Postdoc: Engineering van der Waals interactions: innovative paradigm for the control of nanoscale phenomena
     At: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padova,
     Group of Theoretical Condensed-Matter Physics

     Field: Condensed Matter
     Contact: Prof. Pier Luigi Silvestrelli, Dr. Alberto Ambrosetti
     E-mail: [email protected],  [email protected]
     Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy "Galileo Galilei",
     University of Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy

     Job description:
     Postdoctoral position of 12 months (that can be extended to 24) available at the
     Department of Physics "Galileo Galilei" of the University of Padova, Italy.

     Responsibilities:
     To develop and apply innovative ab initio techniques for
     the characterization of many-body effects in finite-gap nanoscale
     structures and the simulation of van der Waals interaction 

     in low-dimensional systems
     (Science 351 (2016) p. 1171, Phys. Rev. B 95 (2017) p. 235417, Carbon 139 (2018) p. 486, J. Phys. Chem.

     Lett. 10 (2019) p. 2044).

     appreciated).  After a preliminary, informal selection, suitable candidate(s) will be contacted and invited to

     submit a formal application to the University of Padova.

     Requirements:
     Dynamic and motivated scientist with Ph.D. in theoretical
     physics, chemistry or related fields.
     Candidates must have a documented experience in scientific
     programming and be familiar with the DFT formalism;
     knowledge of high-performance computing and ab initio packages,
     such as Quantum-ESPRESSO, CPMD, VASP, SIESTA, Gaussian,...
     is strongly preferred.

     The University of Padova:
     Funded in 1222, the University of Padova is one of the most ancient universities worldwide. During its long
     history it enrolled scientists of the caliber of Galileo Galilei and Tullio Levi-Civita. Among its most prominent  

     alumni we find Nicolaus Copernicus. Currently, the University of Padova counts more than 60 K students, and
     resulted as the best Italian university in 2018 according to ARWU ranking.