Several PhD positions are available immediately in the Chemistry Department of Rutgers University-Newark under the supervision of Prof. Michele Pavanello.

The successful candidates will perform research on Density Functional Theory embedding for ground and excited electronic states and Orbital-Free Density Functional Theory. The candidates should have strong computer programming background as well as strong skills in mathematics and quantum mechanics. A masters degree is not required.

The Pavanello Research Group is active in development of embedding and orbital-free methods for modeling materials and condensed-phase systems. Refer to http://michelepavanello.com/ for more information about the research environment, recent publications and research directions.

To be considered, candidates must first be admitted to the graduate program in chemistry at Rutgers-Newark. 

The application page is: http://chemistry.rutgers.edu/grad/admissions-info.php

Further information about the PhD program at Rutgers-Newark: http://chemistry.rutgers.edu/grad/graduate-prog