Design and Optimisation of Indium Free Transparent Conducting Oxides

Applications are invited for a post-doctoral research position in the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies at the University of Bath to work with Benjamin Morgan, Aron Walsh and Keith Butler on the application of computational techniques for the development of indium-free transparent conducting oxides. The project will involve solid-state simulations, primarily based on density functional theory, of the bulk and surface properties of novel semiconducting materials. This includes crystalline and amorphous multi-component oxides.

The project is funded by the European Union (H2020) and computing time is provided on the national supercomputer ARCHER and the University of Bath’s cluster BALENA. Close interaction with leading experimental groups in Bath and the H2020 consortium (partners from the UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, and Slovakia) will allow for rapid validation of predictions.

Successful candidates should already have a PhD in chemistry, physics or a related discipline, with a strong research record in theoretical or computational chemistry/physics/materials, and an expertise of modelling solid-state systems.

The position will be for two-years in the first instance. The post is of Research Grade 7: £31,342 to £37,394; the starting salary will be no higher than £33,242 (point 32).

The closing date for applications is Sunday 26th April 2015, with an expected start date around 1st June 2015.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to Prof. Aron Walsh ([email protected]). Please ensure that your application is submitted through the University of Bath website, where a full job description can also be obtained: http://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/