A postdoctoral position in the Molecular Theory & Modeling Program at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington is currently available.  The group consists of permeant staff members Greg Schenter, Liem Dang, Shawn Kathmann, Chris Mundy, Sotiris Xantheas and Marat Valiev.  The position requires a in Ph.D. in Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Materials Sciences or related field with training and aptitude in theoretical physical chemistry and molecular simulation.  If you have or know of any potential candidates we would appreciate you letting them know about this opportunity.  Interested candidates can apply at jobs.pnnl.gov and search for Job ID 308253.

Our work supports the mission of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (BES) "to understand, predict, and ultimately control matter and energy at the electronic, atomic, and molecular levels in order to provide the foundations for new energy technologies and to support DOE missions in energy, environment, and national security."  At the heart of this effort, we address the challenge to control chemical and energy transformations and transport through understanding molecular scale processes and unveiling emergent phenomena in complex molecular assemblies (e.g., mesoscale phenomena) that is required to control macroscopic processes in complex systems, such as those encountered in catalysis, energy storage, separations, and environmental contaminant fate and transport in aqueous-mineral environments.

As a postdoctoral researcher in the group, you will carry out research on chemical physics of solvation using computational simulations, ab initio MD and high-level electronic structure calculations. You will part of a multi-investigator team to explore the molecular-level basis for processes that control chemical reactivity and transformation of energy that impact complex systems associated with catalysis, energy storage, separations and contaminant transport in mineral and aqueous environments.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Scott Smith and Greg Schenter

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