The Istituto Officina dei Materiali – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-IOM) in Trieste, Italy, A has an immediate opening for a postdoctoral position.  Funding for this position comes from ICSC – National Research Center in High Performance Computing, Big Data and Quantum Computing, funded by European Union – NextGenerationEU (ICSC) through an Innovation Grant on the following topic: "Accelerating the pace of the energy transition through simulation-guided discovery of advanced green materials". The project focuses on the development of new interatomic potentials via machine learning techniques for efficient atomic-scale simulations of advanced functional materials, in particular carbon-based membranes for adsorption of selected gaseous molecules. The project is in collaboration with other academic partners, in particular Prof. Stefano de Gironcoli (SISSA, Trieste), and with private industries (ENI).

The group (NANOMAT) is active in the field of atomic-scale theoretical simulations of materials and processes for catalysis, ranging from electrochemical and photoelectrochemical processes for energy conversion and storage to heterogeneous thermal catalysis. The new postdoctoral position will complement these activities exploring new methodologies and materials.

Requirements

• PhD in Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science or a related discipline at the date of the application deadline, November 5, 2023.
• Good knowledge of electronic structure theory and previous experience in density functional theory calculations.
• Previous experience in the development of interatomic potentials via machine learning techniques and proficiency in programming in Python would be highly valued.

Contract

• The position will be initially for 15 months, with funding already secured for a renewal.
• The net salary is 1620 euros/month

The deadline for the application is November 5, 2023. Interested candidates are invited to send an informal enquiry with a cover letter and their CV, including the name and contact information of at least 2 references, to the supervisor of the project, Dr. Simone Piccinin (CNR-IOM), at the following email address: [email protected]

Best regards,

Simone Piccinin

CNR-IOM, Trieste