A fully funded Ph.D. position (starting in the Spring semester of 2024) is available in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA (https://npre.illinois.edu/). The successful candidate will work in the Radiation & Corrosion Damage on MAterials Performance (RCD-MAP) group driven by Prof. Jianqi Xi ([email protected]) to study the fission product behavior in TRISO fuel particles through multiscale modeling approaches.

Requirements:

+ B.S./M.S. degree in Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, or Nuclear

+ Excellent proficiency in spoken and written English

+ The selected candidate should be motivated, open-minded, highly dynamic, and capable of working in a team

Other desirable skills:

+ Experience in molecular electronic simulation codes

+ Experiences in DFT and MD calculations, or/and Machine learning

+ Programming skills (Python and C++)

What we offer:

+ The scholarship system

+ Travel and conference grants

+ Work in a friendly atmosphere with a young, multinational group with experts in the computational theory development

How can you apply?

+ Interested candidates should send ASAP a cover letter with their Curriculum Vitae directly to Dr. Jianqi Xi ([email protected]).