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

 Contacts: Prof. Pier Luigi Silvestrelli, Dr. Alberto Ambrosetti
 E-mail: [email protected]  ;  [email protected]
 Phone: +39 049 8277171
 Fax: +39 049 8277102
 Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy "Galileo Galilei", University of Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy

Job description:

1-2 Postdoctoral positions of 12 months (that can be extended to 24) are available within a few months 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, the modeling of non-covalent van der Waals interactions in complex systems, and the simulation of physical adsorption processes on low-dimensional substrates (Science 351 (2016) p. 1171, Phys. Rev. B 95 (2017) 235417).

Application:   

Applications should be accompanied by a detailed CV and a publication list (recommendation letters are appreciated). After a preliminary, informal selection, suitable candidate(s)  will be contacted and invited to submit a formal application to the University of Padova in order to be evaluated with a colloquium/seminar.

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.