We offer 4 years PhD position founded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to work on the development, implementation and application of efficient and accurate simulation methods for the study of molecular liquids and solutions.

The task of this PhD project is to extend the functionalities  of our existing code for subsystem density functional theory and to apply the newly developed methods to perform ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of very large scale systems, exploiting optimally parallel implementation together with linear scaling algorithms.

The student will work in close collaboration with the  developers' team of the cp2k program package (www.cp2k.org),  will get familiar with advanced quantum-mechanical simulation methods and will have access to the supercomputers of the Swiss national Computer Center (www.cscs.ch).

The ideal candidate should hold a Master degree in Physics, Chemistry, or related studies. She/he is expected to have a background in electronic structure theory, knowledge in numerical techniques, experience in operating computers running under Unix/Linux, and programming skills.

The  application with the curriculum vitae and a description of research experience should be sent to Dr. Marcella Iannuzzi, Institute of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland, or as e-Mail to [email protected].