The official job announcement is published here:

https://www.saimanet.com/certiahome/open_job_view.html?did=5600&jc=12&id=00001612&lang=fi

This website also has the link to the electronic application form.

Several post-doctoral research positions are available in the group of Academy Professor Hannu Häkkinen (http://users.jyu.fi/~hahakkin/). The group focuses on investigations of electronic, optical, magnetic, chemical and catalytic properties of bare, supported, and ligand-protected metal nanoparticles as well as on structural and chemical properties of metal nanoparticle / bionanoparticle (virus) hybrids. The group operates in the Nanoscience Center (NSC, http://www.jyu.fi/nanoscience) as well as in the Departments of Physics and Chemistry of the University of Jyväskylä, and has close collaborations inside the NSC and with about ten foreign groups world-wide. Representative recent publications include J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 11880 (2015); J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 4324 (2015); Science 345, 909 (2014); PNAS 111, 1277 (2014); Nature Comm. 4, 2422 (2013); ACS Nano 7, 10263 (2013); Nature Chem. 4, 443 (2012).

The positions are available in January 2016 and the contracts will be typically made for two years, with a continuation possible upon mutual agreement. A successful candidate should have a PhD or equivalent degree, with a strong background in one or more of the following areas: electronic structure theory, quantum chemistry, practical applications of density functional theory to nanostructures or nanoparticles, or molecular dynamics simulations of inorganic or biological nanostructures. Post-doctoral researchers have an opportunity to participate in teaching in the Physics/Chemistry Departments, depending on their background.

The job-specific salary component of a postdoctoral researcher is based on the job demands level 5-6 (2852 - 3326,47 €/kk) according to the salary system concerning teaching and research staff at Finnish Universities. In addition, a personal performance-based salary component amounting to the maximum of 46,3% of the job-specific salary component is also paid. The positions include health care benefits for the employees of the University of Jyväskylä.

The applicant should include a CV, list of publications, a brief description of the past/current research, and a motivation letter stating why he/she wishes to apply for this position. He/she should arrange for two (2) letters of reference, to be sent directly to prof. Häkkinen ([email protected]). The applications must be entered electronically at the address given at the beginning of this announcement. For additional information please contact prof. Häkkinen.