A 3.5 year funded PhD position is available in the group of Dr. George Booth at King's College London, based around the development of novel computational methods for correlated electronic structure in extended systems, starting October 2023.

The aim of this ambitious research project is to make progress in the numerical simulation tools that we have available, to describe challenging electronically strongly-correlated quantum materials to unprecedented accuracy, and apply these developments to systems where this correlated quantum physics is insufficiently described with existing techniques. This will involve development of novel approximations and techniques, from inception and implementation, to their application. These methods will borrow from a range of techniques in other fields to make progress, including machine learning, quantum computing, quantum cluster methods, diagrammatics, Monte Carlo sampling and tensor networks. These new ideas will be developed and then applied to real systems of significant technological interest, including transition metal catalysts, quantum lattice models and photoactive materials.

Applicants should have a background and enthusiasm for quantum many-body theory from a physics or chemistry perspective, programming and numerical modelling skills, as well as being keen to work in a team, based in central London at King's College London.

UK (home) students are eligible to apply, and exceptional overseas candidates will also be considered for a funding uplift to cover overseas fees. Interested applicants are encouraged to get in contact with the PI ([email protected]) with a brief CV as soon as possible for more information and details on how to apply. Start date: October 2023.

For more details and application process, please see https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/development-of-novel-computational-methods-for-quantum-many-body-problems-in-extended-systems/?p151338