The Laboratory of Reactivity and Chemistry of Solids at the University of Picardie Jules Verne (LRCS, UMR CNRS 7314, https://www.lrcs.u-picardie.fr/en/) currently offers 2 fellowships for outstanding students at the MSc level who would like to spend 5 months working at a research project dedicated to the quantum simulation of materials. The LRCS thus brings the opportunity for an internship in a world-class interdisciplinary research center devoted to the search for advanced materials in Amiens, France. The LRCS involves researchers and professors with diverse backgrounds, working on synthesis, characterization, scale-up, analysis, optimization/control, … and computer simulation of new systems, motivated by real-world problems and working in close relationships with industrial partners. At the forefront of innovation, the Energy Hub is the place for a combination of fundamental research and industrial developments.

One of the two internship grants will be related to developing and adapting molecular/solid simulation techniques for the prediction and optimization of electrode materials for batteries. This position will offer the possibility to go on with a PhD grant on a similar project funded by a company specialized in the energy area. The second internship grant (funded by another key player in research development and innovation) will be related to the modelling of macroscopic behaviour of polycrystalline materials and how they are influenced by the local variation of properties caused by the presence of impurities and defects.

Successful candidates will have a background in fundamental physics, electronic structure theory, modern computational approaches to molecules/solids, and basic understanding of Unix & parallel computing.

Candidates should submit a CV, transcript of diplomas, summary of marks, a letter of motivation and the names/contact e-mails of two referees to [email protected].