Key Laboratory of High-temperature and High-pressure Study of the Earth’s Interior, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), seeks applications for Postdoctoral positions in the field of high-temperature and high-pressure studies on Earth’s interior materials. The research will focus on the transport properties, elastic properties, and thermodynamic properties of superionic materials using ab-initio molecular simulations (AIMD) and/or machine learning based molecular dynamics simulations (MLMD).

Related work:

• Sun et al., “Superionic effect and anisotropic texture in Earth’s inner core driven by geomagnetic field” Nature Communications 14, 1656 (2023).
• He et al., “Superionic iron alloys and their seismic velocities in Earth’s inner core” Nature 602, 258–262 (2022).
• Hou and Y. He et al., “Superionic iron oxide–hydroxide in Earth’s deep mantle” Nature Geoscience 14, 174-178 (2021).
• He et al., “Thermal Ionization of Hydrogen in Hydrous Olivine With Enhanced and Anisotropic Conductivity” J. Geophys. Res.: Solid Earth 126, e2021JB022939 (2021).
• He et al., “Ab initio molecular dynamics investigation of the elastic properties of superionic Li₂O under high temperature and pressure” Phys. Rev. B 103, 174105 (2021).
• Sun et al., “Anomalous elastic properties of superionic ice” Phys. Rev. B 102, 104108 (2020).

Minimum qualifications: The applicant must have a PhD degree in geosciences, physics, chemistry, materials science or a related field by the time of the employment.

Desired qualifications: Familiarity with MD simulation methods and software (VASP, cp2k, Lammps et al.,); Have experience with method development and code implementation for MD simulations or machine learning methods.

Position treatment:

1. Salary: approximately 350k ~ 500k RMB/year (dependent on skills, experience, publications).
2. Support and assist the special research assistant to apply for national and provincial scientific research projects.
3. Those who have excellent performance in the employment assessment (>3 years) can apply (Associate/Full）Professor position of CAS, with an annual salary of no less than 500 k RMB/year, a research start-up grant of 2 to 4 million RMB, and a 140 ㎡ apartment for free (obtain property rights after ten years of working in the institute).

The appointment is for one year, with renewal for a second year pending progress. The position is available immediately and will be based at Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Guiyang, China. Interested parties should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae (including publications), statement of research interests, and contact information for three references to Prof. Yu He ([email protected])