The PhD position is available in the junior research group of Dr. Dorothea Golze at Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden, Germany) at the Chair of Theoretical Chemistry. The position is initially limited to 3 years. The tentative starting date is August 1, 2022 with flexibility for an earlier or later start.

In your position you will develop highly accurate GW-based methods for large-scale application to novel 2D framework materials. You will implement a low-scaling GW algorithm for massively parallel execution on the new generation of (pre-)exascale supercomputers, taking also GPU acceleration into account. The low-scaling GW code will be co-developed with the FHI-aims program package and the development will proceed in collaboration with the FHI-aims developer’s community as well as the Novel Materials Discovery (NOMAD) team. In later stages of your project, you will apply your methodology for the prediction of core-level spectra of 2D materials in collaboration with experimental and computational partners at TU Dresden, in particular with the group of Prof. Thomas Heine.

We are looking for a motivated candidate, who is interested in electronic-structure theory and code development. Basic programming skills are expected. Experience in parallelizing code on HPC platforms are a plus, but not mandatory. However, a strong motivation to learn programming for supercomputing platforms is required.

More information on the position and application guidelines can be found here. The application deadline is May 31, 2022. Please send your complete application preferably as a single PDF document (CV, cover letter explaining your motivation to apply for this position and contact information of two references) via the TU Dresden SecureMail Portal https://securemail.tu-dresden.de to [email protected] with the subject “Application for open PhD position/GW”.