USA: Postdoctoral Positions in Computational Materials Science

USA: Postdoctoral Positions in Computational Materials Science. Multiple Post Doctoral/Research Associate positions at DUKE (Curtarolo) Computational Materials Science Group

Dear Colleagues,

Please circulate the following ad.

Post Doctoral and/or Research associate positions in the DUKE Computational Materials Science Group/
Research Areas :
1) phase stability of nano-catalysts
2) alloy theory with high-throughput methods
3) materials for nuclear detection
4) quasicrystalline surface science
see relevant publications
http://materials. duke.edu/ publications. html

DUKE Curtarolo`s Computational Materials Science Group is seeking for multiple post-doctoral positions in the aforementioned areas. Appointments will be decided in the next few months and the start dates will be within summer-fall 2009. The positions are made initially for one year, and renewable upon mutual consent on a yearly basis based on research quality and productivity of the employee.

Applicants are expected to have strong background in
A) thermodynamic of materials
B) solid state theory
C) computation: skill in UNIX/C/C++ are mandatory since the associates will be contribute to the “aflow” project.

Interested candidates should send now their curriculum vitae, list of
publications (including available preprints), and the list of 2-3 possible references. Please send only PDF documents.

DUKE is an equal opportunity employer and committed to diversity. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

http://materials. pratt.duke. edu/

Prof. Stefano Curtarolo
PhD from MIT

Duke University, Durham NC, USA
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
stefano.curtarolo@ duke.edu
stefano.curtarolo[ at]duke.edu

Dear applicants, please be patient, I am collecting a number of applications and I will go through all of them during April.
Every application will be evaluated.