Background:

A two-year postdoctoral researcher position is available in the group of Dr. Anthony Reilly, in the School of Chemical Sciences, Dublin City University. The successful application will join a team of researchers at DCU developing and applying methods for understanding the stability and properties of multi-component pharmaceutical solid forms. The position is funded by Science Foundation Ireland via the Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (https://sspc.ie/). The research will involve application of first-principles and first-principles based methods to co-crystals and salts of active pharmaceutical ingredients and involve close collaboration with experimental groups in the SSPC.

Person Specification:

Essential Criteria:

Applicants should have a PhD in Computational Chemistry or Computational Materials
Science
Experience in atomistic modelling of molecular materials
Strong communication (oral and written) skills, demonstrated by peer-review publications
and/or conference presentations

Desirable Criteria:

Experience in one or more of the following atomistic modelling techniques:
- Density-functional theory
- Force fields or empirical potentials
- Density-functional tight binding
- Crystal structure prediction

Experience in using machine-learning or informatics approaches for molecules and
crystals
Experience in using python
Experience in supporting project management and reporting, as well as interactions with
academic and industrial collaborators

More Details & Application:

The position is available for 24 months with a salary of €37,874–€38,417. For more information on the position and to apply, please see the formal job advert and application form on the DCU vacancies website (https://www.dcu.ie/hr/vacancies/current.shtml). The closing date is Friday 13th September 2019. For informal enquires please contact Dr. Anthony Reilly ([email protected]).