American
partnership of academic, industrial, and governmental research
institutes. The successful candidate will therefore interact closely
with scientists from diverse backgrounds. The Ceder group contribution
to JCESR is focused on the development of novel methodologies for the
computational design of liquid electrolytes for electrochemical storage
applications. Hence, this position requires
- A strong background in chemistry and soft matter simulations based on
first principles,
- Excellent scientific development skills, preferably in the Python
programming language, and
- Good communication and presentation skills (in spoken and written
English).
In addition, expertise in one or more of the following subjects is
beneficial:
- Electrochemical energy storage,
- Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics,
- Solid state physics and DFT calculations using a plane-wave basis set, and
- Molecular dynamics simulations and/or Monte-Carlo techniques.
3. Materials informatics within the Materials Project
The Materials Project aims at computing the properties of all known
compounds, and providing that information to the materials community to
query, learn from and evaluate, thereby creating a Materials Genome. By
providing materials researchers with the information they need to design
better materials, the Materials Project aims to accelerate innovation in
materials research. More information about the Materials Project can be
found at http://www.materialsproject.com.
This position requires
- Excellent scientific development skills, preferably in the Python
programming language,
- The ability to translate physical models to efficient numerical
algorithms, and
- Some experience in atomistic simulations, preferably based on DFT.
Expertise in the areas mentioned in the previous two advertisements is
beneficial.
In addition, we ask the applicant to comment on the Materials Project
web site (http://www.materialsproject.org). In no more than 500 words,
tell us how it can be improved in terms of design and functionality.
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