A postdoctoral position is available in the group of Prof. Marco Bernardi at Caltech (see bernardi.caltech.edu). Creative, independent scholars specializing in materials theory, first-principles methods, or other quantum mechanical calculations are encouraged to apply by sending a CV and a brief research statement to [email protected].

The minimum requirements for this position are a PhD in Physics, Materials Science or a related field, as well as working knowledge of DFT and many-body calculations, and/or quantum information science. Applications will be considered until mid-September.

The successful postdoctoral scholar(s) will have expertise in one or more of the following areas:
1) Develop and apply first-principles calculations of electron / phonon / spin / excited state interactions and transport / nonequilibrium dynamics in materials.
2) Expertise in magnetism, magnons, spintronics, spin-orbit coupling, and/or topological materials.
3) Many-body physics and/or non-equilibrium Green’s functions.
4) Machine learning and data-driven methods applied to electronic structure theory.
5) Simulation of quantum circuits and/or quantum information science.
6) Code development in Fortran and Python, including implementation of MPI, OpenMP, or GPU parallelization.

Caltech offers an exciting environment for fundamental research, with extensive opportunities to interact with experimental groups. Please contact Prof. Bernardi directly for further discussion.