Joint postdoctoral positions (1-2) of Institue of Semiconductors Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOSCAS, Beijing, http://www.semi.ac.cn ) and Material Science Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL, Berkeley CA, http://www.lbl.gov ) are now available. These positions are financially supported and officially enrolled by IOSCAS Beijing, while the work site is based in LBNL. The PIs include Prof. Shu-Shen Li (director) of IOSCAS, and Prof. Lin-Wang Wang in LBNL (http://cmsn.lbl.gov/index.php?topic=people ).

The successful candidates are expected to carry out research in one of the following areas:
1. To develop method/theory to calculate hydrogen/electron transfer reactions at defect centers of complex dielectric and semiconductor interfaces.
2. To develop time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) based multi-scale approaches to simulate high-energy particles/photons interacting with semiconductor materials/devices.
3. To develop density functional theory (DFT) based approaches to simulate non-radiative decay processes in semiconductor materials and devices.

The candidates are required to have a PhD degree in physics, material sciences or related areas. Experience on electronic structure theories (DFT and beyond), computational simulations of solids, nanostructures and nanodevices is preferred.

The gross salary from IOSCAS is RMB 200,000 (roughly 31,000 USD) per annum, and there is an incentive mechanism with an extra 20% top-up after successful performance review. And a monthly stipend from LBNL is negociable. The positions are available for two years at the initial instance, with the possibility of extension based on mutual agreement.

The start date is immediate. Please send your CV, research statement (1 page) and contact information of 2 academic references, directly to Prof. Xiang-Wei Jiang by email ([email protected] ). The search is open until the positions are filled. Informal inquiry can be made by contacting Prof. Jiang.

Recent publications (selected from http://cmsn.lbl.gov/index.php?topic=publications ):

[1] D. Zherebetskyy, M. Scheele, Y. Zhang, N. Bronstein, C. Thompson, D. Britt, M. Salmeron, P. Alivisatos, L.W. Wang, "Hydroxylation of the surface of PbS nanocrystals passivated with oleic acid", Science 344, 1380 (2014).

[2] H.-G. Liao, D. Zherebetskyy, H. Xin, C. Czarnik, P. Ercius, H. Elmlund, M. Pan, L.W. Wang, H. Zheng, "Facet development during platinum nanocube growth", Science 345, 6199 (2014).

[3] Z. Wang, Shu-Shen Li, L.W. Wang, "An efficient real-time time-dependent DFT method and its applications to ion-2D material collision", Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 063004 (2015).

[4] L. Dou, A.B. Wong, Y. Yu, M. Lai, N. Kernienko, S.W. Eaton, A. Fu, C.G. Bischak, J. Ma, T. Ding, N. So. Ginsberg, L.W. Wang, A.P. Alivisatos, P. Yang, "Atomically thin two-dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites", Science 349, 6255 (2015).

[5] B. Eren, D. Zherebetskyy, L.L. Patera, C.H. Wu, L.W. Wang, G.A. Somorjai, M. Salmeron, "Activation of Cu(111) surface by decomposition into nanoclusters driven by CO absorption", Science 351, 475 (2016).