Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Post doctoral position is available at the Division Polymer
Chemistry and Materials of the Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences
of the KU Leuven to participate in the project "Simulations of the
properties and morphology of polymers at interfaces". The position is part of the interuniversity collaboration program
H-INT-S, sponsored by the Strategic Initiative Materials (SIM) of the
Flemish Government, focussing on molecular understanding by simulation
of interfacial properties in polymer based composites.
Opportunities
- You will use available molecular and coarse grained simulation
methods, including the adaptive resolution scheme, to determine by
simulations the properties and morphology of polymers systems at
interface;
- When needed, you will extend and adapt existing methods, and develop new simulation algorithms;
- You will be involved in the comparison of your simulation results
with experimental data obtained by other researchers in the project;
- You will be co-responsible for the guidance of PhD and MSc students
active in the project "Simulations of the properties and morphology of
polymers at interfaces";
- You will work in a multidisciplinary team;
- You will make use in your research of the Tier 2 HPC research
facilities of the KU Leuven and of the Tier 1 research facilities of the
Flemish Supercomputer Centre (VSC).
Profile
- We welcome the application of highly qualified researchers with a
PhD degree or comparable qualification in Physics, Chemistry, Materials
Science, Applied Mathematics, Computational Sciences or adjacent fields;
- Experience with and a solid theoretical background in one or more of
the following methods is a benefit: molecular dynamics and/or Monte
Carlo methods, systematic coarse graining procedures, multi-scale
modelling, the adaptive resolution scheme (AdResS), the use of MPI or
OpenMP;
- Strong interest for multidisciplinary research;
- Experience in (HPC) scientific programming and using Linux is required;
- Good knowledge of the English language, both spoken and written, is essential.
Offer
The post doctoral contract is for 1 year. After positive evaluation the contract can be extended up to 3 years in total.
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