Postdoctoral position on electrified solid/liquid interfaces

A postdoctoral position is available in available immediately or upon mutual agreement in the group of Marialore Sulpizi at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany to work on the atomistic characterisation of electrified solid/liquid interfaces.

Knowing the molecular structure of water next to a charged substrate is a prerequisite to the fundamental understanding of many natural phenomena as well as of great importance to the development of advanced energy conversion and storage devices.

We aim here to the characterisation of electrified interfaces using ab initio molecular dynamics simulations as well as classical simulations using machine learnt potentials. The idea is to understand how the interplay between applied potentials and confinement influence the local dynamics and reactivity.  Part of the work will be directed also to calculate vibrational spectra at the interfaces to interpret the experimental data at the molecular level. Vibrational spectra will permit to obtain time and frequency dependent information on the complex network of interactions at the interface between a liquid and a solid.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• You will be embedded in a high-profile international research environment. The Ruhr University Bochum is located in the heart of Europe in the dynamical metropolitan region of Ruhrgebiet and hosts 42600 students from over 130 countries.
• You will be part of RESOLV, a world-leading interdisciplinary research project in Solvation Science awarded as a Cluster of Excellence by the German Excellence Strategy.
• You will benefit from personal development possibilities, the entrepreneurial attitude within RESOLV and a broad spectrum of lectures as well as transferable skills courses.
• You will develop your science communication skills by presenting your research to the public.
• You are provided with funding for visiting international conferences.

YOUR PROFILE:

• You hold PhD in in computational/theoretical physics/chemistry/material science.
• You have significant experience in molecular dynamics/electronic structure theory and statistical physics.

Please submit your application (motivation letter, CV, list of publications, contact details for two referees) via email to [email protected].

Application deadline: October 15th, 2022.