PhD Student and Post-doctoral Researcher Positions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)

Several PhD student and post-doctoral researcher positions are available in the Kanai research group at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). The group’s activities are primarily focused on the development and application of first-principles electronic structure methods to condensed matter systems. Our recent method development efforts have centered on (1) all-electron GW/BSE and real-time TDDFT (RT-TDDFT) based on numerical atomic orbitals within FHI-aims code and (2) RT-TDDFT with the planewave-pseudopotential formalism within Qb@ll and INQ codes.

See https://www.kanai-group.org/ for recent publications and research topics

The students may pursue a Ph.D. degree either in Physical Chemistry or in Condensed Matter Physics, depending on their educational background. Apply through

Department of Chemistry 

https://chem.unc.edu/graduate-programs-intro/graduate-application/

Department of Physics and Astronomy

https://physics.unc.edu/grad/#appProc

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is the oldest public university in the US, and it offers an exciting and vibrant research community environment. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is part of the culturally diverse region, Research Triangle, anchored by three world-class research universities (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, and North Carolina State University) surrounding high-tech and pharmaceutical companies in Research Triangle Park.

Motivated PhD student candidates are invited to send

- Brief research background statement

- Academic transcript

- CV

to Prof. Yosuke Kanai (ykanai@unc.edu) with the subject line “PHD” or “PD”.

Yosuke Kanai, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill