Open PostDoc position in Theoretical Chemistry / Research Data Management

A 3-year PostDoc position is available in the working group Chemical Information Systems of the Institute of Theoretical Chemistry at Ulm University (https://www.uni-ulm.de/theochem ) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Axel Groß.

Project description: This project is concerned with the development of modern research data management structures for molecular and materials data. For the existing MOGADOC (Molecular Gasphase Documention) database (https://www.uni-ulm.de/nawi/chemieinformationssysteme/mogadoc/introduction/) supported by the Dr. Barbara Mez-Starck foundation, automatic workflows shall be implemented that allow an automatic conversion of experimental input data to molecular structural data. In addition, data infrastructure activities in the field of materials research shall be pursued, in close collaboration with corresponding activities in the cluster of excellence Post-Lithium Storage POLiS (https://www.postlithiumstorage.org/en/) which is run jointly by Ulm University and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Supervision of PhD students creating input data for materials databases by first-principles electronic structure methods is also intended.

Candidate requirements: The candidate must hold a PhD degree in chemistry, physics, materials science or similar. Experience in method development and excellent programming skills, preferentially also with respect to electronic structure theory, are expected. The successful candidate will also be involved in teaching a data management course.

Interested candidates should send the usual application documents together with the names of at least two academic references to [email protected]

Prof. Dr. Axel Groß, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Ulm University, 89069 Ulm / Germany