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4-year Ph.D. research assistantship (No replies)
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A 4-year research assistantship is available immediately at the Physics Department at Central Michigan University (CMU) for Ph.D. candidates to work on an exciting project for developing the driven Liouville von Neumann methodology within the realm of time-dependent density functional theory for simulating electron and spin dynamical transport through open quantum systems. The developed simulation tool aims to strike a balance between computational efficiency and physical accuracy, allowing for the rationalization molecular electronics and spintronics experiments and predict new physical phenomena towards the development of novel molecular-based quantum technologies. The successful candidate will be funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation to work with Prof. Juan E. Peralta (CMU) and in close collaboration with Prof. Oded Hod (Tel-Aviv University). Good knowledge of electronic structure fundamentals and Python programming are a must. For more information regarding the method see the following papers:
1) T. Zelovich, L. Kronik, and O. Hod, State Representation Approach for Atomistic Time-Dependent Transport Calculations in Molecular Junctions. J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2014, 10 (8), 2927.
2) A. Oz, A. Nitzan, O. Hod, and J. E. Peralta, Electron Dynamics in Open Quantum Systems: The Driven Liouville-von Neumann Methodology within Time Dependent Density Functional Theory, arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.04343
3) O. Hod and L. Kronik, The Driven Liouville von Neumann Approach to Electron Dynamics in Open Quantum Systems, Isr. J. Chem. 2023, e202300058.
To apply: https://www.cmich.edu/program/physics-phd
For questions: juan.peralta [AT] cmich.edu