A 2-year post-doc position is available at the Department of Materials Science of the University of Milano-Bicocca (Milano, Italy) to work in the group of Cristiana Di Valentin (www.nanoQlab.mater.unimib.it).

The position is sponsored by the ERC Consolidator grant (2016-2021) entitled: "Smart bioinorganic hybrids for nanomedicine". The core objective of this project is the investigation of biologically functionalized semiconducting oxide nanostructures (nanoparticles, nanotubes, films) for drug delivery, imaging, biomimesis and phototherapy.

The project will make use of first-principles and atomistic methods as well as of a combination of them (QM/MM).

Applicants must have (or expect to shortly obtain) a PhD in a relevant area of computational chemistry, physics, materials modelling. Experience in QM/MM calculations and molecular dynamic simulations is required. Experience with scientific programming (preferentially python) and with the Atomic Simulation Environment (ASE) is also highly desirable. Candidates should be fluent in written and spoken English with an emerging track record of peer-reviewed publications.

The starting date is expected to be October 2017. The net monthly salary is roughly 2100-2300 euros, depending on the successful candidate's experience.

Those who are interested should send an updated CV, a list of publications, a short research profile and three contact addresses of academic references (preferably by email) to Prof. Cristiana Di Valentin ([email protected]).