Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modelling and Simulation in Life and Materials Sciences at the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM) in Bilbao (Spain).

Job Offer Topic:
Multiscale modeling of perspective cathode materials for Sodium-Ion batteries
PI in charge:
Elena Akhmatskaya
Salary and conditions:
The gross annual salary of the Fellowship will be 28.000 - 32.000€.
It will then be on your own responsibility to make your yearly income declaration at the Bizkaia Treasury Agency.
There is a moving allowance for those researchers that come from a research institution outside the Basque Country from EUR 1.000 to EUR 2.000 gross.

Free access to the Public Health System in Spain is provided to all employees.
No Positions offered:
#1
Contract and offer:
2 years
Deadline:
September, 20, 2016. 17:00 CET (UTC+1)
How to apply:
Applications must be submitted on-line at:
http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job

Scientific Profile Requested
Requirements:
Promising young researchers.
Applicants must have their PhD completed before the end of 2016. PhD degree preferable in Applied Mathematics, Computer Sciences or Computational Chemistry / Physics
Skills and track-record:
Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to effectively communicate and present research ideas to researchers with different background (mathematicians and medical doctors).
Ability to clearly present and publish research outcomes in spoken (talks) and written (papers) form.
Good command of spoken and written English.
Good programming skills in C / Fortran.
Experience in parallel programing, MPI.
Scientific Profile:
The preferred candidate will have:
research experience and interest in statistical mechanics, Density Functional Theory (DFT), computer modelling and simulations and algorithm development
background in sampling with Monte Carlo based techniques and Hamiltonian dynamics
experience in force field development and coarse graining would be appreciated
experience with GROMACS and Potfit software is desired.

Application and Selection Process
Formal Requirements:
The selected candidate must have applied before the application deadline online at the webpage http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job

The candidates that do not fulfil the mandatory requirements will not be evaluated with respect to their scientific profile.
Application:
Required documents:
CV
Letter of interest
2 recommendation letters
statement of past and proposed future research (2-3 pages)
Evaluation:
Based on the provided application documents of each candidate, the evaluation committee will evaluate qualitatively: the adaption of the previous training and career to the profile offered, the recommendation letters, the main results achieved (papers, proceedings, etc.), the statement of past and proposed future research and other merits; taking in account the alignment of these items to the topic offered.

Incorporation:
DECEMBER 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The BCAM postdoctoral contract will start when the selected candidate has finished the PhD, i.e. after dissertation defence.