Research Fellow (Full-time) in Advanced Electronic Transport Theory
Department/Faculty: Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Location: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Reports to: Professor Stefano Sanvito at CRANN or Professor Udo Schwingenschlögl at KAUST.
Closing date: 30th November 2010
Salary: KAUST Salary – 50,000 US Dollars per annum plus accommodation and health care package
A Postdoctoral research position is available immediately at the Center for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (Trinity College Dublin IRELAND) (www.crann.tcd.ie) and at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (www.kaust.edu.sa). The position will be respectively in the “Computational Spintronics Group” (www.spincomp.eu) headed by Prof. Stefano Sanvito at CRANN and in the “electronic structure theory” group (www.kaust.edu.sa/academics/faculty/schwingenshologl.html) headed by Prof. Udo Schwingenschlögl at KAUST.
The successful candidate will participate in the development of density functional theory based quantum transport algorithms. In particular, we aim to tackle problems related to large-scale simulations and many body effects and at investigating how the electrostatic environment affects the transport properties of nanodevices in wet conditions. The projects will have a code development component and will involve simulations of devices with potential technological applications.
Large computational infrastructure will be available to the project both in Ireland (www.tchpc.tcd.ie and www.ichec.ie) and at KAUST. In particular the use of the KAUST Shaheen supercomputer (http://www.kaust.edu.sa/research/labs/supercomputing.html) is planned.
Essential/Desirable Criteria
The successful candidate will have a PhD, as well as:
- Strong overall motivation and a keen interest in theory and computation, as well as in interdisciplinary work between physics, materials science and biology are required.
- Previous experience in the UNIX/Linux environment and with programming in either Fortran or C/C++ would be an advantage.
- Ability to work on their own initiative with minimal supervision and also function as an active and efficient team player.
- Excellent writing skills.
Closing date: 30th November 2010
