The Group of Professor Giuseppe Milano at the Department of Organic Materials Science University of Yamagata University (Japan), is seeking Postdocs/Research Associates

Duties and responsibilities

The postdoctoral researcher will work on multiscale modeling of interfaces of different nature in materials science. The main focus will be the development of models to understand at molecular level structural and dynamical behavior of interfaces.

Example Papers

Self-Assembly of Carbon Nanotubes in Polymer Melts: Simulation of Structural and Electrical Behavior by Hybrid Particle-Field Molecular Dynamics Nanoscale 2016, 8, 15538-15552

Toward Chemically Resolved Computer Simulations of Dynamics and Remodeling of Biological Membranes Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (Perspective Paper) J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8 (15), pp 3586–3594

Generation of Well Relaxed All Atom Models of Large Molecular Weight Polymer Melts: A Hybrid Particle-Continuum Approach Based on Particle-Field Molecular Dynamics Simulations J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2014, 10 (12), pp 5651

Hybrid Particle-Field Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Parallelization and Benckmarks Journal of Computational Chemistry 33, 868, (2012)

Hybrid Particle-Field Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Dense Polymer Systems J. Chem. Phys. 130, 214106, (2009)

Eligibility

The applicant must have verified expertise in:

• Molecular Simulations (Atomistic and Coarse-Graining Methods)
• Development and implementation of algorithms and software for molecular simulations
• Programming in either Fortran, C or C++.
• Experience using High Performance Parallel Computing environments, for example CUDA, MPI or OpenMP, is desirable.

Assessment criteria

Apart from the requirements above, experience on scientific software development projects is a merit. Furthermore, research experience, for example a PhD in Scientific Computing or from a related field, and publications in international scientific journals are meritorious. Good communication skills in English, both written and spoken, is a requirement.

Information

Salary will be proportional to experience and achievements. Excellent communication and analytical skills are required. Ability to work independently and in an interdisciplinary collaborative environment is expected. Software programming experience is a plus. A PhD in computational physics, chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, or a related field is required.

Interested candidates should direct questions or apply by emailing the following to Prof. Giuseppe Milano ([email protected])

Application

For the application to be complete, the following electronic documents must be included:

• Cover letter ( please, kindly describe your previous material modeling experience such as: techniques, materials, key contributions). Please, indicate your expected start date.
• Detailed CV
• Names and email address of three professional references (including the PhD supervisor and the supervisor of the last research position)

Group Websites

http://www.smms.unisa.it/

https://polymorg.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/english/laboratory/all/labo_mirano/