One Post-doc position on “Physics-based and Machine Learning Force-Fields for Hybrid Perovskites” is available at CNR-IOM Cagliari in Mattoni group (http://www.dsf.unica.it/~mattoni).

Contract and salary

The two-year position will start in March/April 2024. Net salary per month ranges between 1600 and 2200 euros depending on the candidate research experience.

Scientific Activity and Projects:

The successful candidate will play a significant role in developing and applying molecular dynamics methods to the study of crystal growth and stability of non-toxic 2D/3D hybrid perovskites.

The candidate will develop physics-based force-fields (of the MYP family proposed by Mattoni et al.) as well as machine-learning models (based on atomic cluster expansion) for novel perovskites. Atomistic datasets and trajectories will rely on ab initio calculations.

The computational activity will be conducted within ongoing collaborative projects involving several international experimental and theoretical groups (University of Cagliari, Kyoto University, Cambridge University, University of Groningen).

Eligibility criteria and skills:

Eligible candidates should have a Ph.D. degree in physics or chemistry or materials science or related disciplines and a strong motivation in theory and computational methods for condensed matter physics.

The candidate should demonstrate experience with atomistic methods such as DFT calculations (e.g. Quantum Espresso, VASP, etc) and/or classical molecular dynamics (e.g. LAMMPS, DL_POLY).

Previous knowledge of UNIX/Linux environment and programming (either Fortran2008 and/or C/C++ and/or Python) is necessary. Experience in machine learning methods is preferred but not mandatory.

Very good communication skills in English and marked enthusiasm for research.

Host Institution and Location:

The Cagliari unit of CNR-IOM is part of the Istituto Officina dei Materiali (http://www.iom.cnr.it) of the Italian National Research Council. CNR-IOM Cagliari is located at the Physics Department of the University of the University of Cagliari (founded in 1606, 11 faculties, 30000 students).

Cagliari is the main metropolitan area of the Sardinia island (renowned for beautiful beaches) with an above-average quality of life (https://expiter.com/province/cagliari/) and good airplane connections.

Applications:

Informal enquiring and a CV should be sent by email to Alessandro Mattoni, CNR-IOM Cagliari,  [email protected]