DESCRIPTION

The Ping Group at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for multiple Postdoctoral Scholar openings of condensed matter and materials theory. Under the direction of Prof. Yuan Ping, the Postdoctoral Scholar will develop theory and computational methods for excited-state and spin dynamics, and apply them in solids and quantum defects, based on first-principles many-body perturbation theory  and  recently developed ab-initio density-matrix dynamics methods in her group. The projects are supported by DOE Computational Chemistry and NSF CAREER awards.

Applicants with expertise in condensed matter theory, materials theory, or physical chemistry and significant experience in any of the following areas are strongly encouraged to apply: developing first-principles methods for electronic structure, excited states and correlated electrons in solids such as Green’s function methods (GW/BSE, DMFT), real-time TDDFT, electron-phonon coupling, spin dynamics, quantum transport, and having experiences in massively-parallel numerical implementations for advanced electronic structure methods.

Faculty website: https://campusdirectory.ucsc.edu/cd_detail?uid=yuanping

Bio:   Yuan Ping received her B.Sc. degree from University of Science and Technology of China in 2007 and her Ph.D. from UC Davis under Giulia Galli (currently at U. Chicago) in 2013. She was a materials postdoctoral fellow in JCAP at Caltech from 2013 to 2016, under William Goddard III.  In 2016, she joined the faculty at University of California, Santa Cruz as an assistant professor, promoted to associate professor in 2022 July.  Ping’s research group focuses on many-body perturbation theory for electronic excitation and exciton recombination, and ab-initio open quantum dynamics for spin and electron relaxation for applications in quantum information science and energy conversion. Ping is a recipient of Alfred P. Sloan fellow in 2022, NSF CAREER award in 2022, Air Force Young Investigator Program (YIP) award in 2021, and ACS COMP OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in 2021. 

APPLY by sending email to:  [email protected]

SALARY

Commensurate with qualifications and experience based on UC Salary scale, from $54K – 65K per year. 

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Ph.D. (or equivalent foreign degree) in physics, physical chemistry, materials science, or related field at the time of application.

POSITION AVAILABLE

As soon as possible after initial review of the applications.

DURATION OF POSITION

Initial appointment will be 100% for one year. Reappointment can be considered 

upon the availability of work and appropriate funding up to three or more years.

Documents/Materials

• Letter of application that briefly summarizes your qualifications and interest in the position (required).
• Curriculum vitae (required) Including list of publications.

Reference Requirement

Applicants must provide the names and contact information of their references (a minimum of 3 are required and a maximum of 5 will be accepted). The hiring unit will request confidential letters* from the references of those applicants who are under serious consideration.