Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in First-Principles Electronic Structure Theory and Simulation in the Theory of Condensed Matter Group in the University of Cambridge. The post is available for 2 years and is funded by the E-CAM European Centre of Excellence (http://www.e-cam2020.eu). This post is available to start as soon as possible.

The post-holder will take a leading role in the development and application of the Wannier90 (http://www.wannier.org) software package for generating and using maximally-localised Wannier functions for studying the properties of materials and molecular systems. 

The work will be in close collaboration with Dr Arash Mostofi (http://www.mostofigroup.org) in the Departments of Materials and Physics at Imperial College London, and with Dr Jonathan Yates (http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/peoplepages/yates.html) in the Materials Modelling Laboratory at the University of Oxford, who are original developers of the code. It is expected that specific topics will be identified through discussion with the successful candidate. 

Extensive first-hand experience of developing first-principles electronic structure codes and tools in Fortran 90/95, preferably including Wannier90, and experience in the use of best practices in research software engineering will be expected. The successful candidate will also be able to demonstrate an ability to understand the theory underlying first-principles quantum-mechanical calculations and maximally-localised Wannier functions and their applications. 

The closing date for applications is 9th January 2017.

For further details and how to apply, please visit http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/12309/

For informal enquiries about the post, please contact Arash Mostofi ([email protected]).