A postdoctoral position is available immediately to work in the group of Prof. Marco Bernardi in the Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science at Caltech (see bernardi.caltech.edu). Creative, independent scholars with a PhD in Physics, Materials Science or related fields who specialize in first-principles calculations of materials are encouraged to apply by sending a CV and a brief research statement to [email protected]. Applications will be considered until mid-September.

The postdoctoral scholar will investigate electron dynamics in two-dimensional materials. (S)he will develop new methods to study the dynamics of charge carriers, spin, or excitons and their coupling with phonons and defects, benefitting from new methods recently developed in the group to compute electron scattering, transport and ultrafast dynamics in complex materials.

The minimum requirements for this position are a working knowledge of density functional theory, and one (or preferably more) many-body first-principles methods such as GW-BSE, electron-phonon interactions, DMFT, NEGF, coupled-cluster or other quantum chemistry methods, etc. Strong preference will be given to researchers who combine some of these skills:

1) Implement code for – and apply – new GW-BSE, electron-phonon, or electron dynamics calculations, especially in the context of the plane-wave pseudopotential method.
2) Working knowledge of many-body physics and/or non-equilibrium Green’s functions.
3) A track record of code development in Fortran and Python, ideally including implementation of MPI and OpenMP parallelization.
4) Experience with spin-orbit coupling and/or bandstructure topology.

Caltech offers an exciting environment to carry out fundamental research and interact with experimental groups. Please contact Prof. Bernardi directly to discuss further.