Research Associate Position in Physics at the Department of Physics at King's College London, UK 2012
Study Subject(s):Physics
Course Level:Research
Scholarship Provider: King's College London
Scholarship can be taken at: UK
Eligibility:
-International applications will be considered for this position.
-PhD or close to submission Experience in simulating surface processes Molecular dynamics simulations (classical & quantum) Computer programming (particularly in Fortran90 and/or C)
-Method and code development Simulation of molecules on surfaces
-Experience in calculating energy barriers, e.g. using NEB Experience in modelling kinetics using KMC
Scholarship Open for International Students: Yes
Scholarship Description: The Department of Physics is looking to appoint a post-doctoral associate fellow for 36 months to work on simulations of kinetics of growth of self-assembled monolayers of organic molecules on crystal surfaces.The post is based in the Molecular and Materials Modelling Group in the Department of Physics to work on understanding driving mechanisms responsible for organisation of a number of organic molecules of different complexity on several crystal surfaces. The idea is to simulate, using a toolbox of methods, from atomistic simulations based on density functional theory (DFT) and/or classical force fields (where appropriate), and "rare events" simulations techniques (such as e.g. temperature accelerated molecular dynamics (MD) and kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC)), nucleation and kinetics of growth of self-assembled structures in order to provide the necessary guidance to experimentalists in forming desired assemblies. This work is going to be conducted in close collaboration with an experimental surface science group in Liverpool led by Prof. Rasmita Raval. Applicants should have a PhD in solid-state physics or related areas, with significant experience in DFT modeling of surface processes, and in MD simulations based (preferably) on both ab initio and classical Hamiltonians. Experience in code development using Fortran-90 and/or C++ computer languages is essential.
What it Covers: The appointment will be made at Grade 6, currently £31,020 – £33,884 per annum, plus £2,323 per annum London Allowance.
How to Apply: Post
Scholarship Application Deadline: 01/10/2012
Further Scholarship Information and Application (http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/pertra/vacancy/external/pers_detail.php?jobindex=12155)