Nanostructure Physics Group at the University of Ostrava, the Czech Republic, is looking for a progressive, ambitious, and innovative postdoctoral researcher with a focus on electronic structure modeling of 2D materials to join its team under the European and Global Marie Skłodowska-Curie 2023 Postdoctoral fellowship program.

Field: Physics of Nanostructures

University: University of Ostrava

Location: Ostrava, Czech Republic

Website of group leader: https://nano.osu.cz/frantisek-karlicky/

We offer

• Research experience aiming at top-rated publications
• To be part of the scientific team Nanostructure Physics Group (https://nano.osu.cz/)
• Supercomputer access
• Collaboration with top scientists

Requirements for applicants

• Background in computational physics, material science, quantum chemistry, or related fields
• Ph.D. degree (up to 8 years from obtaining) in the mentioned or similar disciplines
• Prior experience with atomistic modeling or computational science, experience with plane-wave codes (as VASP), scripting, or programming
• Publications related to electronic structure modeling of 2D materials (at least one first-authored paper in Q1 journal in WOS)
• Experience with involvement in the projects
• Good written and oral communication skills in English
• Ability to work independently
• Not staying in the Czech Republic for more than 12 months during the last 3 years at the time of the deadline

If you are interested, please read the details about the MSCA Postdoctoral fellowship here.

If you can prepare a high-quality project proposal, please send your documents to our e-mail address [email protected].

Mandatory attachments of the application

• Detailed CV
• Publication list (at least 5 most important publications in 5 last years)
• List of 2 established researchers willing to provide a letter of recommendation
• Cover letter (including research interests, motivation, expertise related to materials modeling technique(s) including used software, experience with scripting, programming and software development (if any), and other information that might be relevant)
• Outline of your project proposal (1 page)

Application deadline: 8th August 2023

The job position is connected with submitting of project proposal within the MSCA Postdoctoral fellowship program.

• If your proposal gains a score higher than 93%, your position will be funded by the mentioned program.
• If your proposal gains a score between 71 and 92%, your position could be funded by the Czech structural funds.
• If you are from a Widening country and your proposal’s score will be higher than 91%, your position could be funded by the ERA Fellowship.